The grant should help to determine the viability and to define better the scope of the proposed project. The fund is not intended to be a substitute for foundation support of research projects but instead to give first priority to promising pilot projects or to the research necessary to prepare externally competitive research proposals. Students applying for this award are not eligible to apply to the Institute's Dissertation Year Fellowships competition in the same year. Priority will be given to student proposals that show potential for external financial support, e.g., dissertation grants from foundations.
Graduate students are eligible for only one Seed Money award.
A list of other sources from which the applicant is or will be requesting funding. A short bibliography. A proposed budget. A curriculum vitae. An official transcript.