Up to 14 awards will be made. Seed grants are designed to support new initiatives in a faculty member's research. The purpose of these grants is to provide support for faculty who want to initiate a substantially new direction in their research or to help develop innovative projects that will allow faculty to expand into new research areas. These grants are not intended to provide support for established areas of research or previously funded projects. They are not restricted to junior faculty.
Seed grants are available only to support new initiatives in a faculty member's research.
Applications to support established research or previously funded projects or to expand currently funded projects will not be accepted. The primary criteria for funding will be innovation and the quality of the research approach. The potential for future funding is a secondary criterion, which would strengthen an application. The project may be interdisciplinary or from a single investigator. There will be no preference for interdisciplinary projects.