Deadline: December 6, 2024
Overview
The provost’s office will provide up to $100,000 annually in seed grants to support research addressing issues in a field of broad research interest. This program is designed to support individual investigators (or teams of investigators) who require seed funding in an amount between $10,000 and $50,000 to support travel, equipment, supplies, data acquisition, personnel, or other enablers in the initiation or expansion of a research project. The 2025 topic is A Sustainable World. A Sustainable World is broadly defined and submissions are solicited from all academic units, including proposals that address artistic, humanities-based, and other responses to climate change and environmental justice issues. Grants are awarded for an 18-month period, beginning March 2025. No-cost extensions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Program Eligibility
Projects funded through this program are expected to lead to the development of a proposal for external support. The proposal should clearly state how the proposed activities will support the PI or proposal team in developing a proposal for external support. Awarded funds are not intended to serve as bridge funds or to support research in lieu of external grant funds. If applicants have access to initial start-up funds from the university, they must make clear why additional resources are required. An individual may serve as Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on only one proposal submission.
Proposal Review
All proposals will be reviewed by the Advisory Committee for Scholarship and Research (ACSR). Their evaluations will be sent to the President, Provost, and Vice President for Research for final decisions. It is essential that proposals clearly communicate to all reviewers outside of the proposal discipline what is proposed and why it is important. The following are the evaluation criteria.
- Originality, Novelty, significance, quality and future impact of the proposed research
- Ability to attract future federal, state, philanthropic or private funding
- Strength of record of achievement of the proposer or team (the Office of Sponsored Research will supply current and pending data to the ACSR for submitters)
Proposal Preparation
Funding is available for awards between $10,000 and $50,000. Applicants are encouraged to discuss proposal and budget preparation with the staff of the Office of Sponsored Programs. Completed packages must be submitted electronically to the Binghamton University Internal Opportunities Portal. The proposal deadline for the program is 5:00 pm on December 6, 2024.
Further Information
Questions about proposal preparation or budgeting should be directed to the Office of Sponsored Programs staff. Additional proposal questions may be addressed to Michael Jacobson, Director of the Office of Strategic Research Initiatives, at mjacobso@binghamton.edu.
