Overview
The Faculty Seed Grants Program (FSG) is supported by the University of Arizona Foundation and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research.
Awards, up to $10,000, are made on a competitive basis for projects involving research or other creative scholarly activity. The Program is intended to provide short-term, one-time support that will "jump start" worthwhile projects and result in data or work products that can be used in developing major proposals for submission to extramural funding agencies or private contributors. Individuals holding faculty rank, who have an appointment in the research scientist series of titles, or who have a continuing or continuing-eligible status are eligible to apply; however, the Faculty Seed Grants Program gives highest priority to junior-level individuals in those categories.
Applicant Workshop
A FSG program workshop was offered on Wednesday, November 9th from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. in Room 102, 1125 N. Vine Avenue. The workshop included a Q&A session.
Deadline: Applications need to be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on January 6, 2012.
Only one application per faculty member will be reviewed during the application cycle.
Review: As with major funding agencies, applications will undergo single-blind review by panels of peers. Top-ranked applications will subsequently be sent to the UA Foundation for a final review by the Grants and Awards Committee of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees votes on the final selections.
Awards: Applicants will learn the application results in late spring. Typically funding will be available from July 1st of the same year through June 30th of the following year.
Publicity and reporting: Applicants with funded projects will be asked to coordinate all publicity through the UA Foundation's Office of Communications and may be asked to provide an interview, photos, and other materials to assist with publicity. Applicants will also be asked to provide an impact report after the project ends.
If you have questions, please contact our office at 621-3512 or send an e-mail to csgarcia@vpr.arizona.edu