Letters of intent are now being accepted for the 2012-2013 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program.
Letters of intent are due March 19, 2012 and full proposals are due April 16, 2012.
For full proposal preparation instructions for all three funding tiers, see the RFP linked below.
Click here for the 2012-2013 Request for Proposals
The OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program is an internal research funding program with 3 funding tiers to seed excellence in materials research
The three Funding Tiers are:
- Proto-IRG Grants, which provide funds up to $100,000/year per award in direct costs, and require one Principal Investigator (PI) and two Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs), and may have unfunded collaborators, with the goal of forming new Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) that could be incorporated into the CEM renewal proposal in 2013
- Multidisciplinary Team Building Grants, which provide funds up to $60,000/year per award in direct costs, and require one PI and one Co-PI, and may have unfunded collaborators, with the goal of forming multidisciplinary materials research teams that can compete effectively for federal block-funding opportunities.
- Exploratory Materials Research Grants, which provide funds up to $40,000/year per award in direct costs, and require one PI, and may have Co-PIs and/or unfunded collaborators, with the goal of enabling nascent materials research to emerge to the point of being competitive for external funding.