About
The IRiSS seed grant program supports proposal development, pilot research, and other activities that advance faculty research projects to the point where they can attract external funding.
The program rewards high-risk, high-return research proposals, including projects that:
- develop new methods
- apply theories or methods to new research areas
- translate among previously unrelated theoretical perspectives
Amount
Support is offered for a maximum of five grants of up to $10,000 and one grant of up to $25,000. Please see the Program Guidelines for current support amounts.
Eligibility
Preference is given to supporting proposals from assistant and associate professors. Eligibility is limited to faculty with appointments in one of the six social science departments in the School of Humanities & Sciences. Please see the Program Guidelines for current eligilibility information.
Funding after the seed grant
Since the start of the program, nearly all of the projects have led to subsequent funding proposals, many of which have been awarded external support from agencies such as the NSF, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Previous seed grant recipients
Read about previous projects in our seed grant archive.
Applying
An annual call for proposals for this program is available below.
For further questions please contact Carolyn Ybarra
