College of Graduate Studies Administered Opportunities

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)

Pilot Grant - Awards of up to $50,000 for one year are designed to provide support for new and innovative research ideas and to assist investigators in generating the necessary preliminary data for subsequent grant proposal submissions for federal funding. Funds are not for existing research projects or to be used as bridge grants. The targeted grant must be identified and have a deadline within 18-months of receiving funding.

Seed Grant - (Funding new projects to generate data for publication) Awards of up to $20,000 for one year are designed to generate the data necessary for publication(s), positioning the PI and/or research team for future grant applications and/or to answer a research question with an immediate clinical application. Publication(s) must be submitted within 18-months of receiving funding.

Please utilize InfoReady to apply for this award. 
Instructions for navigating InfoReady

Applications are DUE annually on January 15 and July 15. In the case that the date falls on the weekend, the proposals are due on the following Monday.

• Bridge Grant Application 
  • Bridge Grant Guidelines

Application for Funding and Budget Template

• Applications were due February 17, 2020

Guidelines & Application

• The 2020 Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Award application has passed. Please check back for the next round of funding in Spring 2021.