CSDE Seed Grants Program
CSDE Small Grants Program:
Demography Seed Grants
Deadline: April 3, 2009
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) announces a new round of small grants for 2009 that provides direct support to Demography Seed Grants.. This developmental program is supported by our Population Research Infrastructure Program award from EKSNICHD and the College of Arts and Sciences.
The current call is for proposals to support seed grants for up to $15,000 in funds. Priority will be given to pilot studies and preliminary research by junior faculty and by mid-career faculty who are pursuing new directions in population research. Successful proposals will exhibit outstanding scientific merit, innovation, and priority will be given to projects that have a high probability of generating new extramural funding. Proposals should identify specific research and/or training grant funding opportunities that will be pursued.
Eligibility: To be eligible for a CSDE seed grant the applicant must be a regular (research, tenured or tenure-track) faculty member of the University of Washington and a CSDE affiliate. Faculty members who receive a CSDE award as PIs are ineligible to receive another until three years following the termination of the first.
Applicants may submit one application and may serve as co-investigators on any number of proposals. An award may not be used to fulfill matching funds or cost sharing requirement by any other sponsor without prior written permission. A CSDE award will be withheld or withdrawn if extramural funding for the same project is awarded to the PI or co-investigator(s). A proposal that is not funded may be resubmitted in a later round only if it is substantially revised or if the review committee recommends resubmission.
External Support: Proposals that show promise for future extramural funding will be given preference. Support will not be given merely to extend or supplement existing funded research projects, but may propose bringing together existing projects into an integrated research program that indicates substantial innovations and possibility for funding. Instead, proposals should seek to initiate new research ideas. An extramural grant based on research funded by a CSDE small grant will be administered through CSDE, a commitment for which the principal investigator must obtain concurrence from the appropriate Chair(s) and/or Dean(s) before an award is made.
Mechanism and allowable costs: Seed grants awards will be 6 to 9 months in duration. Typical budgets for seed grants ($5,000 to $15,000) will include research related travel, graduate student research assistance, summer salary, or data acquisition costs. Faculty release time is limited to one quarter and should be based on actual replacement cost rather than salary. A request for release time requires appointing department approval. Awardees receive priority as a funded project for services from CSDE cores. Indirect (F&A) costs are not allowable.
Application procedure: Seed grant proposals should include a 250 word abstract, a four-page proposal including objectives, research plan, and a summary of future research and external funding activities, one-page budget and budget justification, and 2-page cv’s or biosketches for all key personnel.
Detailed instructions for preparing proposals are on the CSDE website at http://csde.washington.edu/research/funding/grantsDetails.shtml.
Proposals are due on April 3, 2009, and awards will be announced in mid-April. Submit proposals to Josh Patrick, CSDE, Box 353412.