What the heck is the Royalty Research Fund (RRF)?
Posted: 9/2/2022 (CSDE Research)
You’ve seen the announcements of RRF funding opportunities (next deadline is September 26th), and perhaps you have visions of the Queen of England. Nope! The “Royalty” in RRF is the royalty and licensing fee income generated by the University’s technology transfer program. These funds are awarded as small grants to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, and/or
- For faculty who are junior in rank, and/or
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
It is competitive process, and proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation resources that are likely to significantly advance the reputation of the university, lead to external funding, or lead to the development of a new technology.
Essentially, if you have an innovative idea, want to run a pilot project, and/or gather preliminary data, funding from the RRF can help launch your idea.
As evidenced by these recent RRF awards to CSDE affiliates, topics range across all disciplines:
- “Measuring Consumer Response to Sweetened Beverage Taxes using Household Data,” PI Melissa Knox
- “Feasibility Study for Puget Sound Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing Data Project: Sound Data for a Healthy Sound,” PI Nathalie Williams
- “Minimizing Sound Transmission of Mass-Timber Floor Systems by Means of Structural Stiffness,” PI Tomas Mendez Echenagucia
- “We Should Have Blackmailed the EU Like Turkey Did”: Syrian Refugees and Governance in Jordan,” PI Rawan Arar
If you are interested in applying for an RRF award through CSDE, please complete a Planning Proposal Submission Form.
Deadline: 09/26/2022