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Additional Seed Grant Programs

Overview of Existing Seed Grant Programs at SBU

Seed Grant Program Name Frequency of Cycles Average Number of Awards per Cycle Average Award Size Target Audience
Seed Grant Program NameOVPR Seed Grant Program Frequency of CyclesBiannually Average Number of Awards per Cycle11 Average Award Size$53,000 Target AudienceAll faculty
Seed Grant Program NameOVPR & IEDM COVID-19 Seed Grant Program Frequency of CyclesOnce Average Number of Awards per Cycle17 Average Award Size$23,000 Target AudienceAll faculty
Seed Grant Program NameQuantum Information Science and Technology Seed Grant Program Frequency of CyclesOnce Average Number of Awards per Cycle6 Average Award Size$36,600 Target AudienceAll faculty
Seed Grant Program NameOVPR Revise and Resubmit Seed Grant Program Frequency of CyclesOnce Average Number of Awards per Cycle4 Average Award Size$13,000 Target AudienceAll faculty
Seed Grant Program NameProvost’s Venture Fund - ProFund Frequency of CyclesOnce Average Number of Awards per Cycle5 Average Award Size$100,000  Target AudienceAll faculty
Seed Grant Program NameTargeted Research Opportunities Frequency of CyclesAnnually Average Number of Awards per Cycle1 - 4 Average Award Size$30,000 - $70,000 (most require match from department) Target AudienceAll faculty holding academic rank
Seed Grant Program NameSchool of Medicine Bridge Funding Frequency of Cycles3 times per year Average Number of Awards per CycleVaries Average Award Size$60,000 ($30K from Dean’s office + $30K from department) Target AudienceSOM faculty
Seed Grant Program NameStony Brook Mount Sinai Joint Pilot Funding Frequency of CyclesVaries upon demand Average Number of Awards per CycleVaries Average Award Size$20,000 - $100,000 Target AudienceClinical faculty
Seed Grant Program NameStony Brook Cancer Center Pilot Funding Frequency of CyclesRolling Average Number of Awards per CycleVaries Average Award Size$20,000 - $100,000 Target AudiencePriority given to Cancer Center investigators
Seed Grant Program NameCEAS Seed Grants Frequency of CyclesVaries Average Number of Awards per Cycle3 - 5 Average Award Size$5,000 Target AudienceCEAS faculty
Seed Grant Program NameSBU-BNL Seed Grant Frequency of CyclesAnnually Average Number of Awards per Cycle6 - 7 Average Award Size$40,000 Target AudienceSBU and BNL scientists
Seed Grant Program NameØrsted-Eversource Offshore Wind  Frequency of CyclesAnnually (5 years) Average Number of Awards per Cycle5 Average Award Size$50,000 Target AudienceCEAS, CAS, SoMAS, Business
Seed Grant Program NameIACS Seed Grants Frequency of CyclesAnnually Average Number of Awards per CycleVaries Average Award Size$25,000 Target AudienceIACS core and affiliate faculty
Seed Grant Program NameCenter for Biotechnology Technology Development Seed Fund  Frequency of CyclesBiannually Average Number of Awards per Cycle6-8 per year Average Award SizeUp to $100,000 Target AudienceAll faculty and  Postdocs