Tuesday, March 1, 2016

ORIED Internal Seed Funding Programs

The office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development is pleased to announce our internal seed funding programs are open for proposals. Please visit the linked websites for more information on these programs.
The Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRPD) program is a funding partnership between the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development and the 10 academic Colleges. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the Associate Dean for Research of their college to explore this funding opportunity.

Research and Innovation Seed Funding (RISF) Proposals Due March 25
This program is designed to assist NC State researchers in developing innovative interdisciplinary programs that have strong potential for significant future support from government agencies, corporations, industrial consortia, or foundations.
Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP) - Pre-proposals due May 31
Dr. Alan Rebar, Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, is pleased to announce a new, large-scale seed-funding program to stimulate the growth of interdisciplinary research at NC State. This initiative will allocate more than $1,500,000 over three years to fund exceptional research teams and projects that span NC State colleges. GRIP is intended to incentivize and support visionary research ideas that will result in large-scale extramural funding, award-winning research impacts, and first-class interdisciplinary graduate education and training.