Additional Seed Grant Programs

Overview of Existing Seed Grant Programs at SBU

 

Active Seed Grant Programs

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 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 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 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 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 NamePresidential Mini-Grants	Frequency of CyclesAnnually	Average Number of Awards per CycleVaries	Average Award Size$1,000-4,000	Target AudienceAll faculty
Seed Grant Program NameFaculty in the Arts, Humanities and lettered Social Sciences	Frequency of CyclesAnnually	Average Number of Awards per Cycle50-90% of the applications received	Average Award Size$3,500-$7,500	Target AudienceFaculty in the fine arts, humanities, and lettered social sciences
Seed Grant Program NameResearch Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH)	Frequency of CyclesBiannually	Average Number of Awards per Cycle6-8 per year	Average Award SizeUp to $100,000	Target AudienceAll faculty and  Postdocs
Seed Grant Program NameØrsted-Eversource Offshore Wind - funding opportunity announced via email	Frequency of CyclesAnnually (5 years)	Average Number of Awards per Cycle5	Average Award Size$50,000	Target AudienceCEAS, CAS, SoMAS, Business

 

Archived Seed Grant Programs

Seed Grant Program Name	Frequency of Cycles	Average Number of Awards per Cycle	Average Award Size	Target Audience
Seed Grant Program NameCEAS Seed Grants	Frequency of CyclesVaries	Average Number of Awards per Cycle3 - 5	Average Award Size$5,000	Target AudienceCEAS faculty