Dear Research Community,
We are excited to announce that the 1U4U Collaborative Seed Grant Program will continue in FY25! The 1U4U Collaborative Seed Grant Program supports cross-campus/cross-disciplinary research teams to solve the greatest challenges facing our local, national, and global communities. The goal of 1U4U is to incentivize researchers from different disciplines to collaborate. Exemplary proposals will focus on bringing together researchers from different fields-of-study, departments, colleges, units, and other intellectual or organizational divides to pursue groundbreaking research. A key expected outcome from this program is to support investigators in collecting preliminary data in the identified topic area that will be leveraged for extramural grant applications.
The 1U4U Seed Grant Program topic will change from year-to-year and will be informed by the University of Utah research community and the One Utah Research Council (OURC). This will allow the institution to build and support teams around timely topics that highlight/promote the strengths of University of Utah researchers, address a topic that is timely and relevant to our current society, and to continue to build new interdisciplinary connections for future research work. The FY25 theme is: “Women Across the Lifespan: Health, Technology, & Society.” Full details (guidelines, eligibility, etc.) and application link for the FY25 program are provided on the program webpage. FY25 applications are due on or before 11:59pm on Thursday, February 27th, 2025.
The AVPR will host an informational town hall for this opportunity on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, from 9:00am – 10:00am (MST). This will be a virtual meeting, using Zoom. We encourage all interested applicants/applicant support staff to attend our informational town hall on this program and the FY25 topic. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the program, ask questions, find collaborators, etc. Please RSVP HERE to receive meeting access details.
Please forward to relevant University of Utah faculty and research staff. Questions can be directed via email to VPR Grants.
Thank you!