$25,000 Engineering Innovation Grant for US Students, 2024

The Institute of Diversity Sciences awards research grants to faculty and student teams across disciplines on topics with social justice or equity focus. These grants spark new research by providing preliminary funding for teams and encourage them to seek larger external grants in the future.

IDS Seed Grant Applications 2024

• Award Criteria
• Application Form

Apply for an IDS Seed Grant: $15,000 for team research on topics related to equity! Application deadline: February 7th, 2024, 11:59PM ET. 

The Institute of Diversity Sciences is awarding research grants to teams of faculty and students working together across disciplines, including the social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering, computer sciences, and humanitieson research topics that have an equity focus. IDS aims to spark new multidisciplinary research by providing preliminary funding that teams will leverage to seek larger external grants in the future. Winning teams will each receive up to $15,000 for 18-month projects.

Additionally this year: one $25,000 grant for a team that includes nursing and engineering faculty and students co-funded by IDS and the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation.

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Any questions, please contact:

Buju Dasgupta, Director, Institute of Diversity Sciences: ids@umass.edu