{"id":21870,"date":"2024-01-23T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/call-for-proposals-research-and-development-science-team-seed-grants-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:32:02","slug":"call-for-proposals-research-and-development-science-team-seed-grants-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/call-for-proposals-research-and-development-science-team-seed-grants-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: Research and Development Science Team Seed Grants 2024"},"template":"","news_categories":[17],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-21870","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-grants"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p>Discovery Partners Institute is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.uillinois.edu\/call-for-proposals-research-and-development-science-team-seed-grants\/\">2024 DPI Science Team Seed Fund program<\/a>. You are invited to submit applications for funding and share this announcement widely with colleagues in your respective units.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New in 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n1. In addition to science team proposals at our usual funding levels of $125,000, we are introducing institute and center proposals that would be funded up to $350,000.<br \/>\n2. This year, we are introducing two new themes where proposals are invited in (1) all aspects of cannabis research and (2) arts, social sciences and humanities proposals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DPI Science Team Program Background<\/strong><br \/>\nSince 2020, DPI has funded 27 science team proposals. For a combined investment of about $3 million, science teams have received external funding of about $70 million in grants and $26 million in contracts. The seed fund program supports the development of faculty collaborations, builds and strengthens university research areas, expands public engagement opportunities and strengthens multi-institutional and multidisciplinary collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Information<\/strong><br \/>\nDetailed guidelines and the online application can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dpi.uillinois.edu\/call-for-proposals-research-and-development-science-team-seed-grants\/\">DPI website<\/a>. The application deadline is <strong>Friday, Feb. 16<\/strong>. An online information and teaming session is planned for Wednesday, Jan. 24, between 8:30-10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact DPI Director of Research Venkat Venkatakrishnan at <a href=\"mailto:venkat@uillinois.edu\">venkat@uillinois.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"Apply Now for the 2024 DPT Science Team Seed Fund Program","content_author":"Erika Chavez","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"intro_text_image":false,"intro_text_image_alt_text":"","intro_text_image_caption":"","intro_text_image_attribution":"","news_include_thumbnail":false,"news_thumbnail_image":false,"news_thumbnail_image_alt_text":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=21870"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=21870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}