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Provides a $100,000 unrestricted research grant. Of the total amount, $7,500 is for departmental expenses associated with research and education. Charges associated with indirect costs or institutional overhead are not allowed. Defrayal of academic-year salary is not permitted. Funds are normally… 

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The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. Criteria for selection include… 

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Budgets can include equipment (up to $500,000 total), faculty salary & benefits (up to $200,000 annually), scientific personnel expenses, supplies, travel, and publication costs.

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Catalyst for Discovery Program Grants are intended to support fundamental chemical research at institutions in Texas aimed at solving significant problems for the benefit of humankind. The level of support is calibrated to reduce barriers to discovery and provide flexibility in the manner of experimentation… 

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Each award will be for 24 months. The budget for Year 1 should be up to a maximum of $500,000 and the budget for Year 2 should be up to a maximum of $1,000,000, for a total budget of up to $1,500,000 per award.

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The goal of the Safe-OSE program is to catalyze meaningful improvements in the safety, security, and privacy of the targeted OSE that the OSE does not currently have the resources to undertake. Funds from this program should be directed toward efforts to enhance the safety, security, and privacy characteristics… 

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The maximum allowable budget for a HEArts Grant is $8,000.
The duration of the HEArts award is 12 months.

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Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. The UT Dallas Humanities and Emerging Arts (HEArts) Grant Competition is an internal funding mechanism designed to… 

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The maximum allowable budget for a Social Sciences grant is $8,000.
The duration of the Social Science grant award is 12 months.

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Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. The UT Dallas Social Sciences grant program is an internal funding mechanism designed to collect preliminary data that will lead… 

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The maximum allowable budget for a TCI award is $40,000 over 12 months.

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The UT Dallas TxACE Collaboration Initiative (TCI) is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations with a high likelihood of securing major externally funded research. Successful proposals will include at least one non-TxACE affiliated faculty (no affiliation… 

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Expected dollar amount of individual awards
Phase I: $500,000 to $750,000 Phase II: Envisioned as 3 to 5 times the Phase I award.
Expected award project period
Phase I: 9 months; Phase II: 3 years.

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The DOE Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI is soliciting new FY26 Phase I small team and Phase II large team applications in the following topic areas: advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, quantum information science, semiconductors… 

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The maximum allowable budget for a SPIRe Grant is $60,000.
The duration of the SPIRe award is 12 months.

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Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. 

The UT Dallas Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) program is an internal funding… 

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For Accelerator awards, applicants may request up to five (5) years of funding support. The proposed project budget should not exceed $325,000 USD per year (including 30% indirect costs) for a maximum total budget up to $1,625,000 USD over five (5) years.

Initiator awards will provide two… 

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The Pathway to Stop Diabetes® Accelerator award is intended to provide flexible, long-term salary and research support to early career researchers who are proposing innovative and ambitious diabetes-related research programs, and who have distinguished themselves as exceptionally talented and… 

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ORI will provide support of up to $12,000 per faculty participant, which may be used for:

Summer salary support
Travel and lodging expenses
Other reasonable costs directly related to the externship experience

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The Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) at The University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for the Faculty Externship Program, a competitive opportunity that supports UT Dallas faculty in spending one month during Summer 2026 embedded at an industry partner or U.S. national laboratory.…