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Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) - 2025
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a SPIRe Grant is $60,000.
The duration of the SPIRe award is 12 months.
Description:
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…
2025 National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
Award Info:
NRT Track 1 Awards (12-14 awards each year) are expected to be up to five years in duration with a total budget up to $3,000,000.
NRT Track 2 Awards (4-6 awards each year) are expected to be up to five years in duration with a total budget up to $2,000,000.
NRT Track 2 Planning Grants…
Description:
The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program is dedicated to effective training of…
AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant 2025
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant is $25,000.
The duration of the AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant award is 12 months.
Description:
The UT Dallas AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations between AHT and STEM faculty. Principal investigators (PIs) who accept a UT Dallas AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant commit to the pursuit of external funding for…
SPARK 2025
Award Info:
• The maximum allowable budget for a SPARK Grant is $50,000.
• The duration of the SPARK Grant award is 12 months.
Description:
The UT Dallas SPARK Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to provide research and professional development support to establish the research portfolio of Associate and Full Professors that have not received external funding in the past 24+ months. This program is designed to spark both internal…
Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships (ExpandAI)
Award Info:
Each CAP award is anticipated to be a standard grant up to $400,000 total budget over two years
Each PARTNER award is anticipated to be a continuing award in the range of $300,000 to $700,000/year for up to 4 years.
June, October and March deadlines
Description:
The National Science Foundation and its partners support the continued growth of a broad and diverse interdisciplinary research community for the advancement of AI and AI-powered innovation, providing a unique opportunity to broadly promote the NSF vision and core values, especially inclusion and…
Pathway to Stop Diabetes
Award Info:
$325K per year
Description:
This award is designed to support exceptional, independent early-career researchers who have distinguished themselves as promising investigators and are in the beginning stages of establishing successful, sustainable diabetes research programs.
Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for an IAI grant is $300,000/year for years 1-3, followed by $100,000 for an optional year 4.
The duration of the IAI award will be no more than 48 months.
Description:
The UT Dallas Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) grant program is an internal funding mechanism designed to seed a new research Institute where artificial intelligence has a central role. The decision to launch the IAI was based on input developed by UTD faculty and staff which has been summarized…
2025 Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)
Award Info:
"Track 1" has been revised to include proposals that request funds from NSF greater than $100,000 and less than $1,400,000. "Track 2" has been revised to include proposals that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,400,000 up to and including $4,000,000. A new track has been added ("Track…
Description:
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports…
2025 Early Clinical Investigator Award
Award Info:
Grant funds of up to $1,000,000 (total costs) may be requested. Funding may be used by the Early Clinical Investigator for salary and fringe support (salary up to the CPRIT maximum of $225,000/FTE);
Description:
To accomplish these objectives, the CPRIT Early Clinical Investigator Award will provide awards of up to $1,000,000 for up to 5 years to physicians within the first 5 years of a faculty appointment as an assistant professor to acquire additional skills and experience in clinical research and to develop…
Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem
Award Info:
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.
Description:
The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to NSF’s advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to resources, services, and expertise by strengthening how Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIP) function in this ecosystem. It aims…