IDS 2023 Seed Grant Program

The Institute for Diversity Science will distribute a variety of seed grants as part of its 2023 Seed Grant Program: up to $35k for standard (new) projects, up to $70k for advanced projects, and up to $44k for funding of a graduate student. Deadline for applications:  August 15, 2023, at noon. Please inform Markus Brauer (director.ids@wisc.edu) by July 14, 2023, of your intent to submit a proposal. A one-line email stating your intent is sufficient. The IDS seed grant program aims to support innovative research in the field of diversity science. The proposed research can be fundamental or applied, and it can advance knowledge on diversity, equity, and inclusion over the short or long term. Our goal is to stimulate important research that helps UW-Madison establish itself as a national leader in diversity science. All affiliate members of the Institute for Diversity Science can apply (at most one application per affiliate member). The submission may be either individual or involve a collaboration with one or more other faculty members who do not have to be IDS affiliate members. The seed program provides three types of funding:

• Standard projects up to $35k
• Advanced projects up to $70k (the research must be sufficiently advanced to likely yield a publication in the next 18 months)
• 9-month funding for a graduate student

There are no restrictions on how the money for standard and advanced projects can be used. The money can be used for salary (e.g., summer salary for the PI, support for a graduate student), equipment (e.g., laptop, experience sampling devices), participant payments (e.g., cash, gift cards), travel, or any other research-related expenditure. Note that a standard project will be insufficient to fund a graduate student for nine months. IDS will inform applicants of the funding decision at the beginning of September. The awarded funds must be spent by June 30, 2024, with the possibility to extend this deadline to Dec. 31, 2024, upon request. You can submit the same project to the IDS seed grant program and other UW-internal funding initiatives (e.g., fall competition), but if your project is selected for funding by the IDS seed grant program, you must decide on one initiative through which you want to obtain funding. Contact IDS Executive Director Markus Brauer (director.ids@wisc.edu) with any questions.