Additional Seed Grant Programs

Overview of Existing Seed Grant Programs at SBU

Seed Grant Program Name	Frequency of Cycles	Average Number of Awards per Cycle	Average Award Size	Target Audience
OVPR Seed Grant Program	Biannually	11	$53,000	All faculty
Targeted Research Opportunities	Annually	1 - 4	$30,000 - $70,000 (most require match from department)	All faculty holding academic rank
School of Medicine Bridge Funding	3 times per year	Varies	$60,000 ($30K from Dean’s office + $30K from department)	SOM faculty
Stony Brook Cancer Center Pilot Funding	Rolling	Varies	$20,000 - $100,000	Priority given to Cancer Center investigators
IACS Seed Grants	Annually	Varies	$25,000	IACS core and affiliate faculty
SBU-BNL Seed Grant	Annually	6 - 7	$40,000	SBU and BNL scientists
Presidential Mini-Grants	Annually	Varies	$1,000-4,000	All faculty
Faculty in the Arts, Humanities and lettered Social Sciences	Annually	50-90% of the applications received	$3,500-$7,500	Faculty in the fine arts, humanities, and lettered social sciences
Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH)	Biannually	6-8 per year	Up to $100,000	All faculty and Postdocs
Ørsted-Eversource Offshore Wind - funding opportunity announced via email	Annually (5 years)	5	$50,000	CEAS, CAS, SoMAS, Business

Seed Grant Program Name	Frequency of Cycles	Average Number of Awards per Cycle	Average Award Size	Target Audience
CEAS Seed Grants	Varies	3 - 5	$5,000	CEAS faculty