Innovative Seed Grant Program (IGP)

In 2006, the Offices of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Research pooled funds for an annual campus-wide seed grant program intended to stimulate new and exciting areas of research and creative work on the CU-Boulder campus. Since that time, seed grants of up to $50,000 have been awarded to 139 faculty researchers and research teams for research, scholarship, and creative projects that:

  • involve new initiatives and take investigators in creative, and sometimes high-risk, high-reward directions and
  • have tangible payoffs in terms of future funding, scholarly or artistic impact, and development of new collaborations.

The projects may take a variety of forms but must represent an investment in the future research, scholarly, or artistic vitality of the university and demonstrate promise for expansion of the project goals in the future. The projects can come from any discipline at the university, with those involving interdisciplinary work that will foster interaction among CU faculty particularly welcome. Consistent with legislative intent and university policy, the state-appropriated operating funds allocated to carry out the role and mission of the institution, and specifically earmarked for the Innovative Seed Grant Program, must be expended solely for the designated purpose.

Interested applicants

  • The Innovative Seed Grant Competition Program (IGP) accepts applications from the first Monday in October to 5:00 p.m. of the last workday of November of each year.
  • Winners will be notified the following March or April, and project funds will be available for use on July 1 of that year.
  • If you have not done so already, please login by clicking the secure login link in the upper right hand corner.
  • To submit your application on-line, click on the Create New button in the Seed Grant box to the left that will appear after logging in.

Questions or technical difficulties?

  • You must be logged in to create or view all IGP submitted content including accessing this year's seed grant proposal form. Once logged in, you can also view previously awarded seed grants. Please login using the same CU login credentials that you would use to access your CU email account to gain access.
  • If you are still unsure how to login, go to your email and find your "User Name" and "Password" under "Account Information". These are the correct CU login credentials to enter.
  • For technical difficulties, send an email to vcrtech@colorado.edu.
  • For general questions about the Seed Grant Program, send an email to innovation@colorado.edu.