About the IGP

In 2006, the Offices of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Research pooled funds for a campus-wide seed grant program that was intended to stimulate new and exciting areas of research and creative work on the CU-Boulder campus. Five annual IGP competitions have been conducted since that time. In those competitions, seed grants of up to $50,000 have been awarded to 118 faculty researchers and research teams. For 2012-2013, seed grants of up to $50,000 will be provided 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.