Driving research through seed grant initiatives.
The Global Incubator Seed Grants program aims to stimulate high-impact collaborative research in any discipline linking WashU faculty with international counterparts. Since 2020, it has supported ~70 new global research projects in 30 countries. Seed funding is distributed through an open call for applications published on this page.
Read the new call for proposals, and apply by September 30th, 2024.
Under the university’s Here & Next Strategic Plan, several additional seed funding programs are also available to support interdisciplinary research activities at WashU from concept and team development to securing external funding.
dec 2023
Following the completion of the McDonnell Academy’s Global Research Symposium, 8 projects received Accelerator Grants for phase II research, aligned with focus areas of the “Here & Next” Strategic Plan.
jan 2023
The McDonnell Academy, in partnership with the Global Health Center, awarded 5 new seed grants to support collaborations in global health.
oct 2022
The McDonnell Academy and the Office of the Provost awarded approximately $500,000 in Global Incubator Seed Grants funding to support 20 new international collaborations.
jul 2021
The Global Incubator Seed Grants Grants program helped kick-start fifteen new projects on five continents.
Jul 2020
Ten research teams received a total of $250,000 in seed funding to initiate projects with international partners tackling far-reaching issues related to COVID-19.
JAN 2020
Since 2020, the Africa Initiative, Institute for Public Health, Social Policy Institute, and the McDonnell Academy have partnered to provide funding for 17 projects on the African continent, in the areas of global health and international social policy.
