We are pleased to announce the Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grant program. URI Phase-1 Student Seed Grants provide $500 per project to pursue preliminary research or demonstrate an initial proof-of-concept/prototypes. URI Phase-2 Student Seed Grants provide up to $3,000 per project to further pursue application-based research or develop a complete technology development prototype. Funds can only be used to order project supplies and prototyping through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Innovation. Phase-2 proposals may be submitted by former Phase-1 Student Seed Grant winners who have completed Phase-1 work, as well as new students who have a research or product idea that has shown the preliminary proof of concept, market assessment or application-based research to establish the need, significance, and basic approach. The student should prepare URI Student Phase-1 or Phase-2 Seed Grant proposals following the templates with format and guidelines.
A seed grant information session is held in late September or early October. Proposal deadline is mid to late October. Final winners are announced in November and funding is completed before the end of the first semester. The timetable for the current year will be posted at the beginning of each academic year.
