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Update: Deadline extended for Round 2 of the UGA-Liverpool Seed Grant/Pump-Priming Initiative
As part of the University of Georgia (UGA) / University of Liverpool Partnership, financial and logistical support will be provided for preliminary work toward full-fledged collaborative projects in research and scholarship between the two institutions.
UPDATE: The 2015 deadline has been extended to Friday, November 6, 2015.
As part of the University of Georgia (UGA) / University of Liverpool Partnership, financial and logistical support will be provided for preliminary work toward full-fledged collaborative projects in research and scholarship between the two institutions.
The two institutions are offering seed grants / pump-priming grants to incentivize and catalyze research collaborations between the two institutions and encourage joint applications for ongoing sponsored funding to continue the collaborations. The funds will involve equal shares from both institutions of amounts up to $9000 / £5300 total. At UGA, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) will provide matching support for department/school/college contributions at a 2:1 ratio (e.g., maximum $3,000 from OVPR + $1,500 from unit). Funding for the Liverpool contribution will be provided on a match funding basis between the International Development Office (IDO) and the School or Faculty.
To be eligible for this competition, UGA and Liverpool faculty members must have initial conversations about the potential collaboration and work together on a single short proposal for this competition. This proposal will be submitted simultaneously to OVPR at UGA and to the IDO at Liverpool.
The initial review of applications will be performed by committees working independently at each institution. Based on these initial reviews, UGA and Liverpool will each confirm support contingent on support by the other partner institution. Only those proposals found acceptable by both institutions will be considered by a joint committee making final selections. When both have confirmed this support, funds will be made available to the partners by their respective institutions.
The funds will be made available over two years for videoconferencing, travel and living expenses (faculty, postdoc, student), preliminary data collection, feasibility studies, etc.
Deadline for submissions: Extended from October 23 to November 6, 2015
Program Guidelines: https://research.uga.edu/docs/policies/iga/UGA-UOL-Guidelines.pdf