{"id":138,"date":"2020-01-10T16:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/projects\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:21:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/pre-seed-program\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1683823837468{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1683823843866{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;sidebar&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2450&#8243; img_size=&#8221;826&#215;325&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;text-container first-paragraph&#8221;]The\u00a0<strong><em>Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research (TIR) Pre-Seed Program<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0provides\u00a0<strong>early stage developmental\u00a0funding<\/strong>\u00a0to facilitate the formation of faculty teams and collaboration around critical areas of research expertise or emerging research topics. The goal of the pre-seed funding is to stimulate the formation of new interdisciplinary research teams that position UGA faculty to be competitive for attracting resources for collaborative research, including internal UGA seed grants and ultimately, external grant support. The Program, first launched in the 2019-2020 academic year, is offered by the Office of the Vice President for Research, in partnership with the Office of the Provost.<\/p>\n<p>This funding level is insufficient to support research, per se, however it may be used for team-building activities such as networking meals, part-time student support, group website development, and travel to meet with potential external collaborators or funding agencies. Faculty may not use this funding to work on a project that is already supported by university funds, directly or indirectly through a center\/institute\/program.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for the program, teams require a minimum of six members across at least three different disciplines\/academic units. Each team should be led by a tenure-track or tenured faculty member. Teaching, research and service faculty who are not tenure-track or tenured may participate as team members. These formative core teams should not exceed twelve.<\/p>\n<p>Once a research team\u2019s application is approved, each participating faculty member in a team will be allocated $500 and the total amount ($500 x number of faculty) will be transferred to the team leader for management. Faculty members may join multiple teams, but they will still receive $500 per individual, to be divided among all the teams they join.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for pre-seed funding require a name for the team, team lead and member names and their units, a brief description of its intended research focus, a visual representation or image of the research, and a list of current team members. 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