Faculty Interdisciplinary Seed Grants 2024
The UF Biodiversity Institute encourages interdisciplinary research and training with three main foci: (1) discovery of biodiversity, (2) using big data – informatics, modeling, computation of heterogeneous data – to describe, understand, explain, and predict patterns of biodiversity and the processes that generated those patterns, and (3) translating knowledge on biodiversity into action – conservation, policy, law, education, etc. – through relevant partnerships with journalists, social scientists, education specialists, lawyers, representatives of state and federal agencies, and others.
To enhance interdisciplinary research in biodiversity-related fields, the UF Biodiversity Institute offers Interdisciplinary Seed Grants. These 12-month grants will support interdisciplinary research that addresses the general goals of the Institute; examples include but are not limited to (i) large-scale, collaborative biological surveys to document and monitor biodiversity on a global scale; (ii) development and application of informatics tools for biodiversity research; and (iii) translational research in natural resource management, protection, and sustainability.
Award Information
Number of Awards: 2 – 4 Awards
Amount of Awards: up to $50,000 for 1 calendar year
Submission Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2024, 5:00 pm
Start Date: July 1, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
To be competitive, proposals must be multi-/interdisciplinary and must involve faculty from at least
two departments/units/colleges. Single-investigator proposals are not eligible.
Proposals involving hypothesis-driven research should clearly and explicitly state the hypothesis. Proposals that are data-driven should clearly state a range of possible outcomes and how the results can be used in further analyses. Projects that are methodological should focus on specific, key interdisciplinary problems.
Proposals may be submitted by any UF faculty member (PI) eligible to submit a proposal to an
external funding agency. Courtesy, Adjunct, Visiting, and OPS faculty; Assistant In, Associate In, Senior Associate In; Research Associates; and Postdoctoral Associates are not eligible to be PIs; they may participate as co-PIs.
Proposal Requirements
Submission Requirements
Applications, composed of a single merged pdf that includes all segments described above, must be submitted by email to flora.marynak@ufl.edu. The subject line of the email should use the format UFBI SEED GRANT APPLICATION LASTNAME FIRSTNAME.
The submission deadline is April 26, 2024, at 5:00 pm.
Formatting Requirements
Applications must be single-spaced; font size no less than Times New Roman 11-point or Arial 10-point; 1-inch margins.
Review Process
An interdisciplinary selection committee composed of members of the UFBI Advisory Board and other UF faculty will evaluate the applications and select the awardees.
Notification of Awards
We anticipate announcing the award recipients by approximately April 15. The earliest start date for the award is May 15, 2023.
Reporting Requirements
Within 6 months after the conclusion of the grant, all awardees of Seed Grants are expected to participate in a symposium/poster session sponsored by UFBI. At the termination of the 1-year award, PIs are expected to submit a report on their accomplishments and an outline of the proposal to be submitted to an external agency, as noted in item 7 above.
To print a copy of the Seed Grant Award Information, visit https://biodiversity.research.ufl.edu/faculty-interdisciplinary-seed-grants-2024/.
Questions
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact:
Dr. Pamela Soltis, FLMNH, UFBI Director
Email: psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu