SUBJECT:

Center Launch Seed Funds for Large Proposal Development, Request for Applications for the 2018-19 Academic Year

The Center Launch program provides seed funding to support teams of UC San Diego scholars in their efforts to pursue new large-scale, extramural funding.

The Office of Research Affairs (ORA) invites applications for one-time, non-renewable seed funding for planning and development activities leading to the submission of proposals for major extramural research support.

Awardees are expected to submit at least one proposal for major, external funding. Commitments to develop proposals to specific, large-budget funding opportunities will be prioritized in the 2018-19 competition. Applications involving co-investigators from other research institutions and multiple UC San Diego Vice Chancellor areas, i.e., General Campus, Health Sciences and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, are encouraged but not required.

ORA intends to make up to three small ($20-30K) and up to three larger (up to $75K) awards for AY 2018-2019.

The deadline for application for this funding opportunity is October 18, 2018, with funding to be available in January 2019. Detailed information on the application and selection process, eligibility, and requirements is available on the following web page:
https://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ora/awards-funding/centerlaunch.html

Sandra A Brown Vice Chancellor for Research Miroslav Krstic Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research