Research, Discovery & Innovation (RDI) funds these Category 2 grants. They are designed to catalyze or scale strategic transdisciplinary research programs by creating teams, broadening partnerships, and supporting the development and submission of extramural proposals. These efforts may include the development of a center-like endeavor targeting one of the externally-funded centers (e.g., National Science Foundation Science & Technology Center, Department of Energy Energy Frontier Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Coordinated Agriculture Products).

 

Track 1:     Medium – up to $100,000 to teams that target external funding proposals up to $2 million in direct costs.

Track 2:     Large – up to $250,000 to teams that target external funding proposals over $2 million in direct costs (the targeted external grant must be more than $2 million in direct costs; combining multiple grants to reach the $2 million target is not appropriate for this track).