University Seed Grants
CAES Universities provide funding for university led projects with the potential to garner additional, external funding. Some priorities for these programs include:
- Support novel, energy-related research, aligned with CAES focus areas
- Support innovative outreach activities focused on energy-related issues
- Provide seed funding for subsequent research proposal development
- Fund graduate student (principally PhD student) energy research
- Support pre-tenure faculty
- Enhance collaboration with CAES institutions
For more information about University Seed Grants, please see the program news below or contact the Associate Director for your university.
“The University Seed Grant is a great opportunity for researchers to engage with collaborators from INL, industry, and the CAES-Universities. It provides funding to obtain prelim data in order to build a much larger collaborative proposal to external agencies. As a CAES researcher, I have seen it firsthand how this program can help in developing new partnerships, research programs, and student opportunities.”
Featured News
Idaho State University Announces 2025 ISU-CAES Internal Seed Grant Recipients
Idaho State University (ISU) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 ISU-CAES Internal Seed Grants. The program provides funding to ISU-led projects in collaboration with researchers at the...
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University of Idaho 2024 Seed Grant Recipients
University of Idaho (UI) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 UI-CAES Seed Funding Program. The program provides up to $10K to University of Idaho-led projects with the...
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University of Idaho announces new funding program, names first recipients
Seven projects have been awarded funding through the new UI-CAES Seed Funding Program that began in February. The program provides up to $10K to University of Idaho-led projects with the...
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Idaho State University announces recipients for ISU CAES Seed Grant Program
Ten Idaho State University researchers were awarded ISU CAES Seed Grants in December. The grants are awarded each year to collaborative research projects led by ISU researchers in collaboration...
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