As a reminder, applications for the Scaling Success Grant and the Seeding Success Grant are due Wednesday, Feb. 2. The application portals opened in early December. The first round of funding for the Scaling Success Grant will be disbursed in March, and funding for the Seeding Success Grant will be available on May 2.
For more information about the application processes for both of these awards, links to the application portals and full details about the grants, including eligibility, standards, proposal requirements and funding guidelines, visit the RDS internal funding webpage. The FAQs page and the slides from the 2022 Internal Funding Programs Q&A town hall event with Vice Provost Padma Raghavan, available on the Workshops and Events page, provide more information.
The Rapid Advancement Micro-Grant Program (RAMP) continues to accept applications on a rolling basis until May 15 for fiscal year 2022. RAMP applications for FY 2023 will begin on July 1, 2022. The next application cycles for the Scaling Success Grant applications will be due on April 6, and the Seeding Success Grant applications will be due on Sept. 7. Details about these subsequent application periods will be available in the coming months.
For any questions or concerns about these programs, or to learn more about how RDS can assist faculty with external sponsorships, contact ovprfunding@vanderbilt.edu.