Sustaining Illinois Seed Grants
Supports collaborative research across Illinois universities in education, economic development, health, and innovation.
The Sustaining Illinois Seed Grant program is the flagship seed funding instrument of the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN), a 12-campus University of Illinois System initiative. The 2025 cycle offered awards of up to $40,000 per project for one-year collaborative research projects, with a submission deadline of February 21, 2025 administered through the UIUC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Rese…
Seed grants for collaborative research spanning five IIN priority areas — education and workforce development, economic development, health and wellness, water/food/agriculture, and computing/AI — conducted across Illinois Innovation Network member institutions.
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