Biomedical Research Seed Grants

Office of Research and Innovation (R&I)
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Sponsor Letter of Intent Deadline: 03/18/2026
Sponsor Application Deadline: 04/01/2026

This opportunity seeks to enhance the competitiveness of UNL faculty submitting grant proposals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Awardees receive seed funding to facilitate preliminary study and/or data collection to strengthen a future NIH proposal submission. The expected outcome for these grants is for UNL principal investigators to improve the competitiveness of NIH R21 or R01 proposals.