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The College of Education Venture Fund supports projects and programs with strong potential to lead to larger externally funded initiatives. Through seed funding, faculty can generate preliminary findings, strengthen project concepts, and advance competitive proposals for future funding opportunities.
The Venture Fund is designed to strengthen faculty research and career development by supporting activities that improve competitiveness for external funding. The program invests in projects that can help position faculty for significant external awards while enhancing the impact of research conducted within the College of Education.
Funding may be used to support activities that strengthen future grant proposals, including:.
Additional allowable and unallowable costs are provided in the full program guidelines.
The Venture Fund is intended to help faculty move promising ideas toward competitive external proposals. In addition to funding, awardees participate in Research & Innovation professional development opportunities designed to strengthen proposal development, funding strategy, and grantsmanship skills.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2026.
Faculty interested in applying should review the complete program guidelines, eligibility requirements, application materials, and award expectations in InfoReady.
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