Research and Grant Writing
The UCSC Office of Research is committed to fostering research on campus with financial and administrative assistance to help with identifying sources for external funding, and planning for and preparing grant applications. Find a list of research resources that highlights the organized research activities by Division. A comprehensive list of the Research Programs and Units at UCSC will help you locate others that have similar research interests and explore the resources available to you on campus. The UCSC Principal Investigator Handbook consolidates most of the information needed to secure extramural support, but you can find more information at the links below:
- The Office of Research Development has tools to help you find funding opportunities and prepare competitive research proposals
- Helpful links to Federal grant sponsors from the humanities to engineering.
- The Office of Sponsored Projects solicits and accepts contracts and grants for research on behalf of The Regents of The University of California. They work with faculty to prepare budgets and insure compliance with UC Policy and sponsor guidelines.
- Find online forms for Seed & Cost Sharing Funds for grant applications
- Information on research compliance, including how to deal with conflicts of interest, export controls, vertebrate and human subjects research, and the responsible conduct of research
- Explore information on intellectual property and industry alliances, agreements or commercialization or join the mailing list for the Industry Alliances & Technology Commercialization (IATC) group to learn more.
The UCSC Committee on Research (COR) sponsors several small seed grants each year. Find more information about ongoing deadlines below:
Other external resources for research funding and grant-writing:
