Up to $50,000

Deadline: 11:55 pm MT on Thursday, February 25, 2027

The 1U4U Collaborative Seed Grant Program supports cross-campus/cross-disciplinary research teams to solve the greatest challenges facing our local, national, and global communities. The goal of 1U4U is to incentivize researchers from different disciplines to collaborate.

Up to $250,000

Deadline: 11:55 pm MT on Thursday, January 14, 2027

The Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF) supports necessary research instrumentation purchases, upgrades, and replacements by faculty and core facilities. Research instrumentation purchased with RIF funds is meant to be shared as broadly as possible and must be used to facilitate externally funded research and scholarship.

Up to $10,000

Deadline: 12:00 am MT on Thursday, December 10, 2026

The Distinguished Research Award (DRA) is a prestigious faculty award designed to recognize outstanding achievements in research by three University of Utah faculty members each year. This prestigious research award provides the faculty member with a $10,000 grant to pursue research and/or creative pursuits and recognition at the UofU Commencement. Nominees are evaluated on the impact and significance of their career research or scholarly work to their field, as well as to the improvement and enrichment of the human condition.

$15,000 (provided to awardee's department to offset cost of release)

Deadline: 12:00 am MT on Thursday, October 1, 2026

The Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA) program provides faculty members one semester of full release time (from teaching and administrative tasks) at full salary for scholarly and creative projects. Examples of scholarly activity should demonstrate the discovery and/or integration of new knowledge, technologies, methods, or materials.

Up to $10,000

Deadline: 12:00 am MT on Thursday, December 3, 2026

The Faculty Small Grant Program (FSGP) provides grants of up to $10,000 over one year to support research and/or creative work. Research supported by the FSGP program should pursue new and innovative directions of inquiry.

Up to $250,000

The University of Utah Research Foundation (UURF) Interdisciplinary Research Initiative is designed to produce use-inspired research and outcomes that will address national priorities, global competitiveness and strong economic futures. Track 2 provides a larger amount of funding and is designed to significantly expand or scale-up existing work for broader impact or application.

Up to $50,000

The University of Utah Research Foundation (UURF) Interdisciplinary Research Initiative is designed to produce use-inspired research and outcomes that will address national priorities, global competitiveness and strong economic futures. Track 1 supports small seed grants designed to support early stages of a research project.