UGA is launching a new round of funding for the International Research Collaboration Grant.

The International Research Collaboration grant supports the development of new, sustainable research projects with international collaborators abroad. Awards will be made to support preliminary research, such as data collection, field work, or feasibility studies, as well as proposal preparation undertaken in pursuit of specific sources of external funding. The maximum amount of the award, including the required unit match, is $15,000.

This grant program is sponsored jointly by the UGA Office of Global Engagement and the Office of Research.

Eligibility

·         Open to all full-time tenured or tenure-track, clinical or other research faculty at UGA. PostDocs are not eligible to apply.

·         Research collaborations must involve researchers based in countries outside of the U.S.

·         Previous recipients of the grant (IRC or GRCG) who received the grant in or after 2024 are ineligible.

·         This grant program supports the development of new collaborations, not ongoing research projects.

Grantees may use the funding during the upcoming fiscal year for video conferencing, travel and other collaborative efforts, preliminary data collection, feasibility studies and proposal preparation. To be eligible, proposals must identify and commit to pursue specific sources of external funding as a result of the activities enabled by the grant.

Further details will be outlined in the Call for Proposals Guidelines.

Questions regarding the IRC Grant, including requests for assistance in identifying international partners, can be directed to: Harper Davison, Harper.Davison@uga.edu.