UGA–University of Leeds Seed Grant & Faculty Mobility Program
Deadline: Monday, December 15, 2025
The University of Georgia (UGA)–University of Leeds (Leeds) Seed Grant & Faculty Mobility Program is a joint strategic initiative designed to promote research collaborations between scholars from both institutions. The program offers two distinct funding opportunities: seed grants to support joint research projects and faculty mobility awards to facilitate initial scholarly exchange.
Proposals that aim to strengthen institutional partnerships through impactful scholarly output, innovative program development, or the pursuit of future external funding are especially encouraged.
Proposals can be initiated by faculty at either the University of Leeds or the University of Georgia. While funding will come from the home institution, they will be jointly reviewed and therefore do not have to be submitted twice.
Faculty Mobility
This opportunity is open to full-time faculty from any discipline at UGA. Competitive proposals must demonstrate a commitment to reciprocal faculty visits, with the University of Leeds partner expected to travel to UGA by the end of calendar year 2026. The program’s primary objective is to foster new, sustainable collaborations in research, teaching, or service, with faculty exchange serving as the catalyst of the partnership.
Successful applicants will receive travel support funding, subject to the limits outlined in the “Expenses Covered and Funding” section of these guidelines. All UGA faculty travel must be completed by Friday, June 26, 2026.
Successful proposals will be centered around reciprocal visits. While this call supports UGA faculty travel to the University of Leeds, funding for the partner’s visit will be provided by the University of Leeds.
Pump Priming Research Funding
This opportunity is open to all tenured and tenure-track faculty at the University of Georgia. This portion of the grant provides up to $13,000 (£10,000) in funding to support collaborative research projects. We especially welcome proposals centered on connections between UGA faculty and the Water@Leeds research group, in the biological sciences, and food sciences.
The purpose of this seed grant is to initiate impactful international partnerships by supporting early-stage research, joint proposal development, and other foundational activities that advance long-term academic collaboration. Proposals must identify a specific source of future extramural funding or present a clear strategy for sustained engagement between UGA and the Leeds partner.
Contact for questions: Harper.Davison@uga.edu