Seed grants are small amounts of money invested in research projects and teams at the earliest stages of development. These funds allow researchers to advance their teaming efforts and/or to obtain preliminary data demonstrating the potential viability of the work. Often, seed projects lead to extramural research opportunities and funding.

The Office of the Executive Vice President for Research provides significant seed funding support for GT researchers through IRI Seed grant programs, the biannual Forming Teams and Moving Teams forward internal seed grant program, and through a number of collaborative seed grant programs in cooperation with other organizations such as Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and more. See a list of Georgia Tech-related seed grant opportunities below.