Seedcorn research grants allow researchers to replicate previous studies, explore new ideas, run pilot studies for larger grant applications, and collaborate with members from other departments. The grants are mainly (but not exclusively) targeted at junior researchers and serve as career development instruments. The call in 2021 is especially targeted at replications of previous research. We encourage submissions aiming at replicating (influential) studies; these can be direct or conceptual replications. Applicants with projects not focusing on replications are nonetheless invited to apply.
With the seedcorn funding, we wish to promote principles of open science. We hope that the seedcorn grants encourage research that is pre-registered before the study is run and provide other researchers access to the data and materials of the study (e.g. on the Open Science Framework).
We explicitly welcome studies that involve inter-departmental collaboration. Researchers (including PhD students) from the Departments of Psychology, Management, and Economics can apply for the seedcorn grants. Each seedcorn grant application will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
The centre’s leadership team will decide which projects qualify for funding. If more projects qualify for funding than it is possible to fund, we will apply a lottery scheme (see this inspiring report in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03572-7).
The deadline for the call is November 30, 2021. Applicants will receive notifications about funding before December 21, 2021. To apply for a seedcorn grant, please use the following submission system: https://forms.gle/YnQZSh3UQPXs4iW88
Your application must include:
There are no restrictions in terms of the research questions, study design, and methods applied. Projects must be completed and the financial resources spent before 30 November 2022. However, please note that you cannot apply for:
We look forward to receiving your submissions!