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.
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 and the Department of Management 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: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03572-7).
The deadline for the call is January 15, 2024. Applicants will receive notifications about funding before January 30, 2024. 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 2024. However, please note that you cannot apply for:
We look forward to receiving your submissions!