Eligibility

Overall Eligibility for Research Incubator:

Participation for all components of the research incubator is open to all tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track faculty across all Rutgers units and from all disciplines, insofar that the concepts proposed are relevant to the incubator’s theme.
For purposes of this Research Incubator, the phrase “early-career faculty” is defined as an investigator who has completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training—whichever date is later—within the past 10 years and who has not previously competed successfully as a Principal Investigator for a substantial, independent research award.

Ideas Café:

Registration is open to all eligible faculty, insofar that the concepts proposed are relevant to the incubator’s theme.

Symposium:

Applications are limited to eligible faculty who apply as teams and early-career faculty who apply individually, insofar that the concepts proposed are relevant to the incubator’s theme. Participation in the incubator’s Ideas Café is not required.

Seed Funding Initiative:

Applications are limited to eligible faculty who presented at the incubator’s symposium, whether on teams or individually on early-career faculty panels, insofar that the applications are relevant to the incubator’s theme.

Additional Incubator Proposal Development Support and Related Programming:

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