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Call for Fall 2025 IPR Seed Grant Applications

September 17, 2025

Call for Fall 2025 IPR Seed Grant Applications

IPR will be accepting fall 2025 seed grant applications, due by October 15. Full information is on IPR’s seed grant page.

IPR offers seed grants to nurture and promote population research, with a focus on research that will eventually result in external funding. Priority is given to research that falls within one or more of IPR’s four thematic areas: (i) Family Demography; (ii) Sexual and Reproductive Health; (iii) Health and Mortality; and (iv) Adolescent to Young Adult Development. We especially value research that fits within the scientific mission of the NICHD Population Dynamics Branch.

Funded projects will have a twelve-month timeline (with an option for no-cost extension) and a budget up to $40,000. R01, R21, R03, and K applications to NICHD are common outcomes. Applicants must be Ohio State faculty or have PI status at Ohio State. Unfortunately, we are unable to fund research activities that take place outside the United States. (Research using data collected internationally is eligible as long as all funds are spent in the U.S.)

Interested applicants are strongly recommended to contact IPR Director Sarah Hayford or Associate Director Kammi Schmeer before submission to ensure that their topic fits within this mission.