H&SS Seed Grant Proposal Format

Cover page
Include the project title as well as the department, email address, and phone number for each investigator.

Abstract
Include a one-paragraph abstract suitable for use in public reports.

Narrative
The narrative should describe the plan of work, participants, and relevance to population health research. Research project proposals should summarize the research question, existing literature, plan for empirical research, and significance of the project that the seed grant will help you develop. Other types of proposals, such as proposals for conferences or edited volumes, should provide comparable detail about the contribution you expect to make and the intellectual/scientific context for this work. The narrative should also describe the benefits of the project for the H&SS program at Columbia and for the H&SS Scholars specifically.

Length: 5 pages (excluding references)

References

Appendix: Relation of Proposed Activities to Other Current or Pending Funded Projects
If the seed grant proposal is related to currently funded or pending projects – including projects supported by internal (Columbia) or external funders – please briefly describe those other projects and describe how the seed grant project is distinct from (and may help leverage) these other projects.

Budget and budget justification
The budget should itemize all expenses, indicating where applicable the time commitment of faculty or student research assistants. Requests for data or computer hardware or software indicate specifically what the request is for (rather than simply "Software" or "Data") and the justification should briefly describe the need for this item.

CVs for all investigators