GRADUATE INSTITUTE SEED MONEY GRANTS GUIDELINES - 1. SYNOPSIS 2. TYPES OF FUNDING, AMOUNTS

The final amount awarded will be determined by the Research Committee according to the merit, relevance, and budgetary needs of each proposal. [...] In case the amount awarded differs from the amount requested the award will be subject to the proposer’s acceptance of the modified budget. [...] EXPENSES COVERED BY THE GRANTS The following expenses may be covered by the seed money grant: • travel costs for preliminary data collection • travel costs for meeting research partners • networking or exploratory events on- or off-campus designed specifically for the project • purchase of data • archival fees • purchase of specific software • hourly wages of research assistants • visits to potent. [...] APPLICATION PROCESS Applicants should be submitted to the Research Office (researchoffice@graduateinstitute.ch) and include the following documents in a single PDF (proposal not to exceed 5 pages, in addition to the CV): • abstract (0.5 pages) 2 mailto:researchoffice@graduateinstitute.ch • project description (2-3 pages for full grants; 1 page for partial grants) • plan for extramural financial su. [...] REPORTING Within 60 days of the end of the approved award period, the recipient must: • Provide a final report detailing how the funds were used, what progress was made, and the status of resulting external applications for funds • and, if an external grant application was submitted, a notification of submission.