Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program, Round 13

Letters of Intent must be received by: Thursday, February 26, 2026 by 5:00 PM (PST.)

The Stanford Bio-X program has, as one of its major goals, the enhancement of interdisciplinary interactions between and among all scientific communities at Stanford. Stanford Bio-X brings together researchers – in computer science and technology, engineering, food and nutrition, the basic sciences in H&S, the earth sciences and sustainability, and the pre-clinical and clinical sciences in the School of Medicine, in areas related to biosciences, biomedicine, and bioengineering – to bring interdisciplinary solutions and to create new knowledge of biological systems, in benefit of human health.

The Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program (IIP) awards provide seed funding for high-risk, high-reward collaborative proposals including basic research leading to fundamental discoveries, as well as innovative technologies, relating to human health.

We are announcing this request for Letters of Intent (LOI) for the 13th round of the Stanford Bio-X IIP to all eligible Stanford Faculty who are affiliated with Bio-X (see eligibility criteria). The LOIs will be evaluated as to their interdisciplinary nature, quality, likelihood of being successful, whether they address the scientific and programmatic goals of Stanford Bio-X in its broadest sense, their potential for obtaining future external support, and whether the proposal is a new collaboration between the faculty.

Stanford Bio-X will consider proposals in the range of at least $125,000 a year for two years. Support could be for personnel (undergraduate, graduate, or post-doctoral students, research assistants, or associates), supplies, and equipment. Faculty salaries and travel expenses on the grants are not allowed.

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