Illinois Innovation Network Sustaining Illinois Seed Grants

Key Information

Direct Link to Opportunity

https://iin.uillinois.edu/programs/sustaining-illinois/current-funding-opportunity/

Application Deadline

Amount:

Up to $40,000

Funding Agency

University of Illinois System

Internal or External

Internal

Status of Applicants

See Opportunity Website

Discipline(s)

See Opportunity Website

Contact

See Opportunity Website

Additional Details

Details:

The Illinois Innovation Network aims to advance collaborative research within the state with its Sustaining Illinois seed grant program. Offered once each year, Sustaining Illinois grants can be used to pursue a wide variety of research topics that contribute to overall prosperity of our state.

Sustaining Illinois elements are as follows:

  • Education and Workforce Development: developing and sustaining the education of its citizens and developing a productive and inclusive workforce for the 21st century.
  • Economic Development: sustaining and developing the economy of the state, including understanding how best to support the growth of diverse entrepreneurship and business formation in Illinois.
  • Health and Wellness: sustaining and improving the general health and social wellness of all Illinois citizens, including local and regional communities.
  • Water, Food, and Agriculture: sustaining the water supply, with 20% of the world’s freshwater supply in the shores of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin, the largest in the US and 2nd largest in the world, and enhancing the home to a national leader in food and agriculture.
  • Computing and Data: under the umbrella of Sustaining Illinois, there is a foundation of computing, big data, and artificial intelligence. This is an important area in its own right as Illinois develops its high- tech industry, but in this context, it is seen as an enabler for all other aspects of sustainability as articulated above.

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