The Office of Proposal Development (OPD) promotes the advancement of university initiatives by supporting the development and preparation of highly competitive grant proposals. OPD is committed to providing Stony Brook's research community with a comprehensive suite of services to foster the development and growth of research activities. In addition to proposal management, our support services include identifying extramural funding opportunities, coordinating limited submission competitions, nurturing research collaborations, and connecting researchers to institutional resources. We also organize workshops and trainings in grantsmanship, coordinate external copy editing and graphic design services, serve as project managers for the proposal development process, handle the administrative requirements and manage a repository of sample grant proposal materials. Our team’s forward-thinking approach to research development provides faculty with tactical support for large-scale proposals, ensuring that they are aligned with sponsor funding priorities.
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Research News:
2025 Discovery Prize
The 2025 Discovery Prize competition, sponsored by the Stony Brook Foundation, is
now open!
What Does it Fund: The Discovery Prize will be awarded to a scholar in the STEM disciplines whose research
project embraces risk and innovation—two cornerstones of scientific advancement. The
proposed work must be basic scientific research that is discovery-driven and creates
new knowledge. Research that is primarily translational in nature (i.e., seeks to
apply existing knowledge) or that has been funded in the past is not eligible. The
Discovery Prize is designed to encourage high-risk, high-reward projects.
Applicant Requirements: In keeping with the goal of supporting early-career faculty, eligibility is open
to all faculty members who, at the time of application, have a tenure-track or non-tenure-track
assistant professor level–appointment, or are no more than five years beyond tenure
and promotion at the associate professor level. While the proposed research project
may emerge from a single discipline or may be interdisciplinary, involving multiple
SBU faculty members, the principal investigator must fit this previously outlined
criteria.
Award: $200,000 prize
Deadline: Applications must be submitted via the Discovery Prize portal in Infoready by 11:59 pm EST on October 7, 2024.
Please direct questions to the Office of Proposal Development at OPD_OVPR@stonybrook.edu.
Review the Discovery Prize Call for Proposals and submission instructions
AI Innovation Institute Seed Fund Program
The Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute (AI^3) is a new university-wide initiative
to advance the use of AI in research, teaching and service. To inaugurate the institute,
AI^3, with administrative support from the Office of the Vice President for Research
(OVPR), invites applications to a seed grant program for collaborative projects in
artificial intelligence, along three distinct tracks:
- Collaborative Research in AI
- Technical Support for Discipline-Centric Research
- Seed Grants for AI Education and Service
Applicant Requirements: To serve as Principal Investigator on either of the two research tracks (Collaborative
Research in AI or Technical Support for Discipline-Centric Research), an individual
must have a current full-time faculty appointment at Stony Brook University. Any full
time Stony Brook employees with a Director title or a salary classification of MC3
or above are eligible to serve as PI on proposals submitted to the AI Education and
Service track. Please review the eligibility criteria carefully to determine whether
you need a letter of support.
Award: The program will fund projects for up to a one-year period, depending on the availability
of funds. AI^3 anticipates making at least six awards on this call. Award amounts
vary per track.
Deadline: Full proposals due October 15, 2024, via the AI Innovation Institute Seed Fund Program Portal in InfoReady.
Review the AI Innovation Institute Seed Fund Program Request for Applications.