The Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES) is pleased to announce its 2023 IDIES Seed Funding Program (SFP). The goal of this initiative is to provide seed funding for data-intensive computing projects that:
In an effort to support and promote the growth of data-intensive, multidisciplinary, multi-investigator sponsored projects at JHU, IDIES invites faculty and researchers to submit proposals detailing their ideas for research. Proposals should adhere to the three main goals listed above.
Eligible applicants are faculty and research scientists at the Johns Hopkins University who can serve as Principal and Co-Investigators, and who have not previously been selected to receive an IDIES Seed Funding Program award for the same collaboration and/or project in the past. Preference is for early-career faculty, and projects that are interdisciplinary and stretch across the University.
The total budget request for a faculty team may not exceed $25,000. Please see specific budget guidelines below. The project period is up to one year beginning April 1, 2023.
Award recipients will be expected to:
The IDIES Seed Funding Program Review Committee may seek budget adjustments before making final decisions by the end of March 2023. The anticipated award start date is April 1, 2023. A committee of 3-5 IDIES members will review the proposals. The committee will consider several factors before making a decision: a healthy balance between the different schools and scientific domains, optimizing the impact of such a relatively modest investment, utilization of data science and data-intensive techniques and analysis in the core research, the professional career phase of the PIs, whether supporting this research would expand the existing cross section of IDIES research, and a strong prospect of future external funding.
The PI should ensure the proposal contains all required elements and is clearly written. Although reviewers are chosen who are familiar with some of the proposed areas of research, it is not possible to have an expert in every field represented by the proposals. Therefore, it is imperative that you make a convincing argument why this research is important in your field and should be funded at this time.
This call is supported by a partnership that includes funding from the following Johns Hopkins divisions:
Thank you for your interest in IDIES Seed Funding. We are no longer accepting submissions for the 2023 year. Please check back for updates on submitting for 2024.