The Office of Research Development operates several proposal support grant and seed grant programs to support JMU researchers in forming interdisciplinary collaborations and applying for external funding.
Revise and Resubmit Program
This program supports PIs who have previously applied for an external funding opportunity and were not funded as they revise their proposal for resubmission. The purpose is to strengthen the competitiveness of the next resubmission by supporting limited new data collection, targeted analyses, methodological refinements, and/or specialized consultants/editors to address reviewer critiques.
Peer Review Grant Program
Do you have a grant proposal that needs a second set of eyes? The Peer Review Grant Program provides funds for external or internal area-specialist peer reviewers to improve proposal competitiveness for principal investigators. PIs nominate suitable reviewers; ORD engages and pays them to provide sponsor‑aligned critiques on near‑final drafts.
Interdisciplinary Research Team Grant Program
To encourage interdisciplinary collaboration, we offer these grants to facilitate the formation of research clusters and foster collaboration across different colleges to develop competitive proposals for large-scale, multi-investigator external funding opportunities.
These grants support planning activities such as team formation, preliminary data collection, concept development, and proposal preparation for center-level or program-project grants.
We currently have two tracks:
Track A: Team Formation Grant: Support for convening and organizing new cross‐college teams (e.g., workshops, retreats, planning meetings) to develop shared research agendas and collaboration plans.
Track B: Implementation Grants: Planning and preparation support for cross‐college teams that are targeting $250,000+ grants including concept development, pilot data, and proposal development. Teams applying for $1,000,000+ grants receive additional support.