Grant Programs
CSUPERB administers and manages several grant programs for CSU faculty and students, listed below. For more information about each program, click on the appropriate link.
Entrepreneurial Joint Venture Matching Grant Program
This program is aimed at providing matching funds for novel and important entrepreneurial joint ventures. CSUPERB views a joint venture as a collaboration between CSU faculty and external partners (individuals or institutions). The partnership project should have a positive impact on the California biotechnology industry and economic development, as well as CSU biotechnology education and research.
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Biotechnology Programmatic Development Grant Programs
This program aims to support programmatic development each year. These proposals do not require an external partnership or contribution, but one review criteria is the level of departmental or campus support, funds and shared resources that together indicate institutional commitment and support for the proposed project
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Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program
The CSUPERB Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Seed (Seed) Grants program aims to increase the overall number of externally funded research investigators across the CSU. CSUPERB recognizes the importance of undergraduate and graduate research experiences in recruiting, preparing and retaining students in biotechnology career tracks and so one review criteria is the involvement of CSU students in the proposed research.
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Faculty Travel Program
The travel award program is aimed at augmenting CSU and campus support for travel to national and international professional meetings and workshops related to biotechnology. Tenured and tenure-track CSU faculty are eligible for this program.
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Biotechnology Student Travel Program
The CSUPERB Student Travel program aims to encourage presentation of CSU student biotechnology research at professional meetings. Please note that CSUPERB welcomes and encourages applications from students in all biotechnology related disciplines and departments, including but not limited to biology, chemistry, math and computer science, nursing, agricultural science, engineering, and/or business.