The International Seed Grants Program was initiated by OIP to stimulate and promote strong relationships between our faculty and international faculty. Each project was funded through the Arlys Conrad Endowment Fund.

We are not currently accepting seed grant proposals. Check back in the fall.  

View past seed grant program recipients.

The International Joint Research Program is administered by OIP with the support of our Office of Research.

View past joint research program recipients

This program provides support to our faculty to work on projects abroad that are funded at a matching level to work on the same project. Our contribution will be made directly to the Illinois scholar and the matching support may be made to the collaborating researcher at the peer institution. Illinois researchers may request up to $20,000 to be used within 24 months. Collaborating researchers abroad must receive at least the same amount to work on the same project.

Research Proposal Themes

• Economic and Community Development
• Food Security (Availability, Access, & Utilization of Food by at-risk populations)
• Global Climate Change
• Energy
• Natural Resources and Sustainability
• Nutrition and Human Health

Pre-approved Peer Institutions

• Belgium: Catholic University of Leuven (KUL)
• Brazil: Federal University of Viçosa
• China: Zhejiang University, China Agricultural University, Beijing
• Ghana: University of Ghana at Legon
• Mexico: National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (UASLP)
• The Philippines: University of the Philippines at Los Baños
• Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
• Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU)
• International: IRRI, CIMMYT, ICRISAT

• UNAM (Mexico) Joint Research Program
• CONACYT (Mexico) Joint Research Program
• MINCYT-UIUC Grant Program
• Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro - University of Illinois Small Research Grants Program Competition