Transcend Initiative Grants

Transcend Initiative Grants: Growing University-Wide Research

Transcend Grants supports interdisciplinary collaborative effort to conduct research across multiple schools. They are expected to include multiple faculty members (e.g., generally 10 or more) that are actively engaged in its activities. These interdisciplinary Initiatives may be at an early phase of development, formed in response to anticipated specific funding opportunity announcement, or some may be more advanced in their formation (e.g., have had some demonstrated success) and need support to sustain their activitie

Examples of research groups that may benefit from establishing a Transcend Initiative:

  • Interdisciplinary groups that have started collaborative discussions and projects around a critical challenge. Initial outputs from the group may include a white paper, publication, or submitted proposal.
  • Interdisciplinary groups that have previously received some external sponsored funding to support collaborative research and other activities, such as symposiums, but need URI funding to broaden the group’s activities and support elevating it to a nationally recognized research group.

Award Cap: Up to $150,000 per year for 3 years

Award Period: Up to 3 years from award

Awarded Transcend Initiatives

FY 2026 Call for Proposals

The LOI application portal for the FY 2026 Transcend Initiative Grant will be available by August 1, 2025 via InfoReady. Applicants will recieve invitations to the full proposal portal after the LOI review process has been completed. Please see the CFP for full details.

FY26 Transcend Initiative Grant CFPDownload

Questions

Please reach out to researchseedfunding@wustl.edu with any questions about the Transcend Initiative Grant.