Innovation/Seed Grants for Faculty and Staff
Funding Amount
$2,500 - $21,000 (based on 2019 awards)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Innovation/Seed Grants
Geographic Scope: Alliant University California campuses (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Irvine)
Total Funding: $55,000 awarded in 2019 to seven projects
Focus Areas:
- System-wide innovation
- Faculty-led research and student advancement ventures
- Student and community impact
- Mental health initiatives
- Diversity and inclusion
- Education for professional practice
- Applied research and scholarship
- Multicultural and international competence
- Community engagement
Eligibility: Faculty and staff at Alliant University
Selection Criteria:
- High level of commitment to improving learning environments for students
- Positive impacts on communities at large
- Alignment with Alliant's four institutional pillars
- First-time funding for proposed projects
Purpose: Foster innovation and help launch new ventures; spur innovative programs, research, publications, and other enhancements within Alliant University system that benefit the larger community
Example 2019 Awards:
- Emily Patton (SF): $21,000 for Heart-to-Heart Research Lab measuring psychophysiological responses
- Diana Concannon (Fresno): $12,128 for law enforcement/medical emergency response training for mental illness in rural communities
- Kristin Conover (LA): $6,310 for qualitative study on psychotherapy for people with physical disabilities
- Quyen Tiet (SF): $6,100 to examine stress, coping, and resilience of doctoral psychology students
- Ronald Stolberg (SD): $4,000 for sports psychology self-help videos
- Constance Dalenberg (SD): $2,883 for online research malingering detection
- Raji Natrajan-Tyagi (Irvine): $2,500 to study second-generation South Asian adolescent parent-child relationships
What Alliant Educational Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 1
- Total given
- $500K
- Median grant
- $500K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: San Diego, CA.
Example grants
Alliant International University Inc · San Diego, CA
Scholarships based on academic achievement
$500K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Capacity building
- Mental health
- Diversity
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