Innovation/Seed Grants for Faculty and Staff

Innovation/Seed Grants

Geographic Scope: Alliant University California campuses (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Irvine)

Award Amount: Grants ranging from $2,500 to $21,000 per project

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

Recurrence: One-time seed funding for new projects

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

Contact: Info@AlliantEd.org