Funding

IISG Program Development Proposals

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program Research & Outreach Development and Capacity Building Pre-Proposals - OPEN

IISG Core Proposals

The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program (IISG) has limited discretionary funds for the initial development of promising research and outreach projects. In order to be considered for funding, please contact our research coordinator.

The Project Summary Form (Form 90-2) should be used for proposal submission including investigators and their affiliations and duration of project.  The proposal should outline the problem, impact of the problem, methods, and expected results and impacts. Not all fields requested at the top of the Program Summary form are applicable to program development funding. Only fill out the items for which are appropriate. For questions, contact the research coordinator,

The Project Summary Form should not be more than 4 pages in length.  Please email all forms in Word format. 

Submit a budget outlining the federal dollars required for the project on Budget Form 90-4.

90-2 Project Summary Form

90-2 Develop.doc

90-4 Budget Form - Please include copies of Fringe Benefits and Indirect Cost Rate documentation for all institutions

90-4.xls (worksheet)

90-4.doc (Required format)

Note that for program development proposals, there is no matching requirement.

All project investigators are required to submit final within 30 days of the conclusion of the project.

Annual reports should include the following information:

Program accomplishments including research findings, students supported, impacts, publications, conferences, workshops, collaborations formed and problems encountered.

Future/planned activities including research, publications, workshops, and students to be supported.

Final reports should include the following information:

• Overall project summary including significant findings, accomplishments, and impacts.
• Students supported and degrees confirmed.
• List of publications, reprints, or copy of draft publications.