Research Community-Building Small Grants Program

Please note: Due to uncertainty in federal funding, this Spring 2025 cycle of community grants will not be funded. We hope to resume funding in the Fall cycle.

The Office of Research's Research Community-Building Small Grants Program, supported by the Vice Chancellor for Research, will provide one-time funds of up to $10,000 to support activities that build engagement and collaboration to support equity and belonging for the UCSF research community.  

More Information

While this program funds up to $10K, we welcome proposals of smaller nominal value.  

Examples include:

  • Initiatives that enrich UCSF’s research community  
  • Conferences that facilitate research engagement and collaboration   
  • Events that bring new research ideas and perspectives to UCSF   
  • Purchases that enable research community building at UCSF  

Examples that are not included: 

  • Funding for research studies 
  • Research staff or graduate student effort 
  • Technology support purchases (i.e., laptops) 

Eligible applicants include all members of the UCSF research community: faculty, staff, trainees, and community members. 

To Apply

 Due to uncertainty in federal funding, this Spring 2025 cycle of community grants will not be funded. We hope to resume funding in the Fall cycle.

Please contact the VCR Office at [email protected] with questions.