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Grant & Award Programs

Grant & Award Programs

The CSUBIOTECH team administers competitive grant and award programs that are open to California State University faculty and students. Here you can review open program calls for both students and faculty.

Biotechnology i​s defined here as a fusion of biology and technology. “Modern biotechnology provides breakthrough products and technologies to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, use less and cleaner energy, and have safer, cleaner and more efficient industrial manufacturing processes,” according to the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. In addition, the world’s largest biotech trade association lists biotechnology examples, applications and sectors. CSUBIOTECH adds health IT and medical device research and development to these examples.

Students and faculty in all disciplines related to biotechnology— including but not limited to life sciences, physical sciences, clinical sciences, math, computer science, agricultural science, engineering and/or business—are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

Program request for proposals (RFPs) are updated for each new round of funding. Make sure you are working with the current version before you craft your proposal. For programs that are not accepti​ng proposals, RFPs and proposal templates from the prior round of funding are provided as examples and could be helpful to you when they reopen.

InfoReady Submission System Equally Effective Alternative Access: Applicants who are unable to access or use the InfoReady submission system should send their completed proposal template, including any additional proposal documentation or support letters​ to csubiotech​@sdsu.edu and notify the program contact listed at the end of the relevant RFP or RFN by the listed program deadline. CSUBIOTECH staff will contact you via email with any additional questions. Questions can also be directed to Christine Montgomery at (619) 594-1203 for Student Programs and James Schmitt at (619) 594-5299 for Faculty Programs​​​.

​AY 2024/2025 ​​Grant & Award Calendar​​

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Student Programs

Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award

Program Deadline - Monday, October 21, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

RFN​​ Cover Page Template​​​​ ​Appl​​​y​
Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award

Program Deadline - Monday, September 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

RFNAppl​​​y​

Faculty-Graduate Student Research Col​laboration Program

Program Closed - Check back in late Spring 2025.

RFPTemplate​ Closed​​

Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Student Research Award

Program Deadline -  Monday, September 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

​RFN​​​ ​​Appl​y​​ ​

Howell-CSUBIOTECH Research Scholars Program

Program Deadline -  Monday, November 18, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

RFP​​  Template​​​​​​​  ​ Apply

Presidents' Commission Scholars Program

Program Closed - Check back for Fall 2024.

SAMPLE RFP  SAMPLE Template​   Closed

Student Travel Grant Program - Fall 2024​

Program Closed - Check for the Spring 2025 program early next year. InfoReady System Alert:​ ​There is a known problem for users trying to log in using their campus Single Sign On credentials from CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU East Bay, CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Marcos, CSU Stanislaus, and San José State University campuses. Those users should instead select the "Register" button on the login screen and create a new account..

Sample RFP​​  Sample Template​​​​​​​​  ​ Closed​

Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award

Program Closed - Check back in August 2022 for the next RFN.

Sample RFNSample Cover Page TemplateClosed

 CSU I-CorpsTM

 Application Closed.


Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award

Program Closed - Check back in August 2022 for the next RFN.
Sample RFNClosed

Faculty-Graduate Student Research Collaboration Program

Program Closed.

RFP Proposal ​Template  Closed ​ ​​

Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Student Research Award

Program Closed - Check back in August 2022 for the next RFN.

Sample RFNClosed

Howell-CSUPERB Research Scholars Program

 Program Closed - Check back in August 2022 for the next RFP.

Sample RFPSample TemplateClosed

Presidents' Commission Scholars Program

Program Closed - Check back in August 2022 for the next RFP.

Sample RFPSample Template  Closed

Student Travel Grant Program

Program Closed - Check back in late January 2023 for the Spring round.​

​Sample RFPSample Template Closed

Faculty-Graduate Student Research Collaboration Program

Program Closed.

RFP Proposal ​Template  Closed ​ ​​

Faculty Programs

Andreoli Faculty Service Award

Program Deadline - Monday, October 21, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

  RFN​​​Appl​​​y​​ ​​ ​

CSU Biotechnology Faculty Research Award

Program Deadline - Monday, October 21, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

RFN​​Appl​​​y​​ ​ ​​
​​Curriculum Development Grant Program

      Program Deadline - Monday, February 3, 2025, by 5:00 pm Pacific Time. InfoReady System Alert: ​There is a known problem for users trying to log in using their campus Single Sign On credentials from CSU Dominguez Hill​s, CSU East Bay, CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Marcos, CSU Stanislaus and San José State University campuses. Those users should instead select the "Register" button on the login screen  and create a new account. 

RFP​ ​Proposal Template Apply​​

Industry Partnership Initiative Grant Program

​Program Closed.

Sample RFP Sample Proposal Template  Closed

Faculty Travel Grant Program​ - Fall 2024​

Program Closed - Check back for the Spring 2025 program early next year​. InfoReady System Alert:​ ​There is a known problem for users trying to log in​​ using their campus Single Sign On credentials from CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU East Bay, CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Marcos, CSU Stanislaus, and San José State University campuses. Those users should instead select the "Register" button on the login screen and create a new account.

Sample RFP​Sample ​Temp​late​​ Closed​​ ​​

New Investigator Grant Program ​

Program Deadline - Monday, February 3, 2025, by 5:00 pm Pacific Time. InfoReady System Alert: ​There is a known problem for users trying to log in using their campus Single Sign On credentials from CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU East Bay, CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Marcos, CSU Stanislaus and San José State University campuses. Those users should instead select the "Register" button on the login screen  and create a new account.

RFP​​​ Proposal Template​ Apply

Research Development Grant Program

Program Deadline - Monday, February 3, 2025, by 5:00 pm Pacific Time.​ InfoReady System Alert: ​There is a known problem for users trying to log in using their campus Singl​e Sign On credentials from CSU Domi​nguez Hills, CSU East Bay, CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Marcos, CSU Stanislaus and San José State University campuses. Those users should instead select the "Register" button on the login screen  and create a new account.

RFP​​ Propos​al Template​​​​​​​​ Apply​ ​

Special Events Program

For events between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.​​ Rolling deadline until budgeted funds exhausted.​

​​ ​RFP​​​​​​​​