During 2022-2024 the Personalized Nutrition Initiative has funded 21 seed grants involving 62 investigators. Three seed grants were co-funded with the Center for Social & Behavioral Sciences and four seed grants were co-funded with the Health Innovation Program Office at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
The principal Investigators for the 21 seed grants come from 8 different home units across campus, and 9 are Assistant Professors, 6 Associate Professors, and 6 Professors. These seed grants have also provided research training to 65 undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs from 18 different programs on campus.
We have strong early Return on Investments (ROI)
- 12.1 ROI for seed grants funded in 2022
- 8.8 ROI for all five rounds (2022-2024)
The funded seed grants have resulted in 7 larger external grants funded, including 4 NIH grants and 1 USDA grant.