SEAS Interdisciplinary Research Seed (SIRS) and Translational Acceleration Research (STAR) Funding supports faculty collaborations and later-stage research to launch cross-field work and advance practical applications.
RISE: Columbia’s Seed Funding Program for Interdisciplinary Research supports research teams pursuing early-stage, high-risk basic research across disciplines to enable novel discoveries.
Columbia Biomedical Engineering Technology Accelerator supports clinician, engineer, and scientist teams translating biomedical technologies into clinical solutions ready for commercial investment.
NSF’s SBIR/STTR pilot funds up to $2M for startups and small businesses developing next-generation scientific instruments and technologies to advance scientific discovery and innovation in the U.S.
Translational Science Pilot Award supports Columbia faculty in testing innovations that overcome shared research barriers and create tools or methods to improve research across diseases and fields.
Interdisciplinary Solution Development Awards support new research partnerships adapting methods from outside health sciences to improve the speed, quality, and reach of clinical and translational research.