DST SPARK RFP
DST SPARK Seed Grants support early and mid-career Duke faculty in launching high-risk, innovative research projects with transformative potential over a one-year period.
Funder: Duke University
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 | June 2027
Funding Amounts: Up to $150,000 per award for a one-year project; budgets may be less based on project needs.
Summary: Supports early and mid-career Duke faculty in pursuing high-risk, innovative research ideas that could have transformative long-term impact.
Key Information: Internal Duke award; open only to eligible Duke faculty.
Description
The DST SPARK Seed Grants, administered by Duke’s Office of Research and Innovation, are designed to foster creativity and support innovative, high-risk research among early and mid-career faculty at Duke University. The program encourages proposals that represent new research directions or scholarship unlikely to receive funding from traditional sources, with the goal of catalyzing transformative, long-term impact within the applicant’s discipline. Projects should be “blue-sky” in nature, aiming for substantial progress in exploratory research over a one-year period.
