President's Research Excellence Accelerator Grants (Spring 2026)
Ohio State's PRE Accelerator Grants fund interdisciplinary faculty teams for high-risk, high-reward pilot research, aiming to spark new ideas and secure future external funding, with special interest in space and defense topics.
Funder: Ohio State University
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027: Letter of Intent deadline (projected) | February 2027: Full proposal deadline (projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $50,000 per project; project duration up to 12 months; small interdisciplinary teams (2–3 investigators).
Summary: Supports Ohio State faculty-led, interdisciplinary, high-risk, high-reward pilot research to position teams for future external funding.
Key Information: Letter of Intent is mandatory; no-cost extensions are not permitted.
Description
The President's Research Excellence Accelerator Grants at Ohio State University provide internal funding for small, interdisciplinary teams to pursue curiosity-driven, high-risk, high-reward, pilot-scale research projects. The goal is to generate new ideas, foster collaboration across disciplines, and enable teams to develop competitive proposals for external funding. Projects must be led by Ohio State faculty and involve investigators from at least two distinct disciplinary perspectives. The program encourages applications in any research area, with particular encouragement for space and/or defense-related topics. Funded teams are required to submit an external funding proposal by the end of the grant period.
