It is our pleasure to announce the 2023 cycles of Tufts Springboard, an intramural grant program that aims to create a thriving ecosystem to advance Tufts’ research, scholarship, and educational innovation.

Application Deadlines

Research & Scholarship Deadlines: May 10, 2023 and September 13, 2023
Educational/Curricular Deadline: October 4, 2023

Moving forward, the standard deadlines for submissions for Research & Scholarship Program will be the second Wednesdays of May and September and submissions for Educational/Curricular program will be the first Wednesdays of October.

Special consideration will be given to research, scholarship, and educational projects that focus on racial inequities and/or promoting anti-racist interventions in keeping with the University and Tufts Medicine’s commitment to be anti-racist institutions.  

About Tufts Springboard

Co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR), and Tufts Medicine, the goal of Tufts Springboard is to stimulate high impact research, scholarship and educational initiatives that have an explicit plan leading to extramural funding or other outcomes that influence research, scholarship, educational outcomes, and/or policy.  Moreover, the Tufts Springboard program aims to further the priorities of the University and its schools and to fortify Tufts' status as an R1, very-high research activity university and member of the Association of American Universities.    

The Tufts Springboard program is designed to be responsive to the needs created by the constantly changing world and funding landscape by providing a mechanism to improve investigators’ competitiveness and facilitate new collaborations.

• Projects should be built on the applicant’s prior work and lead to a long-term research, scholarship, or curricular endeavor.
• The program is not intended for one-off projects, but rather to make a lasting contribution to Tufts’ mission via research, scholarship, or education.
• The emphasis is on outcomes that draw vital support and recognition to Tufts as a leading contributor of research, scholarship, and educational outcomes.  

Funding Tiers
 
Tier 1

• Awards up to $100,000 for up to 2 years
• Meant to advance large collaborative efforts, build critical mass, and position Tufts to have the highest possible impact.
• Must lead to an extramural proposal of over $1 million per year (direct cost) for 2 or more years within 12 months of completion.

Tier 2

• Awards up to $35,000 for up to 1 year
• Supports ambitious research projects that will build collaborative teams with the goal to amplify long-term research, scholarship, and educational endeavors.
• Extramural applications are strongly encouraged, and a detailed continuation plan is required.

Tier 3

• Awards up to $15,000 for up to 1 year
• Can be used for a variety of research, scholarship, and educational innovation. 
• Extramural applications are strongly encouraged, and a detailed continuation plan is required.