Nominations are now being accepted for the Burkhardt Seed Grant Professorship. This professorship was established by Martin E. and Kathleen M. Burkhardt. It is awarded to a university-funded faculty member in CALS and supports and encourages early-stage, high- risk/high-reward research.

The Burkhardt Seed Grant Professorship provides the recipient with a research allocation of $22,500 per year for three years. This allocation can be used to support the recipient’s research program. This allocation can also be used for graduate student tuition and/or stipend, faculty summer salary, academic staff salary, supplies and expenses, travel, or other expenditures that support the teaching and research environment of the faculty member. The appointment is for a three-year term.

Read the call for nominations for more details.