Faculty Opportunities
InCHIP Seed Grants for UConn Faculty
Description: UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) offers seed grants for faculty at UConn Storrs, UConn Health, and the regional campuses who are InCHIP Network Members. This mechanism is designed to fund pilot work that will directly support a future external grant application in the area of human health, consistent with InCHIP’s mission. External grants that emerge from InCHIP funded seed grants must be submitted through InCHIP or UConn Health.
Community-Engaged Health Research Seed Grants
Purpose: InCHIP will provide grant funding for UConn Faculty pursuing a community-engaged health research project that meets a need identified by and in collaboration with a community stakeholder(s). This award provides funding for community-academic partnerships to perform pilot studies that will establish or strengthen relationships and produce preliminary data for future extramural grant applications.
Pilot Studies in Human & Planetary Health
Purpose: This award is a partnership between Global Affairs and InCHIP and provides funding for a pilot study conducted by UConn Faculty in the area of human and planetary health. This call is part of a broader university-wide initiative on mindfulness, spirituality and planetary health. There is one award of $40,000 available in this competition.
Poverty & Health Networking Event FOA
Purpose: This opportunity is only open to UConn faculty teams who emerge from the networking event on Poverty and Health sponsored by InCHIP held on January 30, 2026.
These awards provide pilot funding for new research projects conducted by UConn faculty that address, prevent, or mitigate the impact of poverty on physical or mental health in the U.S. or internationally.
UConn Faculty Career Development Funds
Purpose: InCHIP will provide up to $ 5,000 for UConn faculty whose work is aligned with InCHIP’s mission to access training in a new area or topic relevant to the research agenda of the applicant. Funding will be prioritized for proposals that clearly connect their training activities to planned external funding proposals.
Rolling Seed Grants for Team Formation, Matched Funding, and Project Completion
Purpose: This award provides funds to support the development of new interdisciplinary research teams and community-partnerships, matched funding for projects with other sources of funding, and project completion activities. Awards ranging from $500-$5000 are available in this competition.
Biobehavioral Research Supplement
The Biobehavioral Lab (BBL) at UConn’s Storrs campus is a dedicated research facility supporting faculty and student projects at the intersection of behavior and biology. Operating across two locations, the behavioral lab in the Arjona Building provides private rooms for human subject research, including interviews, physical assessments, and biospecimen collection, while the wet lab in Beach Hall is equipped for processing and analyzing biological samples such as blood, saliva, and hair. The BBL offers specialized services, including DNA/RNA extraction, hormone and cytokine analysis, and quantitative sensory testing, with expert staff available for training and consultation.
Researchers are encouraged to explore biobehavioral research opportunities and seek guidance from BBL staff before applying for the supplemental funding.
Graduate Student Opportunities
Dissertation Assistantship Award
Purpose: This assistantship will provide an outstanding graduate student a paid assistantship to support dissertation research in the fields of public health or health-related behavioral and social science research. Students can elect to make use of this award full time in one semester or part time across two semesters.
Jeffrey D. Fisher Health Behavior Change Research Fellowship
Purpose: The Fisher Fellowship will award $2,000 in funds to one outstanding UConn graduate student working on their dissertation in the area of health behavior. To be considered a competitive applicant, the student must have a record of outstanding achievement in health behavior research. Outstanding achievements can include peer reviewed publications, presentations at national conferences, or other notable accomplishments.
Have Questions?
For questions about InCHIP’s rolling seed grants, contact Greidy Miralles.