Dependent Care Travel Grant Program
Subject to the availability of funding, the Magnet Lab offers small grants for qualified, short-term dependent care expenses.
- For:
- Early-career scientists
- Support Level:
- Up to $800 per calendar year
- To Apply:
- Discuss your request with the applicable facility director. There is no deadline.
First-Time User Support
MagLab facilities are generally available to users without cost. To encourage new research activities, first-time principal investigators (PI) who have been approved and scheduled for magnet time may request modest support for travel expenses (available for Tallahassee facilities only).
- For:
- First-time principal investigators with approved and scheduled magnet time
- Support Level:
- $1,000 for international users; $500 for domestic principal investigators
- To Apply:
- Discuss your request with the applicable facility director. A request form will then be shared. There is no deadline.
Visiting Scientist Program
This program provides greater access to our facilities and seeds research programs that advance the laboratory. Funding is principally to support travel and local expenses. Requests for stipends are considered but given a lower priority.
- For:
- Visiting scientists
- Support Level:
- $500 - $5,000; more under special circumstances
- To Apply:
- Visit the VSP Web site
User Collaboration Grants Program (UCGP)
The UCGP program seeks to achieve the lab's research objectives through funded research projects of one to two years duration in the following categories:
- small, seeded collaborations between internal and/or external investigators that utilize their complementary expertise
- bold but risky efforts which hold significant potential to extend the range and type of experiments
- initial seed support for new faculty and research staff, targeted to magnet laboratory enhancements
- For:
- Magnet Lab personnel
- Support Level:
- Any two-year budget over $200k will need to be especially justified
- To Apply:
- Visit the program website