Funding Opportunities

Accelerating Research Translation (ART)

Seed Translational Acceleration of Research (STAR) Project Awards

Funding for Seed Translational Acceleration of Research (STAR) Project awards is provided under the “Accelerating Research Translation” (ART) award from the National Science Foundation. 

NSF seeks to accelerate the pace of translational research at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). UW is among the first cohort of NSF ART awardees. The goal of the program is to build translational research capacity and infrastructure for U.S. IHEs and to enhance their role in regional innovation ecosystems. STAR projects are a core component of the ART program. STAR awards provide funding for projects with strong commercial potential and industry support that can be completed in one year and to serve as a mechanism for translational research training and capacity building.

The leadership and core project members of each STAR project selected will be required to participate in the NSF ART Ambassadors program. NSF ART Ambassadors are advocates and mentors for research translation and will work together as a team to help build capacity, accelerate and scale translational and use-inspired research activities, and institutionalize a culture that recognizes and promotes such activities at the University of Wyoming.