Rice University’s InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards (IDEA) promote the development of new research or academic partnerships that extend across multiple schools to engage faculty in new and creative scholarship. A minimum of three faculty extending across at least two schools is required.

These awards are for high-risk/high-reward proposals. It is expected that these awards will lead to proposals that generate new centers or multi-PI programming.

Awards are funded up to a maximum of $75,000 and may extend for up to two years ($75,000 total).

No InterDisciplinary Excellence Award may be used for summer salary, purchase of research equipment, or reducing teaching responsibilities.

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