RGI Overview
The RGI aims to substantially expand UWM's research enterprise through investing University research dollars in selected proposals of exceptional quality with anticipated return on investment (ROI) through extramural funding.
RGI Objectives
- Grow our research by investing in externally evaluated projects from faculty and staff;
- Align research investments with desired research and extramural support outcomes;
- Enhance researcher competitiveness by seed funding early stage research projects;
- Stimulate submission of highly competitive proposals to extramural funding sources; and
- Invest in projects that lead to self-sustaining research programs.
Eligibility
- All faculty and staff with PI status are eligible for this program.
- Lead PIs are limited to submission of two proposals per application cycle.
- Each application must have a UWM faculty or eligible PI as the lead. Co-PIs can be non-UWM employees or eligible UWM employees. Non-UWM employees as Co-PIs cannot receive salary in support for their efforts.
Proposals Appropriate for Program Support
- Projects that lead to submission of competitive proposals for national funding;
- Projects that lead to self-sustaining research;
- Projects that have a one-year time frame. A second year may be available; and
- RGI does not fund projects where the emphasis is infrastructure; however, infrastructure may be included in a research proposal.