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Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases (IPRD)

Request for Research Proposals

Grant Program Overview

The Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases is pleased to announce a new Grant Program designed to support research on pediatric rare diseases. The program will provide funding for both the initial development of new projects and the advancement of current projects in their early stages.

The program will be offered in two phases:

  • Phase 1 (current cycle): Seed grants of up to $50,000 for a 12-month period to support early-stage research and data generation.
  • Phase 2 (beginning in 2027): Expansion grants of up to $100,000 for 12 months, offered competitively to select Phase 1 recipients who demonstrate outstanding progress.

The current Request for Research Proposals is for Phase 1 only.

The primary goal of this program is to help investigators generate the preliminary data and publications necessary to advance their research for the next stage, where applications for external funding (e.g., NIH R01 awards) will be competitive.

Phase 1 Eligibility Criteria

  • Full-time FSU faculty at any rank are eligible to apply 

  • Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs who have previously been awarded IPRD funding are welcome to apply. 

  • Students and post-docs may receive salary support from the award, but they are not eligible to serve as PIs or Co-PIs.

Phase 1 Award Information

  • Awards are up to $50,000 for 1 year.

  • A review of progress will be required at the end of the first 6 months before funding may be continued for the remaining 6 months.

  • Awards do not support PI or co-PI (i.e., faculty) salaries.

Important Dates for Phase 1 Applications

  • Submission Deadline: November 1, 2025, at 5:00 pm

  • Award Notification: By December 19, 2025

  • Award Period: January 15, 2026 - January 14, 2027

Proposal Instructions

Proposals should be submitted via the IPRD application portal in InfoReady, and must contain the following information.

  1. Project title
  2. Full name of Contact PI (Team Leader)
  3. Contact PI’s Department/Center/Institute
  4. Contact PI’s email address
  5. Full name(s) and Department/Center/Institute affiliation(s) of Collaborating Investigator(s)
  6. Have you previously received IPRD funding? Yes/No
    • If Yes: Include project title and funding period(s)
  7. Approval letters from IACUC or IRB (if vertebrate model systems or human subjects are involved). The research proposed in the application must be approved by the appropriate review boards. Proposals with pending approvals are not eligible.
  8. Project Description (max 1,000 words), and must include the following:
    1. Relevance to the IPRD mission
    2. Background and Significance
    3. Research Milestones
    4. Budget Justification
    5. Plans for application for external funding (please be specific: funding agency, type of proposal to be submitted, and date of the proposed application)
  9. Milestones (up to 5) for the initial 6-month period (500 words maximum)
  10. IPRD Grant Program Budget Form ($50,000 maximum)
  11. Suggested reviewers (at least 3 and up to 5). Reviewers can be FSU or non-FSU colleagues.
  12. Supplement (optional): 1 page maximum for Bibliography, and 1 page maximum for additional figures, tables, and legends.
  13. NIH Biosketch for the PI and Co-PI(s), including the last 2 years of past/current/pending grant support.