Provost's TMC Collaborator Fund

Available to Rice faculty in all disciplines, the fund awards seed grants up to $50,000* for new collaborative research projects with faculty of Texas Medical Center health-related institutions. Rice ENRICH will fund half to the Rice co-PI, with matching support required of the collaborator at his/her institution. The seed grants should lead to self-sustaining, nationally competitive research programs that will address critically important problems in or relevant to health care.

*Funds will be available in FY26

Learn more about this fund here

Engineering Solutions in Surgery Seed Grant Program

In partnership with: Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Surgery INSTINCT program

This initiative is designed to foster innovation and strengthen the collaborative efforts between Rice University and BCM, with a focus on advancing surgical research and education.

*Funds will be available in FY26.

For additional funding opportunities for Rice faculty, visit Creative Ventures Fund.

See also the GCC's John S. Dunn Foundation Collaborative Research Award Program.