Office of the Vice President for Research
Quarterly Strategic Investment – FY25 – Cycle 1
Colorado State University is committed to supporting a wide range of activities across research, scholarship, and creative activity. The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) utilizes a seasonal process for managing funding requests from colleges, departments, and other units. The purpose of this seasonal process is to synchronize the submission of funding requests, provide a means to strategically assess funding needs across a larger pool of proposals, establish a common set of funding criteria, and to promote inclusivity across the research and scholarship community at CSU.
Description:
The OVPR Quarterly Strategic Investment process, initiated in fiscal year (FY) 2015 (FY15), provides funding across the institution. This on-going program offers support for a broad range of research, scholarship, and discovery activities. The program is not intended to sustain or provide seed funding for individual research projects, nor replace the start-up/retention funding process, funding under the Core/Specialized Facilities RFP, or requests for mandatory cost share on extramural funding proposals (see Mandatory Cost Share below). Rather, the process is intended to provide OVPR funding support in a structured manner to address gaps, deficiencies, or opportunities in the research enterprise. A major advantage of this process is the allocation of available funds across the entire fiscal year to ensure that awards can be made for funding needs identified later in the year.
The FY25 “Cycle 1 (C1)” criteria described herein is for the July 1, 2024 submission deadline only; future cycles will be released under separate calls. This program may change in subsequent cycles, including potential shifts in eligible requests, prioritized activities, timeline, and funding availability.
Submission Process:
Applications are due by 5:00 pm on the submission deadline date through the CSU InfoReady Review system. The system will not accept applications after 5:00 pm.
See the RFP announcement or the opportunity page within InfoReady Review for information regarding specific required proposal content.
Submission Deadlines:
During FY25, the OVPR Quarterly Strategic Investment process is anticipated to have four cycles, scheduled to allow for maximum flexibility and agility in responding to identified needs. Funding requests will be accepted starting with the Open Date and continue until the Submission Deadline (5:00 pm MT). Requests received after the deadline will not be considered in that funding cycle and must be submitted to the next funding cycle. New cycles will be announced a minimum of four weeks prior to the submission deadline.
The open and submission deadline dates for the FY25 cycles, including the current Cycle 1, are:
Open Date Submission Deadlines:
| Quarter/Cycle | Open Date | Submission Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | June 1, 2024 | July 1, 2024 |
| C2 | September 1, 2024 | October 1, 2024 |
| C3 | December 1, 2024 | January 2, 2025 |
| C4 | March 1, 2025 | April 1, 2025 |
Please refer to the FY25 RFP Announcement for additional information, including submission eligibility, eligible costs, general funding criteria, required proposal content, submission process, and review elements.
For questions and further discussion, please contact Dinaida Egan in the Office of the Vice President for Research