*** ATTENTION ALL INVESTIGATORS ***

The Advanced Research Grants Program (ARG) (previously known as Science and Technology Grants RFP) is a solicited proposal mechanism with the goal of providing proof-of-concept funding to advance locally developed science and technology projects to a point where these will be able to be further developed through alternate sources of funding (e.g. federal R&D funding, angel and private investments, etc.) and/or commercialized (through licensing, sales, acquisitions, vertical venture integration or a combination of these).

Please refer to the Guidelines before applying.

• Letter of Intent (LOI) Phase opens on: March 18, 2020
• Letter of Intent (LOI) Phase closes on: April 16, 2020
• Invitation to submit Full Proposals: Early June

Funding per Award: Under this solicitation, proposals may be submitted for funding up to $150,000, including direct and indirect costs. Awardees will receive $75,000 at the time of execution of the agreement. The final disbursement of $75,000 will be payable after the grantee presents a mid-point progress report showing successful compliance with the project milestones as presented in the proposal.

Project Period: Project duration must be a minimum of twelve months but not greater than twenty-four months. Funding awards are expected to be issued during the period of November-December of 2020 for proposals submitted under this solicitation.

Informative sessions are coming: 

Info Sessions:

Join us to learn about the funding opportunities provided by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust – Research Grants Program.

Limited spaces available, please RSVP.

Universidad Central del Caribe: March 05, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. RSVP here

University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras: March 09, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. RSVP here

Ponce Health Science University: March 12, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. RSVP here

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus: March 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. RSVP here

University of Puerto Rico, Utuado Campus: March 17, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. RSVP here

For more information: Please follow this link!