Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease Seed Grant
The Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease Seed Grant aims to spark innovative and transdisciplinary research and develop new treatments or knowledge to improve the lives of all children with IBD and celiac disease for generations to come. Through this mechanism, we can harness the expertise of investigators already in place across Stanford and pivot their work toward pediatric disease and push research in novel directions to benefit children. The research awards will help fuel early-stage, high-risk, high-reward projects not yet ready for NIH or other government funding.
APPLICATION DEADLINE (LOI Deadline Extended)
Letter of Intent: September 14, 2025
Full Proposal (by Invitation): January 20, 2026
AWARD START DATE
July 1, 2026
Total seed funding award is $100,000 / year for up to two years. Applicants may request support for personnel (undergraduate or graduate students, post-doctoral fellows*, research assistants, associates, or faculty) and research-related expenses.
*For full details, please refer to the FY26 RFA.
Eligible applicants must be Stanford faculty holding Clinician Educator (CE), University Tenure Line (UTL), Research (NTL-Research), or University Medical Line (UML) positions for the duration of the award. Visiting scholars are not eligible to serve as PI or Co-PI. They may serve as collaborators or sub-investigators. Applications may include co-investigators from other research organizations.
Additionally, the primary research mentor and applicant must also be a Member of the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease. Please apply on the Center Membership webpage, which can be located above in the right tab. Failure to apply for membership will result in the application process being withheld.
All abstracts, presentations, and publications about research supported by the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease award should include an acknowledgment of the Center’s support using the funding acknowledgment guidelines.
*For full details, including assessment criteria, please refer to the FY26 RFA and policy.
| Fiscal Year | LOI Applications | Invited to Full Proposal | Grants Awarded | Funding Rate | Total Awarded for 2 Years* |
| FY25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 33% | $1,000,000 |
| FY24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 40% | $399,322 |
| FY23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 44% | $798,352 |
| FY22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 44% | $799,840 |
| FY21 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 30% | $1,296,000 |
| *Infrastructure charge applied to the FY21 total awarded amount | |||||
Please contact Grant Administration at ibdceliac_grantsadmin@stanford.edu or 650-724-0279 with any questions.