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Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I log in and see all the question fields without submitting?
- Yes, you can take a peek at the fields and prompts in the application by logging in (CAS) and paging through.
- Can I be on more than one grant?
- You can only be listed as lead PI on only one grant. And, you can be listed as a teammate on multiple grants.
- For example, if you propose a research grant and are listed as PI that’s your one. If you also want to participate in a workshop grant, someone else needs to be the lead PI and you can be listed as a teammate.
- How do I know if I qualify to be a PI?
- Check in with your department head about your qualification to serve as a PI on external grants.
- Does Yale have compute resources available for AI Seed Grants?
- Yes, the Yale Center for Research Computing (YCRC) Bouchet HPC cluster has dozens of H200 and A5000 Ada GPUs available for use by Yale researchers. Compute resources are available at no-cost to the researcher and priority access can be granted at a nominal rate (Priority Tier Cost Calculator).
- Can I buy high performance compute?
- Please check on the YCRC HPC resources first. If you need to buy HPC specifically for your project, your budget narrative would be strengthened by a short explanation for how it meets a need that the YCRC resources do not.
- Can I bring in collaborators from beyond Yale?
- We recommend looking for internal Yale partners first.
- Outside consultants are allowable with an explanation of why their expertise is needed and the impact for the project.
- Contracts for specific services are allowable.
- Interinstitutional subawards are not allowable on this internal seed grant.
- I see that ladder-track/tenure track faculty salaries are not allowable–what about staff and research scientist salaries?
- Yale M&P research staff salary is allowable. Please keep in mind when strategizing research arc sustainability that these seed grants have end dates and are not designed to fund staff positions long-term.
- Associate Research Scientist, Research Scientist and Senior Research Scientist salaries are allowable.
- I am faculty and was told that I need at least a 1% salary contribution.
- The 1% rule does not apply to this internal Yale seed grant
- Is $100,000 the total budget regardless of if it is a 1.5 or 1 year budget period?
- Yes, $100,000 total (or less) for research grants regardless of time frame.
- Will the AI Seed Grants be offered again next year?
- Yes, we will offer them again in 2026.
- Do I have to use a special CV format such as for NIH or ladder-track reviews?
- Proxy Submissions - can I submit for someone else?
- Yes, InfoReady is configured for proxy submissions. The PI would need to log into InfoReady to grant permissions to the proxy. Then the proxy can submit on their behalf.
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- Research References - Can the references go past page 5?
- Yes, the reference list can trail onto page 6.