<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023-05-seed-grants-sow-dazzling-return-on-investment.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>College of Natural Science,EEB,Integrative Biology</unit><pubDate>05/12/2023</pubDate><title>Seed grants sow dazzling return on investment</title><description><p>When it comes to securing key agency grant funds to support research projects, the quest to generate research data often favors those who already have enough data to prove their fundability. And that means grants to get grants can be a game changer. MSU's Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program started a Seed Grant Initiative in 2020, and faculty members receiving them agree that these small investments make a big difference in leveraging more significant research funding.</p></description><author>Sue Nichols</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/2023-05-seed-grants-sow-dazzling-return-on-investment.banner.garden.jpg" alt="Michigan State's Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program established a Seed Grant Initiative in 2020, and faculty members receiving them agree that these small investments make a big difference in leveraging more significant research funding."/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/preview2023-05-seed-grants-sow-dazzling-return-on-investment.banner.garden.jpg" alt="Michigan State's Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program established a Seed Grant Initiative in 2020, and faculty members receiving them agree that these small investments make a big difference in leveraging more significant research funding."/></image><tags><tag>eeb</tag><tag>research</tag><tag>seed grants</tag></tags></item>