The Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research provides seed funding to interdisciplinary high-risk, high-impact projects in the life, physical, and social sciences. This competition is open to ladder faculty members at HMS, HSPH, FAS and SEAS. This year, seven research projects were awarded. Among the awardees are Jerry X. Mitrovica (EPS), Benton Taylor (OEB), Suyang Xu (CCB), and Xiaowei Zhuang (CCB) from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. To learn more about each of the winning projects, see this article published in the Harvard Gazette.

This program’s next deadline is expected in February 2021. Guidelines from the 2020 competition are posted the program website for reference.