2026 Starter Culture Microgrant Program Application

We welcome your Starter Culture Microgrant Program application! You may review program details and criteria here.

Print or make a copy of the Starter Culture Microgrant Application Checklist here! Use this checklist to enhance the quality of your application, prepare question responses, and make sure you include all requested information for a high quality application.

Of note: While GSA recognizes the need for funding of individual scientific research projects in many under-resourced regions, we are unable to fund individual research projects through the Starter Culture Microgrant Program.

Open-ended answers are restricted to 300 words, so we recommend composing your answers in a word processing program before entering them into this application.

Quarterly application deadlines each year are:

1st quarter deadline: March 31
2nd quarter deadline: June 30
3rd quarter deadline: September 30
4th quarter deadline: December 31

If you would like someone to contact you about individualized application support, email us at engagement@genetics-gsa.org.

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* 1. Did you use the Starter Culture Microgrant Application Checklist for your application? Use this checklist to enhance the quality of your application, prepare question responses, and make sure you include all requested information for a high quality application.

Yes

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* 2. Proposals for initiatives with pre-existing funding which satisfies the financial needs of the initiative, such as annual events with strong sponsorship and/or university support, are unlikely to be funded. The Microgrant Review Committee strongly encourages new events and initiatives which benefit communities which otherwise would not have access to the information presented.

Check the applicable situation for your proposed initiative:

The proposed initiative does not have pre-existing funding which satisfies the financial needs of the initiative and there are no other funding mechanisms available.

The proposed initiative does not have pre-existing funding that satisfies the financial needs of the initiative and has not been selected for other funding mechanisms applied for by the organizers.

The proposed initiative does have pre-existing funding, but the initiative proposed will not occur without the requested Starter Culture Microgrant amount.