Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A pump-priming grant of 15,000 GBP funds a six-month collaboration between an engineering and a social-sciences group on a new digital-health concept.
- Is an instance
An IAA pump-priming call funds short industry visits for academics.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A renewal of an established collaboration is not pump-priming.
- Not an instance
A standard project grant to a single PI is not pump-priming.
Editorial commentary
Pump-priming is closely related to seed funding but emphasises collaboration formation (new teams, cross-departmental, cross-institutional) and tends to be administered through internal grant calls with peer review. The Wellcome ISSF and many UKRI Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) use pump-priming as the operative term. Schemes typically require a brief outcome report measuring follow-on funding, publications, and new partnerships.
References
- UKRI Impact Acceleration Account guidance; Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF).
Also known as
Pump-priming grant · Initiation funding
Machine-readable encodings
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