Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A 25,000 GBP one-year seed grant to generate preliminary data is a single-year project.
- Is an instance
A 12-month industry SRA for a defined preclinical study is a single-year project.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A 5-year R01 is multi-year, not single-year.
- Not an instance
A 3-year ERC Starting Grant is multi-year.
Editorial commentary
Single-year projects include seed grants, pilot grants, pump-priming awards, short fellowships, internal catalyst awards, and some industry SRAs. They have simpler administrative structures (no continuation decisions, fewer reports) but compressed delivery expectations. Single-year projects often serve as proof-of-concept enabling subsequent multi-year applications.
References
- US NIH small-grant programmes; UKRI pump-priming and seed-grant calls.
Also known as
One-year project · Short-duration grant · Annual project
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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