Through the President's Research Excellence program, Accelerator proposals of up to $50,000 are available for small teams formed to pursue curiosity-driven, novel, high-risk and high-reward research. These proposals are due February 4. These Ohio State aims to grow its research and innovation enterprise and increase its research eminence among the nation’s and the world’s research universities by attracting more externally sponsored research funding, enabling curiosity-driven research and discoveries, and addressing large, complex societal challenges. Towards these goals, the President’s Research Excellence (PRE) program provides seed support for cross- and interdisciplinary research that have the potential to attract external funding. The program was established in 2021 with an annual budget of $2.5 million.