MathWorks Call for
Research Proposals

Awards are structured as one-year unrestricted gifts and funding is not extendable. Applicants may submit new proposals for subsequent calls.

PIs may submit only one proposal ahead of each deadline.

Project proposals will be reviewed by an internal awards panel, and the results will be communicated approximately two months after the submission deadline. We will contact the primary PI listed on each proposal and make an announcement on the MathWorks website.

Each research award recipient will be assigned a MathWorks account engineer. Researchers are encouraged to maintain regular communication with their MathWorks contact to discuss ongoing research and seek technical help. We also encourage publishing the outcome of the project and committing any related code to open-source code repositories such as GitHub and File Exchange on MATLAB Central.

Funding is distributed as an unrestricted gift. As such, the funding does not result in any transfer or license of any intellectual property rights. Please refer to the program expectations for more information.

The commercial partner can be an organization, company, or entity that operates within the relevant industry or market. We encourage PIs to submit with their proposal a letter of intent from the commercial partner—on the organization’s letterhead—indicating its commitment to collaborate on the project.

Proposals will be accepted twice a year, during spring and fall. If you want to be notified when the next submission window is open, please add yourself to the notification request list.