Catalyst Foundation - Cross-Disciplinary Research Grants and Funding

The Foundation's emphasis is on mixed-signal integrated circuit design and analysis

Catalyst Foundation encourages cross-disciplinary research

Fusion of scientific and engineering research

Many of those students supported by the Foundation have become world leading researchers in top-tier universities

More than 25 excellent projects have been supported

Decompartmentalization of scientific and engineering research

Established on November 4, 1992 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in the State of Texas

Nurturing collaborative research in higher education

Cross-Disciplinary Research Grants and Funding

Bridging science and electrical engineering through cross-disciplinary university-level research

The Catalyst Foundation Mission

The Catalyst Foundation mission is to foster cross-disciplinary doctoral level university research in the scientific and engineering fields. It fosters research projects in which at least one discipline is related to analog or mixed analog/digital integrated circuit design and analysis.

Foundation News

Prof. Mingoo Seok and Prof. Peter Kinget of Columbia University have been awarded The 20th Anniversary Multi-Year Project for the project “Self-Aware Computing for Cyber Physical Systems.”

Call for Proposals

Solicitation for proposals for a special 20th Anniversary Projects has been closed.

How to Apply

The research support provided by the Foundation is in the form of grants. Collaborations by multiple universities are encouraged. Proposals must be prepared by university professors and must be submitted by the grant office of the corresponding university that leads the project.