I-DISC has grown to include 119 affiliated Lehigh University faculty members, from all five colleges, representing an extremely diverse range of academic disciplines. To help foster a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration, research and proposals, the institute offers a number of supportive services to its members.

Grant Writing Services & Support

Learn how our external grant services can help you >
Grant writing resources & templates for proposal writing > 
Request grant writing support >

I-DISC Friendly Peer Review Exchange

I-DISC can coordinate friendly reviews by peer faculty members
Learn more about I-DISC's Friendly Peer Review Exchange > 
Request a friendly review >

Teaming & Grant Proposal Development

I-DISC will support a research group to host a team building, seminar or workshop event to foster collaboration for future grant proposal development aligned to I-DISC's mission to promote research in areas related to data, intelligent systems, and computation & interdisciplinary collaborative research.
Please complete a request form and a member of the I-DISC Leadership Team will contact you to discuss further.

I-DISC Seed Funding

DISC seeks to support the development of long-term research collaborations with faculty from MSIs and PUIs with the goal of promoting joint team projects that lay the groundwork for future funding opportunities.

Pending budget approval, we anticipate funding two projects.
More information will be posted soon.

Data Science Research Match

Looking for help with the data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or computing part of your research? Lehigh's Data Science program & I-DISC can help match faculty research needs with MS students with data science related training to provide part-time or short-term research assistance (For credit/paid/unpaid)

Now accepting requests for Spring Semester 2025 >

Undergraduate Research Support

I-DISC is offering support for faculty to include undergraduates in research
Learn more about how I-DISC has helped support UG Research > 
Now accepting requests for Fall 2024 Semester Request support for UG Research >

I-DISC Repository

I-DISC has built up a comprehensive library of presentations and other materials from workshops and events they have hosted since the inception of the institute in 2019
View archived presentations and other materials >