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ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Funding Sources
The university offers competitive funding for a wide range of faculty research and teaching activities. For programs with specific deadlines, requests for proposals are issued via email to all faculty.
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Grants for Research and Other Scholarly and Creative Activities
Grants and leaves to support research and creative work in all fields. Please consult research council guidelines, budget form, and sample proposals (sample 1, sample 2, sample 3).
Chair: Ahmet Ali Ay
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Discretionary Grants* For the 2024-25 academic year, use the | $1,750 / year $3,500/year for tenure-stream assistant professors | any time |
Major Research Council Grant (6/1/25 – 8/31/26) *For Picker, Leipzig, and Major Research Council Grants use | $8,000 | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Picker Fellowship (6/1/25 – 8/31/26) | $12,000 | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Leipzig Fund Grants (6/1/25 – 8/31/26) | $10,000 | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Senior or Associate faculty leave in 2025-26 For the 2024-25 academic year, use the | 1-2 SLA credits | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Publication Expenses Grant For the 2024-25 academic year, use the | $1,500 | any time |
Publication Subvention Grant For the 2024-25 academic year, use the | $3,000 | any time |
Student Wages For the 2024-25 academic year, use the | 150 hrs/semester; 200 hrs/summer | any time |
*Research Council Discretionary Grants: maximum $1,750 per year; $3,500 for tenure-stream assistant professors. Consult the guidelines for categories of support, which include research travel, non-student wages, and other research expenses.
The Robert H. N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative (MBBI) provides opportunities for ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø faculty and staff whose research and/or teaching addresses topics related to mind, brain, and behavior to enhance their own work and their connections with colleagues from across campus. MBBI support is intended for faculty and staff from across departments, programs, and divisions at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. Please see the Major and Discretionary Grant call as well as the call for New Connections, New Perspective Grants for more information. Please check out the fit guidelines about whether your project is a good fit for MBBI support.
Director: Ben Lennertz
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Major Grant | $20,000 or more | January 24, 2025 |
Discretionary Grant | $5,000 $3,000 effective January 1, 2025 | anytime |
New Connections, New Perspectives Grant | $25,000 | January 24, 2025 |
Grants for internal and external collaborations that bring expertise from different disciplines to bear on current and emerging scientific problems.
Director: Ahmet Ay
Web: Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Major Research Grants | $150,000 for 2 years | Pre-proposal due by December 2, 2024; Full proposal due by January 24, 2025. |
Minor Research Grants and Additional Activities | $30,000 for 2 years | Proposal due by January 24, 2025. |
Discretionary Grants | TBD | Contact Picker Institute director |
Grants for research pertaining to the upstate New York region, and for scholarly symposia, conferences, or workshops that address issues related to the region.
Director: Catherine Cardelús
Web: Upstate Institute
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Individual Scholarly Projects | $5,000 | January 24, 2025 |
Discretionary grants | $500 | any time |
Funding for Symposia or Workshops | $2,500 | January 24, 2025 |
Funds for projects that examine how political and economic developments affect international affairs, relationships, and outcomes. It supports analysis, freedom of inquiry, and evidence-based argumentation (but not activism) principally in two focus areas: How the world order is affected by developments in developing countries and, STEM.
Funding opportunities for faculty research and scholarship closely related to these areas of intellectual inquiry to support fieldwork, archival work, dataset purchases, or other types of research support necessary to advance scholarly projects.
For details, see Lampert Faculty Support web page.
Director: Chad Sparber
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Lampert Faculty Scholars | $5,000 | January 24, 2025 |
Grants expand faculty and student research in areas related to public policy and public affairs. Visit the Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative for more information.
Director: Sam Rosenfeld
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Major research grant | $10,000 | January 24, 2025 |
Discretionary grants | < $3,000 | any time |
Support for ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø students to assist with research or creative projects chosen, designed, and proposed by faculty members. For details, see Faculty-Initiated Fellowships. Apply to department chair.
Type of grant | Deadline |
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6-10 weeks summer funding for ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø student(s) | mid-November |
Short-term funding to sustain research programs of faculty who have previously brought in external grants. The investigator must have applied for continued external funding. Limited to 12 months’ support, for tenure stream and Category I faculty only. No deadlines; apply to Dean/Provost by emailing Trish St. Leger.
Types of support
- Equipment, supplies, student research stipends, publication costs, travel – to continue a research program.
- Matching funds for required University contributions to external grant proposals.
- If funds allow: support for developing a research program, for faculty who have not yet received external funding.
An allotment of up to $2,250 per year to attend or present at professional meetings. Up to $750 of this allotment may be used for research-related expenses, including books, membership in professional societies, and any other expenses directly associated with your scholarly or artistic work. Faculty participating in international conferences or meetings are eligible for $1,000 of funding over and above the usual annual allotment of $2,250; this incremental funding is available through the 2024-25 academic year.
Eligibility: Full-time teaching faculty (regular or with an appointment of one year or more), Category I teaching faculty, Senior Lecturers and Senior Laboratory Instructors, post-doctoral fellows, and PERA faculty. (Note: Professional development for library faculty is administered by the University Librarian.)
Reimbursable expenses: registration fees, transportation, accommodations, meals, and incidentals.
Follow ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø's Travel Policy; submit receipts via Concur, accessible via the . Division contacts:
- AHUM: Beth MacKinnon
- NASC: Rene Beers
- SOSC: Erin Conway
- UNST: Laura Billings
Travel funds to develop scholarly humanities projects with colleagues at universities (Cornell, Syracuse, Rochester) and New York Six colleges (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, Hamilton, Hobart & William Smith, Skidmore, St. Lawrence, Union); or to attend Humanities Corridor events. Apply to Yukari Hirata, Arts & Humanities Division Director.
Supplemental funding for conference travel and research expenses. Rolling deadline. For details, contact Beth MacKinnon, Arts & Humanities Academic Division Coordinator.
The Dean of the Faculty’s office maintains funds to provide limited salary support for faculty who receive prestigious academic-year fellowships or grants when the award requires a faculty member to take a leave without pay at a salary below regular ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø salary. Faculty who plan to apply for a fellowship/grant that falls in this category are encouraged to contact the Grants office and Dean’s office in advance of applying. Details of the policy are available from the Dean of Faculty’s office.
Faculty Development Council Grants
The Faculty Development Council oversees the allocation of funding for (1) professional development for teaching and pedagogy, (2) course development, and (3) faculty travel related to course and professional development. Consult guidelines, , and the Kallgren Travel Grants website.
Chair: Ian Helfant
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadlines |
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Major Grant | $5,000 | January 24 |
Discretionary Grants | $1,500 per year | Rolling |
Teaching and Technology Micro Grants | $500 per year | Any time APPLY ONLINE |
Kallgren Travel Grants | The amount of funding available through the Kallgren program this year is approximately $50,000. The number of proposals funded will depend on the number and scope of applications received by the FDC. | November 1, 2024 APPLY ONLINE |
Brief descriptions and contacts are below; consult guidelines for details.
Type of grant | Maximum award | Deadline |
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Upstate Institute Course Development Grants (Contact: Catherine Cardelús) |
$4,000 + course-related costs | October 15 |
COVE Service Learning Course Development Grants (Contact: Jeremy Wattles) |
$4,000 + course-related costs |
November 13 |
Lampert Collaborative Global Teaching Grants | $100 -$1,000 | Rolling |
Community-Based Research (Upstate Institute) – Funding to develop or revise a course to include a significant community-based research component. Contacts: Catherine Cardelús and Julie Dudrick.
Service Learning (COVE) – Funding to develop or revise a course to offer students immediate opportunities to apply classroom learning to support the work of community agencies.
Grants for Collaborative Global Teaching (Lampert Institute) – Funding to enable faculty to invite colleagues to provide guest lectures (or co-teach courses) from abroad. $100-$1,000. Contact: Chad Sparber, Director of the Lampert Institute.
Travel grants for preparatory travel for an individual faculty member in advance of directing a study group or extended study. Deadline: November 30, 2024. Contact: Joanna Holvey Bowles. Apply .
Kallgren faculty travel grants for interdisciplinary groups of faculty; travel related to course development or scholarly development, or to explore a new study group or extended study site. Deadline: November 1, 2024. Visit the Kallgren Travel Grants site for details.
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Arts Council (CAC) supports the arts at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, including music, theater and dance, creative writing, visual art and film. The CAC welcomes proposals from faculty in all divisions initiating public art events taking place during the academic year.
- connect to a specific course and/or department/program curriculum and can be made accessible to the larger ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø community, or;
- facilitate campus engagement with local or regional artists or arts organizations in ways that support ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø’s liberal arts curriculum.
More About Proposals to the CAC
Chair: Seth Coluzzi
Endowed Chair Funds
Endowed chair holders are provided a fund that can be used for expenses in support of the teaching, research, and service of the chair holder or his/her department.
Consortium Funding and Other Resources
External (Non-ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) Grants
Searchable Databases of External Funding Opportunities
GrantForward
is a search engine with more than 15,000 sponsor sources to provide a comprehensive database of more than 64,000 funding opportunities.
GrantForward is available to the entire campus using the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Single Sign On (SSO). Users may then set up an individual account to receive personalized recommendations for grant opportunities.
Duke University Research Funding Database
in this extensive free database.
Grants.gov
Links to Grant Programs
- - Franklin Research Grants
- - Philanthropic Arts Program
- - awards for artists
- - artist exchanges to and from the U.S.
- - cultural heritage and performing arts
- - visual arts
- - research on youth
- - arts and history topics change yearly
- - travel/study for creative artists
- - history of art
- - anthropology
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- - chemical sciences
- - chemistry, physics, biology
- - technology and the environment
- - human cognition, ecology, climate, health, institutional management
- - field research and exploration
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- NSF programs of interest:
- - astronomy, chemistry, physics
- - behavioral economics, immigration, and other social sciences
- - mathematics and physical sciences; life sciences; autism research
- - chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, molecular biology, neuroscience, ocean science, physics
- - life sciences
- - democracy, education, international peace
- - civic engagement
- - clean energy (does not accept unsolicited proposals)
- - causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression
- - children, families, communities
- - global climate solutions, deer, nuclear risk, promoting local justice reform, the role of journalism in democracy, data science for social impact
- - health, food, power, economic opportunity, climate, innovation
- - social, economic, and behavioral sciences
- - public policy
- - education research
- - fellowships
- - summer/short term research publication grants
- - citizenship
- - inequality, climate change
- - all fields, except performing arts
- - field research
- - "Science and the Big Questions"; Character Virtue Development; Individual Freedom and Free Markets; Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius; Genetics; Voluntary Family Planning
- - STEM entrepreneurship
- - arts and humanities residencies in Italy
- - arts, humanities, and social sciences residencies in France
- - fellowships and research in Germany
- - academic writing, arts, literary arts, and practitioner residencies in Italy
- - American history and culture
- - early Americans
- - Byzantine, garden and landscape, and pre-Columbian studies
- - historical studies, mathematics, natural studies, and social sciences
- - Shakespeare Library
- - transatlantic public policy
- - visual arts
- - humanities
- - American self government
- - arts
- - sciences, engineering, medicine
- - all disciplines, especially law, policy, social issues, women, gender; social, economic, and behavioral sciences
- - public policy
- - arts
- : Search federally funded projects