Sabbaticals, Research Leaves and Grants
Grants- Arts and Humanities Faculty Development Grants support research, scholarship and creative activities in the arts, fine arts, humanities, and education and promote development of graduate research programs in these academic areas.
- Conference Support Grants provide ‘seed' money to facilitate the pursuit of major national or international conferences to be hosted on campus.
- Faculty Research Investment Grants support research and creative activities and enhance the ability of faculty to compete for external research funding.
- Faculty Travel Assistance Grants provide faculty members with matching funds to help defray the cost of travel in connection with new or expanded research programs.
- PI Research Investment Grants provide funds to address specific problems noted in critiques of major external research proposals.
- University Research Committee Grants support scholarly research projects and programs.
- University Teaching Grants support activities to enhance classroom effectiveness
- URSA Grants provide funds for faculty who wish to propose research experiences for undergraduates.
- Vice Provost for Research Colloquium Grants provide travel funding and honorariums to support bringing major national or international speakers to campus.
- Young Investigator Development Grants support research activities of newly appointed tenure-track faculty and enhance their ability to compete for external research funding.
- Research and Sponsored Programs website
- Provost's Office Faculty Development website
- Courseload Reductions-from time to time individual faculty members may seek and may be approved for temporary course reductions to allow them to engage for the semester in specific research projects or other approved faculty work. These may be granted by the department chair, the dean, or the Provost.
