Supports preliminary research or scholarly projects to enhance the expertise needed to be successful in seeking funding from an external agency. The expected outcome is the submission OR resubmission of a competitive grant proposal to an external funding agency. Deadlines: November 1 (Early Career); February 1 (Tenured).
Support the professional advancement of faculty engaged in scholarly and creative pursuits that use humanistic or any creative discipline. Projects must result in the presentation of a public forum (gallery exhibition, screenings, performances, etc.) or publicly available printed material (monograph, edited collection, journal article). Deadlines: November 1 (Early Career); February 1 (Tenured)
The Special Transdisciplinary Joseph & Marcella Hollis Award supports single-investigator or multi-investigator teams of tenure-line or tenured faculty engaged in psychology-based research with cross-departmental and/or transdisciplinary efforts. This is a special competition with funding up to $15,000 for projects beginning in May 2025. Future funding opportunities supporting this line of work will be disseminated based on the performance of this program and the availability of funds. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Aspire Alpha support aims to support new tenure-track faculty members to jumpstart their research and creative arts agenda. Alpha Support assists new faculty in purchasing supplies and research-related items and assists in travel by offering a one-time SEET grant. Deadline: September 20.
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, these funds provide NTL faculty funding to support activities undertaken to advance their development as scholars, including, but not limited to, workshops or conference travel for excellence in teaching, scholarly presentations/performances, and/or for professional development. Deadline: 15th of each month.
Provides support to aid in expenses associated with publication, reprints, article processing or open access charges, page charges, and subventions. Work must be accepted for publication or published in a refereed or other scholarly journal. Support can be used for open access, peer-reviewed publications listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals or for publication in subscription journals that allow some articles to become available openly based on a published fee schedule (sometimes known as hybrid open access). Deadline: 15th of each month.
The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs has provided for a second year of funds to award tenure-line faculty members funds to present their research and scholarship at professional regional or national meetings or to perform or exhibit creative works. This funding is designed to supplement travel funds provided by the faculty member's college and department and cannot be used as research funds. A maximum award of $500 is available per faculty member. Deadline: 15th of each month.
For tenured and tenure-track faculty members looking to travel abroad for academic or creative activity Aspire offers the International Travel Program. Deadlines: February 1st, April 1st, June 1st, August 1st, October 1st, December 1st.