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Faculty Funding Opportunities

     

 

 

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Publication Awards
OPEN TO TENURE-TRACK FACULTY, TENURED FACULTY, SENIOR LECTURERS, LECTURERS, AND OTHER FACULTY WITH FULL-TIME APPOINTMENTS, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL MAY 25, 2022

Guidelines & Application Details

Faculty Student Research Assistant Program (FSRAP)
OPEN TO FACULTY MEMBERS WITH ACADEMIC YEAR APPOINTMENTS, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL MAY 25, 2022

Guidelines

Application

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Grants
OPEN TO CONTINUING FACULTY OF ALL APPOINTMENT TYPES IN ALL DISCIPLINES, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL MAY 30, 2022

Guidelines

Application

 

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Teaching and Technology Innovation Grants
OPEN TO FACULTY TEAMS OF 2 OR MORE, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED YEAR-ROUND

Guidelines & Application Details

 

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Summer Stipend
OPEN TO TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK FACULTY, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL JANUARY 28, 2022

Guidelines

No Longer Accepting Applications

Faculty Course Release Initiative Grants
OPEN TO TENURED FACULTY, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL JANUARY 28, 2022

Guidelines

No Longer Accepting Applications

Sample Application for Reference

 

 

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Sustainability Research Grant
OPEN TO ALL FACULTY (FACULTY TEAMS OF 2 OR MORE ARE PRIORITIZED DURING EVALUATION), APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL APRIL 1, 2022

Guidelines

Lecturer Professional Activity Grants
OPEN TO SENIOR LECTURERS AND RENEWABLE-TERM LECTURERS, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL APRIL 1, 2022

Guidelines

AYAL Professional Activity Grants
OPEN TO ACADEMIC YEAR ADJUNCT LECTURERS, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL APRIL 1, 2022

Guidelines

University Teaching Grant
OPEN TO FACULTY MEMBERS WITH ACADEMIC YEAR APPOINTMENTS, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL APRIL 1, 2022

Guidelines

University Research Grant
OPEN TO FACULTY MEMBERS WITH ACADEMIC YEAR APPOINTMENTS, APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL APRIL 1, 2022

Guidelines

Sample Applications for Reference

Other Internal Funding

Find more information on other internal opportunities for faculty funding below

College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Grants support the scholarship and creative activity of tenure-stream teaching scholars. Contact: Kathleen Schneider, Senior Assistant Dean. Applications accepted year round.

Moran Family Trust Grants support the integration of ethics and social justice into the curriculum for tenured and tenure track faculty and senior lecturers in the College of Arts & Sciences. Contact: Marie Brancati, College of Arts & Sciences.
Application deadline: January
Amount: up to $1,500

School of Business Leavey Grants support creative scholarship and teaching innovation of full-time tenure-track faculty. Contact: Dean's office, Leavey School of Business.
Application deadline: May

School of Engineering Internal Grants support direct costs of a research project, including student support, for full time faculty. Contact: Dean's office, School of Engineering.
Application deadline: June

Ignation Center for Jesuit Education: Bannan Grants support scholarly and pedagogical projects enhancing the Jesuit character of the University.. Contact:Paul Woolley, Associate Director, Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education.
Application deadlines: October and April
Amount: up to $5,000

Ciocca Center Grants support research, curricular development and faculty/staff development activities relating to innovation and the entrepreneurial mindset. Contact: cioccacenter@scu.edu. Application deadline: Varies by program throughout the year.

Does your research involve Human Subjects?

Proposed research that entails the use of human subjects, laboratory animals, radiological hazards, biohazards, or recombinant DNA must comply with University policies. If compliance committee approval is needed for a project, then such approval must be obtained before any grant is awarded. 

Research Compliance and Integrity