Phil and Martha Bachman College of Arts and Sciences Research Funding
Summer Research Award
The purposes of the Phil and Martha Bachman College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Award (SRA) include: enhancing scholarship and the academic excellence of the College; contributing to the professional growth and renewal of the faculty; and strengthening the College’s total curriculum and improving research and creative activity (RCA) across the College in ways that cannot be accomplished under the constraints of regular workload assignments. The college can fund up to five awards and the amount of the award is $8,000.
Applications for the award are due on the second Tuesday of February for the following summer. Application
Course Release Program
The purposes of the Phil and Martha Bachman College of Arts and Sciences Course Release
Program include: enhancing scholarship and the academic excellence of the College;
contributing to the professional growth and renewal of the faculty; and strengthening
the College’s total curriculum and improving research and creative activity (RCA)
across the College in ways that cannot be accomplished under the constraints of regular
workload assignments. Successful applicants will be awarded a course release in the
fall semester and a course release the following spring semester.
Applications for the award are due on the second Tuesday of February for the following summer. Application
Scholarly Activity & Travel Award
The purposes of the Phil and Martha Bachman College of Arts and Sciences Scholarly
Activity and Travel Award (SATA) is to provide funding for small-scale research projects,
cover the costs of collecting pilot data, support conference and/or research travel
beyond what can be supported by departmental funds, purchase research-related supplies,
cover publication and/or open access costs, and other purchases necessary to successfully
complete an ongoing project. The award is competitive and six submissions can be funded.
The maximum amount that can be requested is $2,500. Please request less than the maximum
if appropriate, as doing so may result in funding more than six proposals.
Applications for the award are due on the second Tuesdays of March and October. Application
Additional Opportunities
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Administration (ORSPA)