Graduate Studies: For Faculty

Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Programs

For Faculty

Below are a number of funding opportunities and resources for graduate faculty and/or their graduate students. Programs with deadlines that have passed will remain posted so individuals may plan for the upcoming academic year. Programs with rolling applications are listed last.

For external programs, please verify submission deadlines as they may change from year to year. Programs with deadlines that have passed will remain posted so individuals may plan for the upcoming academic year. Please submit additions to gradstudies-at-virginia.edu.

University Programs & Resources

Travel Reimbursement for Graduate Student Recruitment by Faculty: This program seeks to enhance the visibility of the University's graduate programs to prospective applicants by encouraging personal contact with U.Va. faculty. Rolling application process. [This program has been suspended due to budget reductions.]

Bankard Fund for Political Economy, Request for Faculty Research Proposals: The Bankard Committee invites proposals for faculty research projects. The focus of research projects should have the greatest possible influence upon the development and continuation of the public policy necessary for a healthy private business system and a healthy national economy. Proposals due mid-Nov. 2010. [more info]

Bankard Fund for Political Economy, Request for Proposals for Lectures, Workshops, Seminars, and Conference: The Bankard Committee invites proposals for sponsored lectures, workshops, seminars and conferences during 2007-08 from faculty and academic units at the University. Proposals may be for one-time events (like a lecture or conference) or for recurring events (like a semester-long seminar). The focus of such events should have the greatest possible influence upon the development and continuation of the public policy necessary for a healthy private business system and a healthy national economy.Proposals due mid-Nov. 2010. [more info]

Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences - The purpose of this program is to reward outstanding research and scholarship among graduate students in the humanities and social sciences. Nominations due Dec. 16, 2010. [more info]

Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences and Engineering: The purpose of this program is to reward outstanding research and scholarship among graduate students in the sciences and engineering. Nominations due Dec. 16, 2010. [more info]

Virginia Council of Graduate Schools (VCGS) Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Forum: The Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) is accepting nominations, of graduate students, to participate in the Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Forum sponsored by the Virginia Council of Graduate Schools (VCGS). Held at the Library of Virginia, in Richmond, the purpose of the forum is to showcase graduate student research and scholarship across the Commonwealth of Virginia and to highlight the benefits of graduate education to the state. Nominations due Dec. 15, 2010. [more info]

Dumas Malone & Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowships: Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, these fellowships are awarded to graduate students in architecture, history, politics, and/or international affairs. Nominations due Jan. 13, 2011. [more info]

Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellowships: Sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Program, of the Henry Luce Foundation, these fellowships seek to increase the representation of women in the sciences and engineering, particulary among the professoriate. Nominations due Feb. 3, 2011. [more info]

Fellowship Enhancement for Outstanding Doctoral Applicants: The purpose of this program is to enhance the University’s competitiveness in attracting the best and brightest students in the nation and the world to doctoral-level study at the University of Virginia. [Due to funding constraints, nominations will not be accepted in 2011.]

Additional opportunities from the Office of the Vice President for Research may be found here.