Bankard
Annually awarded support for faculty and pre-doctoral research that will 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. We welcome proposals for collaborative projects that include faculty colleagues from departments or disciplines outside of economics, business, and commerce. The 2010 request for proposals to the Bankard Fund for Political Economy fall into three categories as follows:
Select publications partly funded by the Bankard Fund for Political Economy
Emeritus Travel
Small grants are available to emeritus faculty for research/education travel. Emeritus faculty should send a letter of request for such funding to Office of the Vice President for Research, Attn: Chair, Small Grants Committee.
Interim Lab
Support for worthy research previously funded by outside grants, the renewal of which is expected in the near future.
Matching Funds
Some grant proposals may require a statement of university matching funds. Researchers should submit a letter requesting a matching fund to the Vice President for Research. If the grant is approved, then these funds are available upon receipt of award.
Research Support for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
In collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences, the VPR also provides funding for the biannual research support grants in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences through a competitive grant program. Funding may be requested for up to $3,000 for any activity or expense associated with a scholarly or research project.
Funding may be requested for up to $3,000 for any activity or expense associated with a scholarly or research project. These may include (but are not limited to):
Priority is given to proposals that request support for:
- Activities related to scholarly and research activities, including field research and visits to archives and special collections.
- Preparation of novel databases for scholarly studies.
- Preparation of primary scholarship or creative work for publication, exhibition, or performance (books, artworks, musical compositions and performance); typically these subventions depend on a contract with a publisher, a commission, or a contracted exhibition or venue.
All full-time, regular faculty members (tenure-track and general faculty) are eligible to apply for this support, but preference will be given to individuals who do not have access to other forms of research support through their departments, the Dean's Office, the Office of the Vice President for Research or other sources of funding. Preference will also be given to faculty in continuing positions in the College.
For additional information, contact Bruce Holsinger, Associate Dean for Humanities and the Arts.
Small Grants/Travel Grants
Funds for supplies, editing, travel to libraries, and other small requests for faculty in the humanities and social sciences.
Summer Stipends
The President of the University and the Dean of Arts & Sciences annually allocates funds for faculty awards to support full-time summer research in the social sciences and the humanities (including original creative works in the fine arts). In addition, we are allowed two (2) nominees for the summer stipend program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Faculty members who receive a U.Va. summer stipend will be expected to devote at least four consecutive weeks of the summer of the award to the project outlined in their application. (Summer here is defined as June 1 until the beginning of classes in the Fall.) They may, however, receive salary for summer teaching or summer administrative duties, provided that this salaried work occupies no more than eight consecutive weeks during the summer of the award. Alternatively, summer award recipients may accept research funds up to $10,000 from other sources for summer projects, provided that this additionally funded research occupies no more than eight consecutive weeks during the summer of the award.
Faculty members may receive summer support for no more than two consecutive years and regain eligibility after a summer without support.
Approximately 45 UVa awards were given in 2009 including support for full, non-chaired professors. Deadlines typically are in early fall.
For additional information, contact Bruce Holsinger, Associate Dean for Humanities and the Arts. |
