Bankard
Annually awarded support for faculty or pre-doctoral research in the area of public policy and economics.
- The 2008 request for proposals to the Bankard Fund for Political Economy includes three competitions: faculty research, predoctoral fellowships, and conferences in public policy.
Selected 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 and Graduate Studies, 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 and Graduate Studies. If the grant is approved, then these funds are available upon receipt of award.
Regenerative Medicine, Morphogenesis, Biomedical Engineering, and Bioengineering Grant
With funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia in its 2006-08 budget, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies announces a major grant program for Fall 2006.
We invite each academic unit with research programs in regenerative medicine, morphogenesis, biomedical engineering, bioengineering, and in the molecular and genetic mechanisms that govern developmental processes to submit one proposal for a $500,000 award (funded over two years). One application per school should be submitted by the Dean of the respective school to the Office of the Vice President for Research where the successful application will be selected using a merit-based, peer-review system. Collaborators on the proposal may be from outside the school, but the lead PI shall be from the school submitting.
The deadline for proposals from the schools was November 1 in 2006.
Proposal packages should include:
- 5-page, single-spaced 12 point narrative that describes the
- Research objective;
- The research problem and its significance;
- The research plan;
- The innovative features of the proposed research;
- The capacity of the project team to achieve its objective;
- Competing efforts by other investigators;
- Impact of proposed research;
- Existing funding in area
- Likelihood of outside funding and potential sources
- 2-page budget summary
- 2-page CVs for PI and Co-PIs
- Dean’s nomination letter
Ideally, successful proposals for this program will involve multi-investigator and multi-disciplinary teams that draw on existing or emerging research collaborations and enable innovative, high-risk high impact research. If successful, the proposed work should lead to outside funding. Send proposal packages to Jeffrey Plank, Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, with a copy to Tamela Davis.
Research Support for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
In collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences, the VPRGS 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):
- Support for activities related to scholarly and research activities, including field research and visits to archives and special collections
- Preparation or editing of manuscripts for publication and associated costs, such as subvention fees
- Support for major grant writing
- Inviting collaborators or speakers related to a faculty member's research to Grounds
- Travel to scholarly conferences to give papers or participate in panels; such participation should result in publication or otherwise advance the faculty member's scholarly profile
All full-time, regular faculty (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 and Graduate Studies or other sources of funding. Preference will also be given to faculty in continuing positions in the College.
For additional information, contact Karen Ryan, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences.
2005-06 Research Support Awardees
Small Grants/Travel Grants
Funds for supplies, editing, travel to libraries, and other small requests for faculty in the humanities and social sciences.
Summer Grants
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. Approximately 45 UVa awards will be given in 2008 including support for full, non-chaired professors. Deadlines in 2007 were September 14 for NEH awards and October 2 for U.Va. awards. |
