College of Liberal Arts

CLA Grants, Fellowships,
and Research Funding
209 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

clagrant@umn.edu
Phone: 612-626-9612

Internal University of Minnesota Funding Sources

NB: Deadlines change from year to year.
Be sure to verify current deadlines well ahead of time.

Center for German and European Studies

Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)

  • Programs for Faculty Initiated Projects: Support for faculty public policy research that involves interaction with community groups or government agencies in Minnesota.
    Award: Summer salary plus RA. Deadline: Late March.
  • New Initiatives Program: Support for new projects outside of existing program areas.
    Award: ½-time RA for one or two semesters. Deadline: N/A.

Center for Writing

  • Research grants: Center for Writing offers small grants to support writing in disciplines and writing across the curriculum.
    Award: $2,500 to $7,500 deadline: March 14.

College of Liberal Arts

  • InfoTech Fees Program
    The College of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology (CLA-OIT) and the CLA Student Technology Fee Committee are pleased to unveil a new internal grant program for CLA faculty, staff, and departments seeking funds for technology equipment and technology-rich projects that enhance the learning experience for our undergraduate and graduate students.
    Awards: up to $5,000 for support or up to $50,000 for equipment.
    Deadline: October 22. Call for proposals.
  • Internal Awards and Funding Sources Available to CLA Faculty
    For specific questions regarding CLA internal awards and funding, contact John Blair, at 612-624-2594 or John Blair. For general research-related questions in the College of Liberal Arts, contact the Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, at 612-624-9839.
  • Research Fellowship Supplement
    Supports regular faculty who have received national or international research fellowships. Applications may be submitted at any time.
  • Sabbatical Leave and Sabbatical Supplement
    Sabbatical leaves provide for a development leave up to one year at one-half salary and full benefits. Sabbatical leaves may be requested at any time. Sabbatical supplements provide additional support of up to 30% of the base salary. Sabbatical supplements are awarded competitively. Applications are reviewed annually during fall semester.
  • Scholar of the College
    Awarded annually by the College of Liberal Arts in recognition of outstanding achievement by tenured faculty in the college.
  • Scholarly Events Fund
    Supports scholarly events organized by CLA faculty, or in which faculty play a major role, especially when such events promise to make known to the broader community the strengths of the scholarly activities of the college and its faculty.
  • Single Semester Leave
    Single semester leaves provide opportunity for a development leave of one semester in length at full salary and benefits. Single semester leaves are awarded competitively. Applications are reviewed annually during fall semester.

Consortium for the Study of the Asias

  • No programs currently listed. Visit their website for updates.

Consortium on Law and Values

  • Funding Opportunities: The Consortium provides funding for intramural projects related to the societal implications of problems in health, environment, and the life sciences.
    Awards: $5,000 - $10,000 depending on program.
    Deadline: Varies with program

Digital Media Center

  • Faculty Fellows Program: Year-long fellowships to plan, develop, and implement projects using technology-enhanced learning.
    Award: $20,000.
    Deadline: Mid-February.
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning Grants (TEL): Grants to faculty to develop, implement, and evaluate an educational technology project.
    Award: Unspecified.
    Deadline: Mid-February.

Digital Technology Center

European Studies Consortium (ESC)

  • The purpose of the ESC is to promote and support inquiry into Europe-related issues that engage scholars across disciplinary and collegiate borders.
  • Faculty Travel Grants: Funding for faculty travel in support of specified activities.
    Awards: Varies. Deadlines: Early April and early November, depending upon travel schedule.
  • Course Development: Funding for developing new courses or adding to existing courses within specified thematic areas. 2007-08 themes include Islam and Europe, Art in War, Comparative Economic Treaties, Rural-Urban Divisions, Immigration and Public Policy.
    Awards: Contact ESC office for award amounts. Deadlines: N/A.
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships (for students): Support for the study of modern foreign languages.
    Award: $2500 stipend + tuition and fees (Summer), $15,000 stipend + tuition and fees (Academic year).
    Deadline: Early February.
  • Stipends for Teachers of Less-Commonly-Taught Languages (CARLA): Grants of $600 to use toward CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers.
    Award: $600.
    Deadline: Mid-April.

The Graduate School

Institute for Advanced Study

  • Research and Creative Collaboratives: Support for collaborative groups, focusing on a specific area of inquiry.
    Award: Up to $20,000.
    Deadline: Mid January.
  • Residential Fellows: Single semester, residential fellowship in the IAS, in support of a specific research or creative project.
    Award: Full course buyout for one semester.
    Deadline: Early October.
  • University Symposium Awards: Support for research or creative work related to the topic of the University Symposium.
    Award: Varies.
    Deadline: Mid-January and Mid-March.

Institute for Global Studies

  • Intellectual Collaboratives: Support for inter- and cross-disciplinary faculty collaborative groups.
    Award: Up to $8,000.
    Deadline: N/A.
  • Faculty Travel Grants: Support for travel (including travel to conferences) that enhances the internationalization of the curriculum or international interdisciplinary research linkages.
    Awards: Typically in the $750 range.
    Deadlines: November 2, 2007 (for travel in Jan-May 2008); April 4, 2008 (for travel in July – Dec 2008).
  • Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) (Graduate students): Support for intensive, summer language study.
    Award: $2500 stipend + tuition remission for 1 cr. in the CIC Traveling Scholar Program.
    Deadline: Early February.

Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change

Learning Abroad Center

Minnesota Population Center

  • Proposal Development Grants: Funding for graduate students and faculty to develop and submit population-related research proposals to external funding agencies.
    Award: Typically under $10,000.
    Deadline: Mid-February.

Modern Greek Studies Program

Office of the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity

  • IDEA Grants Program: Innovation, Diversity, Equity, and Achievement
    Established by the Office of the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity, the University of Minnesota IDEA (Innovation, Diversity, Equity, and Achievement) Grants Program seeks to infuse equity and diversity into every aspect of the University’s work and operations by funding creative yet pragmatic proposals for projects that address issues of institutional equity and diversity.

Office of International Programs (OIP)

  • Fund for International Activities Overview
  • Strategic Initiatives Overview: Funding to promote a global network of scholarship and engagement and encourage interdisciplinary and transnational partnerships.
  • Interdisciplinary International Institutional Partnership Grants: Supports the establishment and strengthening of innovative and sustainable international interdisciplinary partnerships between units at the University of Minnesota and those at universities and/or related institutions located at one or more international sites.
    Award: Up to $25,000.
    Deadline: Late January.
  • Interdisciplinary International Research Circle Grants: Supports collaborative, interdisciplinary research circles on critical issues to be explored globally, transnationally, or internationally.
    Award: $20,000 to $25,000.
    Deadline: Late January.
  • OIP Doctoral Fellowships for International Research and Writing: Supports current University of Minnesota doctoral students pursuing research and studies with an interdisciplinary and international focus.
    Award: $20,000.
    Deadline: Early March.
  • OIP Pre-dissertation and Small Grants Competition: Supports current University of Minnesota graduate and professional degree students and are intended to support short-term activities that include travel and will enhance the student’s scholarly project and/or professional preparation.
    Award: Up to $5,000.
    Deadline: Late January.
  • OIP International Travel Grants: Funding for University faculty on all campuses to participate in one-time research or conference opportunities, or to support initial phases of projects that will ultimately be funded by other sources.
    Award: $1,000 to $1,500.
    Deadlines: Early April or early December, depending upon time of travel.
  • Alexander Dubcek Fund: Supports academic exchange between the University of Minnesota and the countries of Eastern Europe. Funding for institutional linkages, faculty research, visiting scholars, U of M students, visiting Eastern European students.
    Award: $2,000 - $5,000.
    Deadline: Varies with timing of activity. Early April, August, or December.
  • Walter H. Judd International Graduate and Professional Fellowships: Support for travel, living, and allied expenses of students abroad.
    Award: Up to $2,000.
    Deadline: Early February.

Office of Public Engagement

  • Public Engagement Seed Grants: Funding for projects established by members of the University community that will engage and serve the greater community.
    Award: Up to $5,000.
    Deadline: Mid-February.

Office of University Women

  • Barceló Collaborative Multicultural Project Grants: Support for collaborative projects that help create a thriving campus community where diversity in the widest sense is welcomed and supported. Particular interest in efforts that affect the campus climate for women students, faculty, and staff of color.
    Awards: $500 to $1,000 for Short-Term Projects and up to $2,500 for Institutional Change projects.
    Deadline: Early March.
  • Special Grants: Support intended to foster and support increased awareness, improved understanding, and institutional change with respect to the campus climate for women faculty, staff, and students, including women of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, women with disabilities, women with diverse sexual orientations, and women from diverse social and economic backgrounds.
    Awards: $500 to $1,000 for Short-Term Projects and up to $2,500 for Institutional Change projects.
    Deadline: February

Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)

  • Development of Intercollegiate Research Proposals and Networks: Support for interdisciplinary, intercollegiate, and multi-institutional collaborative work in emerging research areas.
    Award: Varies with grant purpose; $1,500 to $10,000.
    Deadline: Proposals accepted at any time.
  • Minnesota Futures Grant Program: Support for two phases of interdisciplinary collaborative projects. Phase 1 solicits proposals to develop and convene interdisciplinary symposia around research questions of current significance. The purpose is to encourage development of interdisciplinary research proposals that will be submitted as part of Phase 2 of the program. Two awards of up to $25,000. Phase 2 will be a call for interdisciplinary research proposals that originate from the symposia. Up to three awards of $250,000 each will be offered to proposals submitted by participants in the symposia funded in Phase 1.
  • RCR Continuing Education Awareness/Discussion Small Grants Program: Support for the development and organization of learning activities on research/professional ethics topics.
    Award: up to $3,500. Deadline: October 15, 2007, January 30, 2008, and April 30, 2008.
  • UROP -- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program: Support for undergraduate students working with a University of Minnesota Faculty Mentor.
    Award: Student stipends of up to $1400 and research expenses of up to $300.
    Deadline: October 8, 2007.

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