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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is committed to assisting faculty with research and scholarly activities by providing small grants.

Pilot Project:

• Maximum award - $4,000
• To generate data for a specific project for extramural funding
• Reviewed by the Research Advisory Committee

Grant-in-Aid

• Maximum award - $2,500
• To assist with a specific research project or performance/exhibit/creative activity
• Reviewed by the Research Advisory Committee

These grants are intended to fund:

• Individual faculty research, focused on a specific project,(specific instrumentation)
• Scholarship as it applies to a specific project,
• Creative activities (performance, exhibition, display).

They are not intended to fund:

• Travel to professional meetings,
• Purchase of general-purpose equipment (departmental),
• Development of textbook, instructional materials, or curriculum, Dissertation work,
• Travel to and from or per diem during an off-campus professional leave,
• Hiring of graduate or undergraduate research assistants.

To apply for aGrant-in-Aid or Pilot Project use the