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Grants, Fellowships & Research Funding

This site is designed to help CLA faculty obtain funding for research and scholarship and develop effective proposals. Grants consultants are available to assist faculty in identifying prospective internal and external grant opportunities, develop proposals, and submit applications. If you would like assistance, contact a grant consultant.

Announcements and New Opportunities

  • Minnesota Futures Grant Program

    The Minnesota Futures Grant Program encourages University of Minnesota faculty to reach across academic disciplines. The program helps to advance ideas into viable questions, enabling researchers to respond collaboratively to emerging opportunities.

    The Office of the Vice President for Research is now seeking research proposals that originate from new interdisciplinary groups. Proposals may be for up to two years and a maximum of $250,000 each. Two grants will potentially be awarded.

    Key program dates
    Letter of Intent deadline: March 9, 2012
    Application deadline: April 16, 2012
    Tentative award date: June 2012
    Project start date: July 1, 2012
    Project completion date: June 30, 2014

    Email facgrant@umn.edu or call 612-625-2356 with questions.

     January 26th, 2012

  • Grant-in-Aid Research, Artistry, & Scholarship Program

    Deadline Dates:

    Application routed to approvers by: Monday, Feb. 6, 2012
    Applications routed to the OVPR by: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

    Faculty members whose needs fall into one of the fundable categories and do not currenlty hold a Grant-in-Aid, are encouraged to submit applications. Application will be reviewed by either the Biomedical Research Advisory Committee or the General Research Advisory Committee according to the area of the research. Applicants are encouraged to consult the evaluation criteria used by the review committees prior to writing their proposal.

    While there is no rigid maximum amount, funds are limited and we hope to support as many worthy projects as possible. In FY12, 101 grants were awarded with an average award of $27,923. Requests for amounts considerably larger than the average may be viewed more positively if accompanied by a matching fund component. See Expenditures Allowed.

    The grant period for proposals awarded in the Fall begins July 1, 2012 and ends January 15, 2014. Guidelines prohibit a faculty member from holding more than one Grant-in-Aid during a grant period (with the exception of shared equipment awards) whether or not funding has been fully expended. Therefore, the next grant period for which July 1, 2012 awardees could seek additional Grant-in-Aid funding is that beginning January 1, 2014 (submission deadline in October 2013).

    Please see the Program Announcement for complete details.

     January 11th, 2012

  • Imagine Fund

    The Five Imagine Fund Grant Programs are:

    Annual Faculty award grants 150 awards in the amount of $5000. Deadline, Oct. 25, 2011. Supports research expenses, conference travel, teaching materials, books, etc. May not be used to supplement your salary.
    Course release funds, Deadline Jan. 10, 2012:
    Special Events Fund, Deadline Dec. 2, 2011:
    Visiting Distinguished Chair, Nominations Due March 12, 2012
    University of Minnesota Arts and Humanities Chair, Nominations Due March 12, 2012

     November 3rd, 2011

  • Top 40 Grant Opportunities for Arts and Humanities!

    Funders do support creative activity and humanities research! The following lists are by no means inclusive, but they provide a starting point in your grants search.

    November 6th, 2009