Grants
This page provides College faculty and staff with information and links to financial resources in support of creative/scholarly research, service, and teaching projects.
Dean's Faculty Travel Award Program
Dean James Major has set aside funds from the FY14 College budget to assist tenured and tenure-track faculty with professional travel. The travel must be for professional purposes that occur between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. This fund is supplemental to any travel funds that have been reserved for faculty travel in individual schools.
Follow the links below to find out more about how to apply for these funds.
Guidelines and schedule
Application Form (word) (pdf)
Please note that the application form now asks applicants to report other sources of funding such as from host institutions, professional organizations, grants, etc. Funding from the applicant's home School does NOT need to be reported here.
Grant-Writing Initiative Award Program
Funded by Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)
To encourage the development of competitive grant proposals, specifically those from first-time principal investigators, Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) has made funds available for a Grant-Writing Initiative Award Program. This program supports the development of institutional external grant proposals that will have a broad impact upon the University and/or colleges or departments/schools. Funding through this program is intended only for grants or contracts to be submitted and administered through Research and Sponsored Programs.
Interdepartmental collaborations are encouraged, but dollars are limited to a maximum of $5,000 per application with no more than $3,000 awarded per project investigator.
Generally, funds are for salary and wage support, but funds may be used for supplies, expenses, and travel, depending upon the opportunities and needs associated with the project under development.
Travel Award Program
Funded by Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)
To enhance competitive grant proposals, RSP will provide travel support funds to faculty or staff wishing to participate in grant-writing workshops, collaborate with experts, serve on review panels, or meet with agency program officers. Because these funds are limited, conference travel expenses will not be eligible for reimbursement. Awards are contingent upon availability each fiscal year, and are subject to approval through the Grants Incentive Committee. The Grants Incentive Committee is comprised of four experienced Illinois State University grant-writing faculty from various disciplines.
These awards are granted on a continuing basis and applications are accepted by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at any time.
Complete guidelines and application form.
University Research Grants (URG)
The College of Fine Arts University Research Grant (URG) program exists to:
- Foster individual research and creative activity across the College;
- Support pre-tenured faculty members in their scholarship and creative endeavors in their progress toward tenure;
- Support senior faculty members in their ongoing research efforts within their respective fields.
- Stimulate external grant submissions to sustain faculty research interests;
- Support faculty in developing skills to support their future or current research endeavors
Guidelines and applications are downloadable from the links listed below. Grants have already been awarded for the 2012-2013 academic year and the College Research Committee will begin reviewing applications for the 2013-2014 (FY14) academic year in the spring of 2013.
FY14 URG funding period deadlines
| February 11, 2013 |
Faculty submit PFRG and SFRGs proposals requesting over $1,000 to School Directors for ranking. |
| February 25, 2013 |
Schools submit ranked PFRG and SFRGs proposals requesting over $1,000 to the College. College Research Committee begins reviewing proposals. |
| February 25, 2013 |
All proposals requesting less than $1,000 and all FDGs must be submitted directly to the College. |
| April 5 , 2013 |
Applicants are notified, in writing, whether his or her proposal will be funded. |
| July 1, 2013 |
Funding period begins. |
| June 30, 2014 |
Funding period ends. |
| October 1, 2015 |
Accomplished POFs due to the chair of the College Research Committee. |
Funding of the URG program is contingent on state budget approval and university allocation and, therefore, is not guaranteed, even after proposals have been accepted. The university will make every effort to determine FY13 URG funding in the spring of 2012; however, certainty of funding is not usually determined until August of the funding period.
For more information contact ,
assistan dean and chair of the College Research Committee.
- Guidelines (pdf)
The College of Fine Arts URG program includes three categories designed to support diverse research and creative activity needs of faculty at different stages of their careers. Faculty members may apply concurrently for Faculty Research Grants (PFRG or SFRG) and Faculty Development Grants (FDG) if they meet the eligibility requirements for each program.
Pre-tenure Faculty Research Grant Program (PFRG)
- Maximum award, $4,000
- Offered to non-tenured Tenure Track faculty in years 1 through 6 of their appointment at ISU
- Proposals requesting less than $1,000 submit directly to the College
- Proposals requesting above $1,000 submit to School Research Committee or School Director for ranking
- application cover page (doc)
- budget page (doc)
- professional outcome form (doc)
Senior Faculty Research Award Program (SFRG)
- Maximum award, $4,000
- Offered to tenured faculty only
- Proposals requesting less than $1,000 submit directly to the College
- Proposals requesting above $1,000 submit to School Research Committee or School Director for ranking
- application cover page (doc)
- budget page (doc)
- professional outcome form (doc)
Faculty Development Grant Program (FDG)
Tips for requesting and using URG funds
External Grants
University Travel Awards Progam
To enhance competitive grant proposals, Research and Sponsored Programs will provide travel support funds to faculty or staff wishing to participate in grant-writing workshops, collaborate with experts, serve on review panels, or meet with agency program officers.
SPIN/GENIUS
Take advantage of a new database service offered to the campus community that will assist you in finding funding sources applicable to your research, creative endeavor, or service project.
Research and Sponsored Programs subscribes to SPIN/GENIUS which will send you daily email notices on funding opportunities. Notices sent by SPIN/GENIUS are focused on the user's individual interests as determined by a profile completed by the user upon initial sign-up.
The service is free for Illinois State University faculty and staff.
Directions for signing up are:
- Go to www.infoed.org.
- Click Access.Info.Office.
- Click GENIUS Search or SPIN.
- Click Create a New Profile.
- Highlight Illinois State University and click Select. The new Profile Registration page will appear.
- Enter your first and last name, email address, department affiliation and a username and password.
- Enter information in as many categories as needed to satisfy you personal requirements.
- Click Log Out to exit your profile.
Please contact Ed Mason (
, 8-8595) or Cathy Kelly (
, or by phone at 438-7128) at the Research and Sponsored Programs Office for additional information.
