Faculty Excellence Grants
Provost Mokwa, through the Center for Faculty Excellence, invites applications from tenured and tenure-track faculty for the Faculty Excellence Grants (FEG) Program. The FEGs will have a maximum award of $5,000 each. The goal of FEGs is to enable faculty to engage in activities that will enhance scholarship. Faculty in all disciplines are eligible to submit proposals.
Applications are accepted TWICE A YEAR to offer faculty flexibility in planning for their success:
- Round 1 - Submitted in the spring: The call for proposals comes out in early February and proposals are due in INfoReady
in March.
- Faculty will be notified by the beginning of May and the funding will begin in July. These grants will need to be spent by June 30.
- Round 2 - Submitted in the fall: The call for proposals comes out at the end of September and proposals will be due
in InfoReady in November.
- Faculty will be notified by early December and the funding will begin in December. These grants will need to be spent by June 30 (~6 months).
Faculty Excellence Grants are submitted via the online submission portal available here (Chrome is the recommended browser). Filter for "Internal Applications."
View the information on a webpage
Please note this application packet should be submitted as a PDF to the online portal by
FY25 Round 2: Friday, November 1, 2024 by 5:00 p.m.
FY26 Round 1: Friday, March 7, 2025 by 5:00 p.m.
Past Faculty Excellence Grant Recipients
2020-2021 Grant Recipients - Round 2 - November 2020
2020-2021 Grant Recipients - Round 1 - May 2020
Updated: 08/23/2024