Research Funding
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Internal DU Funding Sources
Funding Source Eligibility Description Award Amount Timing Faculty Internationalization Grants All DU faculty The Faculty Internationalization Grants are intended to provide support for significant international endeavors and/or as seed money for projects and pilots that should become self-sustaining. $500-$8,000 Fall, Spring Faculty Research Fund (FRF) Appointed faculty from all units Faculty Research Fund grants aim to stimulate research, scholarship and creative activity by the University of Denver Faculty. $3,000 Spring Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)Equality All DU faculty, must illustrate interdisciplinary and community engagement IRISE provides support for faculty and students to engage in the development of cutting edge interdisciplinary research on racial equity in Colorado and the larger Rocky Mountain West. Such support can include 2 year pilot grants, postdoctoral fellows, grant writing consults, and student stipends. Projects must be inter or trans disciplinary and include a community collaborator. $10,000 - $20,000 (over two years) On-going Knoebel Institute Research Pilot Proposals Natural sciences, engineering and social sciences Proposals for pilot research projects in the area of aging research $250,000 (between 4-6 projects) Winter Partners in Scholarship (PinS) Undergraduate students collaborating on a project with a faculty member PinS provides a unique opportunity for students to collaborate on a project with a faculty member. Students should work with the faculty partner to develop a detailed project plan. $1,500
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Professional Research Opportunities for Faculty (PROF) Full-time faculty members whose job responsibilities include conducting research, scholarship or creative works The goals of the fund are to support an increase in scholarly / creative activity by the faculty in a manner that strategically enhances the reputation of the University. $27,000 (1 investigator)/$45,000 (2 or more investigators)
Winter Public Good Fund for Faculty All DU faculty The fund promotes and increases faculty public good research and outreach at the University. $100,000 (split between all awardees)
Winter Student Scholar Travel Fund Undergraduate students whose work has been accepted at an academic conference or meeting The travel should be for the purpose of presenting academic research. $1,000 Rolling Summer Research Grants Undergraduate students collaborating on a project with a faculty member The Summer Research Grants are intended to stimulate student/faculty collaborative projects. $3,500 Winter University of Denver/National Jewish Health Seed Grant All full-time faculty collaborating on a project with National Jewish Health full-time faculty The University of Denver and National Jewish Health offer a collaborative opportunity to generate novel research and new discoveries at the forefront of health research and healthcare and community sustainability for full-time faculty members at both institutions. Funding for this collaborative opportunity is graciously provided by DU alumnus Lewis J. Hoch, Esq. $7,000-$10,000 Twice per year
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Walter Rosenberry Fund & Indexing Grant Faculty in CAHSS The overarching theme for projects should be "Making Our Work Public." This would generally include costs associated with professional publications (e.g. copyright permissions, reproductions), theatrical productions, musical performances, art exhibitions, film presentations, and conference presentations. Highest priority will be given to projects with the greatest impact on professional development and that provide the greatest opportunity for public dissemination.
$250-$1,500 Fall, Winter, Spring -
Limited Submission Sources
Funding Source Eligibility Description Award Amount Timing The Foundation funds the high-risk and high-impact work of leading researchers to lay the groundwork for new paradigms, technologies, and discoveries that will save lives, provide innovative solutions, and add to our understanding of the world. The Foundation funds projects that are innovative, distinctive, interdisciplinary, and that demonstrate a high level of risk due to unconventional approaches. The Keck Foundation’s Research Program supports pioneering discoveries in science, engineering, and medical research. Grants that pioneer biological and physical science research and engineering, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies are prioritized. This approach also includes a preference to fund projects that fall outside the mission of public funding agencies. Typically range from $1 million - $1.4 million Pre-application concept papers accepted July 1 – August 15
Limited submission: Phase 1 Application due November 1; Phase 2 Application due February 15, by invitation only.
National Science Foundation – Major Research Instrumentation (NSF – MRI)
The MRI Program especially seeks broad representation of PIs in its award portfolio, including women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities. Since demographic diversity may be greater among early-career researchers the MRI program also encourages proposals with early-career PIs and proposals that benefit early-career researchers.
The MRI Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. Track 1:
Up to $1,000,000
Track 2:
Up to $4,000,000
Limited submission applications due in early November Assistant Professors with a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field, including engineering or the physical sciences. This program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. $300,000 Limited submission applications due in late March -
External Funding Sources
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