Competitive funding from Research & Innovation
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Research & Innovation provides competitive opportunities to fund research, creative and scholarly activities. These funding opportunities are intended to promote collaborative research, competitive resubmissions, and critical seed funding to support the careers of University faculty. With two exceptions, internal funding opportunities are open to faculty across all disciplines, and Seed Funding specifically supports multi-disciplinary research teams. Only faculty from the College of Liberal Arts or the Reynolds School of Journalism are eligible to apply for Dimensions funding as a lead PI. Only faculty from the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Education, or the Reynolds School of Journalism are eligible to apply for Artist Residencies.
Some internal grants require matching funds. These matching funds may come from a faculty member's Start Up Funds, from their F&A account, from their department, or from their college. If matching funds are required, your application must include a letter that details where those funds will come from and a commitment of the budgeted amount to your project.
If you have any questions, please contact avpr@unr.edu.
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January |
All internal funding opportunities from Research & Innovation will be announced in an email to the ResearchNotes list serve each January. Applications for Faculty Travel Grants are due. See the funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for the specific due dates. |
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March |
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on the last Friday in March of each year. Applications may be submitted between Jan. 30 and the last Friday in March of each year. |
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May |
Notification of awards will be made by the first week in May of each year. Applications for Faculty Travel Grants and CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grants are due. See the FOAs for the specific due dates. |
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July 1 – June 30 |
The period of performance for all awards will be from July 1 to June 30 of each year unless an exception is requested and granted in writing. |
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September |
Applications for Faculty Travel Grants are due. See the FOAs for the specific due dates. |
Review process
All applications for funding from Research & Innovation, with the exception of Dimensions grants, Artist Residencies, Faculty Travel Grants and CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grants, will be reviewed by an external review service and evaluated on the following criteria. Please see the details within the following Dimensions grant description for information about that review process, and the details within the Faculty Travel Grant and CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant FOAs for the information about those review processes.
Review criteria for externally reviewed funding opportunities
- Intellectual merit
- Clarity and presentation
- Feasibility
- Benefits to the researcher/faculty member
- Potential to lead to future external funding
- Potential to lead to further interdisciplinary research, creative or scholarly activity
The external review service ranks applications against each other in the same category and provides comments on the relative merit of each proposal. The Associate Vice President for Research and the Vice President for Research and Innovation review the comments and ranking recommendations from the external review service before making the final determination.
Funding opportunity details
Summary
This funding opportunity provides funds to defray costs associated with book subventions or the production of multimedia pieces. Qualifying expenses may include copyright costs, translation services, recording, production subvention, illustrations, etc.
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- Up to $1,000 may be awarded
- One-to-one cost share is required
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m.
Special considerations
Matching funds are required. The amount of matching funds must be equal to the amount requested from Research & Innovation (a 1:1 match).
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Summary
Research Enhancement Grants (REG) support research activities that are necessary to revise a previously submitted grant proposal in preparation for resubmission to an external sponsor. Activities may include preliminary data collection, background research, stakeholder outreach, or anything identified by the review panel as critical to a successful resubmission. Research & Innovation seeks REG applications from faculty members who plan to resubmit a proposal that was submitted to, but not funded by, a federal agency or other sponsor. Resubmission does not have to be to the same program or agency as the original if the applicant determines that the revised project would be more competitive in another program or agency.
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- Up to $20,000 per award
- Cost share is allowed but not required
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m.
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Summary
Research & Innovation offers competitive funding to support preliminary research, scholarly or creative activities that will lead to extramural funding. Seed Funding is intended to enable exploratory research, collaborations, or similar activities that will enhance the competitiveness of an eventual grant proposal to an external sponsor. Proposals are encouraged that promote interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary research, and scholarly and creative work. Seed Funding can provide the resources for new collaborative scholarly activities that span traditional academic disciplines.
Seed Funding is provided in two funding tracks:
- Micro Grant
- New Scholarly Endeavor
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- Up to $5,000 for Micro Grants
- Up to $2,500 for New Scholarly Endeavor Grants
- One-to-one cost share is required for both funding tracks
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m.
Apply now
- Read the Seed Funding funding opportunity announcement (FOA)
- Apply via the online application for internal awards
Summary
Research & Innovation has teamed up with the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and the Reynolds School of Journalism (RSJ) to offer competitive funding that supports the research and creative activity of tenure/tenure-track faculty in CLA and RSJ. Funding supports interdisciplinary research projects, symposia or public discussions that are led by faculty in the humanities, arts, social sciences and/or journalism. Early-stage development of a collaborative scholarly or creative project (e.g. data collection or project design) that might lead to an application for a more substantial external grant are encouraged. Collaborative and/or interdisciplinary projects that have the potential to be eligible for future external funding will be prioritized.
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- Up to $8,000
- Cost share is not required
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m.
Special considerations
The lead PI must be a faculty member from CLA or RSJ. Faculty from other units may be co-PIs or other types of collaborators. Approval from the PI’s dean must be provided if collaborators from other institutions are included.
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- Read the Dimensions funding opportunity announcement (FOA)
- Apply via the online application for internal awards
Summary
The Research & Innovation (R&I) Faculty Travel Grant program is designed to support faculty in funding travel and related expenses that further the faculty member’s research, creative or scholarly activities. Through this program, R&I supports travel that will have clear outcomes linking to the University’s strategic goals and a positive impact for the faculty and their department.
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- $1,000 for domestic travel
- $1,500 for international travel
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Cost share is not required
Due dates
Applications for the Faculty Travel Grant are accepted three times each fiscal year. Please see the Faculty Travel Grant FOA for specific due dates.
Special considerations
Applicants for the Faculty Travel Grant must hold at least a 50% FTE academic faculty appointment at the University of Nevada, Reno and have a current role statement that includes research or professional development responsibilities.
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Summary
The Research & Innovation (R&I) Faculty Travel Grant program is designed to support faculty in funding travel and related expenses that further the faculty member’s research, creative or scholarly activities. Through this program, R&I supports travel that will have clear outcomes linking to the University’s strategic goals and a positive impact for the faculty and their department.
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- $3,000
- Cost share is not required
Due dates
Applications for CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grants are accepted once each fiscal year. Please see the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant FOA for specific due dates.
Special considerations
Applicants for the College of Liberal Arts and Reynolds School of Journalism Faculty Travel Grant must hold at least a 50% FTE academic faculty appointment within either the College of Liberal Arts or the Reynolds School of Journalism and have a current role statement that includes research or professional development responsibilities.
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Summary
In alignment with Research & Innovation’s Strategic Objective to support world-class research and scholarly and artistic activities, R&I and the School of the Arts have invested in an Artist Residency program to bring awarded UNR faculty an immersive, enriching and inspirational experience in the Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area. This funding opportunity provides artists, scholars, educators, journalists, and other creative academic faculty with a unique opportunity for protected time to pursue their research and scholarly activities at the Little Valley Research Station within the Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area (the Forest). This Artist Residency provides one UNR faculty member per year with a $3,000 stipend to spend one week camping in the Forest.
Anticipated funding amount and cost share
- $3,000
- Cost share is not required
Due dates
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m.
Special considerations
Applicants must be tenure/tenure-track faculty members of the University of Nevada, Reno College of Liberal Arts, the College of Education and Human Development or the Reynolds School of Journalism and have research, creative or scholarly activity as part of their role statement.
Apply now
- Read the Artist Residency funding opportunity announcement (FOA)
- Apply via the online application for internal awards