Competitive funding from Research & Innovation
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 one exception, 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.
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 and CLA/RSJ 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 and CLA/RSJ 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, 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.
Internal grant proposal templates
- Standard cover page
- Standard budget/justification
- Faculty Travel Grant proposal template
- CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant proposal template
Details for the funding opportunities from Research & Innovation
Summary
This funding opportunity supports production costs. All academic faculty with a research expectation and who have a contract to produce scholarly or creative work, such as a book, monograph or multimedia work are eligible to apply.
Maximum anticipated funding amount
Up to $1,000
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m. submitted via the online application for internal awards.
Budget notes
Budgets up to $1,000 (alternatively up to 30% of the total cost, whichever is lowest) may be requested to defray costs associated with book subventions, copyright costs, CD/music/video production costs, etc.
Funds may not be used for hosting expenses.
Special requirements
Matching funds are required. The amount of matching funds must be equal to the amount requested from Research & Innovation (a 1:1 match).
Deliverables
- Awardees must supply a copy of the product to the University Libraries.
- If Research & Innovation holds a showcase poster session, the awardee must present their relevant work.
Application
The application must consist of:
- Standard cover page
- Proposal, up to three pages, that includes:
- Description of the project
- Expected outcomes
- Timeline for completion
- A copy of the publisher’s/company’s proposal or contract
- Standard budget and justification
- Letter detailing where the matching funds will come from and committing those funds to this project
- CV or biosketch in the format customary in the field
Download the templates for the standard cover page and the standard budget/justification.
Summary
Research Enhancement Grants (REG) provide funding for activities that will lead to a successful resubmission of a proposal to an external sponsor. This opportunity seeks applications from faculty members who plan to resubmit a proposal that was submitted to, but not funded by, a federal agency (NSF/NIH/NEH/DOD/DOE/DOT/etc.).
Maximum anticipated funding amount
Up to $20,000
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m. submitted via the online application for internal awards.
Budget notes
Equipment is not an allowable expense unless it is supported by cost share from the department or college. For NIH resubmissions, only a first resubmission will be accepted.
Funds may not be used for hosting expenses.
Special considerations
Funding requests should not exceed $20,000. If funding above that amount is necessary, a letter must be included that details where the additional funds will come from and commits them to your project.
Deliverables
- Awardees must submit their revised proposal to an external review agency prior to resubmission to the sponsor.
- Resubmission of the proposal to the same or a different agency during the project period but not later than six months after the close of the project period.
- PI must notify Research & Proposal Development Services at avpr@unr.edu upon completion of this requirement. The Associate Vice President for Research will submit a letter to the PI’s dean and department chair once this notification has been received.
- If Research & Innovation holds a showcase poster session, the awardee must present their relevant work.
Application
The application must consist of:
- Standard cover page
- The entire original submission (including personnel documents, budget and narrative)
- Funding agency reviewers’ comments and panel summary
- Proposal, up to three pages, that includes:
- A brief summary of the reviewers’ comments and a brief response to them.
- Your plan for modifying your proposal in response to the resubmitted proposal reviewers’ comments and panel summary.
- An explanation of how the funds requested from Research & Innovation will enable specific research, creative or scholarly activities necessary to address reviewers’ comments.
- An explanation of how the funds requested from Research & Innovation will enhance the competitiveness of your resubmitted proposal and lead to a successful submission to the sponsor.
- Timeline for completion of the project.
- Standard budget and justification
- If your budget exceeds $20,000, you must include a letter that details where the additional funds will come from and commits them to your project.
Download the templates for the standard cover page and the standard budget/justification.
Summary
Research & Innovation offers competitive funding to promote interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary research, scholarly and creative work. Seed Funding can provide the resources for new collaborative scholarly activities that span all academic disciplines.
Research & Innovation offers Seed Funding in two competitive tracks, and 100% matching funds are required for both tracks (a 1:1 match).
- Micro Grant track of the Seed Funding awards a maximum of $5,000.
- New Scholarly Endeavor Grant track of the Seed Funding awards a maximum of $2,500.
Maximum anticipated funding amount
Up to $5,000 for Micro Grants
Up to $2,500 for New Scholarly Endeavor Grants
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m. submitted via the online application for internal awards.
Budget notes
This award will not cover travel.
Funds may not be used for hosting expenses.
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).
Deliverables
- If Research & Innovation holds a showcase poster session, the awardee must present their relevant work.
- Preparation of a proposal to external funding, and submission of that proposal to an external review service. External review services are offered through Research & Innovation by request.
- Submission of a proposal for funding to an external sponsor.
Application
The application must consist of:
- Standard cover page
- Proposal, up to three pages, that includes:
- The objective of the new proposed work
- A detailed description of the new activities to be pursued
- The novelty of the proposed collaborative approach
- How the proposed outcomes will advance the collaborative research, scholarly or creative pursuits of the faculty members involved
- Potential funding sources that will sustain the new research, scholarly or creative activities once this proposed work has been completed. If none, how will the new collaborative research, scholarly or creative activities be sustained?
- Timeline for completion of the project
- Standard budget and justification
- Letter detailing where the matching funds will come from and committing those funds to this project
- CV or biosketch in the format customary in the field
Download the templates for the standard cover page and the standard budget/justification.
Research & Innovation has teamed up with the College of Liberal Arts and the Reynolds School of Journalism to offer funding that supports the research and creative activity of tenure/tenure-track faculty in CLA and RSJ.
Faculty may request up to $8,000 and, in general, collaborative and/or interdisciplinary projects that have the potential to be eligible for future external funding will be prioritized. All projects must be led by a tenure/tenure-track faculty in either CLA or RSJ.
Maximum anticipated funding amount
Up to $8,000
Due date
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m. submitted via the online application for internal awards.
Budget notes
Funding supports interdisciplinary research projects, symposia or public discussions that are led by faculty in the humanities, arts, social sciences and/or journalism. Funds may support:
- Collaborative research or creative work between two or more faculty in the same or different departments within CLA or RSJ.
- Collaborative research or creative work led by faculty within CLA or RSJ and involving faculty in the STEM, medicine, business or other professional fields.
Allowable use of the funds includes:
- 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.
- Equipment or materials purchases related to the project.
- Participant support costs or graduate/undergraduate student assistance.
- Travel-related expenses.
Funds may not be used to cover course buyouts or summer salary.
Funds may not be used to cover hosting expenses.
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.
If the lead PI has Start Up Funds, they are ineligible for Dimensions funding.
Special consideration: Evaluation
Applications for Dimensions grants will be evaluated by the Scholarly and Research Activities Committee, a standing committee within the College of Liberal Arts, joined by one faculty member from the Reynolds School of Journalism who will be appointed by the RSJ Dean, as well as one member of Research and Proposal Development Services. The evaluation committee will be overseen by the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Resource Management in the College of Liberal Arts. The committee will forward its recommendations to the Associate Vice President for Research. The final selection of awards will be made by the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
Deliverables
- A one-page report, submitted within three months of the end of the project, summarizing outcomes.
- If Research & Innovation holds a showcase poster session, the awardee must present their relevant work.
- All award recipients should acknowledge the support from the University of Nevada, Reno in all publications, monographs, presentations, exhibitions, videos, recordings, websites and other projects or activities stemming from the award.
Application
The application must consist of:
- Standard cover page
- Proposal, up to three pages, that includes:
- A summary of the research or creative project
- Role of each collaborator and their contributions to the project
- Timeline for completion of the project
- A short discussion on the external funding for which the applicant has already applied or plans to apply for in order to support continued development of the project
- Standard budget and justification
- CV or biosketch in the format customary in the field
- Letter of support from the PI and co-PI’s department chair with the dean’s endorsement.
Download the templates for the standard cover page and the standard budget/justification.
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.
Full details on the Faculty Travel Grants, including application preparation and submission instructions, can be found in the Faculty Travel Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Maximum anticipated funding amount
- $1,000 for domestic travel
- $1,500 for international travel
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.
Eligibility
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.
Please see the Faculty Travel Grant FOA for details on application preparation and submission instructions.
Budget Notes
Total budget requests must not exceed $1,000 for domestic travel and $1,500 for international travel.
Proposals may request funds to support total costs in the following categories:
- Conference registration
- Airline costs
- Ground transportation
- Hotel costs
- Per diem
Please see the Faculty Travel Grant FOA for details on application preparation and submission instructions.
Application
Please see the Faculty Travel Grant FOA for details on application preparation and submission instructions.
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.
Full details on the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grants, including application preparation and submission instructions, can be found in the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Maximum anticipated funding amount
- $3,000
Due dates
Applications for CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grants are accepted three times each fiscal year. Please see the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant FOA for specific due dates.
Eligibility
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.
Please see the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant FOA for details on application preparation and submission instructions.
Budget Notes
Total budget requests must not exceed $3,000.
Proposals may request funds to support total costs in the following categories:
- Conference registration
- Airline costs
- Ground transportation
- Hotel costs
- Per diem
Please see the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant FOA for details on application preparation and submission instructions.
Application
Please see the CLA/RSJ Faculty Travel Grant FOA for details on application preparation and submission instructions.