Provost Award Recipients
Application Information
Deadline: February 9, 2026, at 11:59 pm
PURPOSE: Provide seed funding for research and scholarship development. Funds are intended to
- Generate preliminary data or activity that leads to external funding or expand the scope of a currently funded project
- Enhance the competitiveness for resubmission of proposals considered highly meritorious but previously unfunded
- Support junior faculty and established investigators in the pursuit of new research or creative scholarly inquiry
- Support cross-disciplinary teams of faculty in their efforts to prepare competitive proposals for multi-investigator grants
- Positively impact teaching or student learning
Grant recipients must articulate where and how this seed money will be directed in pursuit of external funding. Awards are up to $15,000.
Completed proposals must be submitted through the by February 9, 2026, at 11:59 pm.
Please if you intend to apply for PSDA funding consideration.
Provost Scholarship Development Award Overview
Provost Scholarship Development Award Guidelines, Terms, and Conditions
Provost Scholarship Development Award Proposal Template
PURPOSE: Incentivize faculty collegiality and mentorship by supporting faculty-to-faculty mentoring, pairing a faculty mentor with a faculty mentee. The focus should be on proposal and budget development, ultimately leading to a proposal submission.
The mentee must submit a competitive extramural grant application for a minimum of $40,000 (in direct costs over the life of the award).
Completed proposals must be submitted through the following by February 9, 2026, at 11:59 pm.
Please if you intend to apply for FaRM funding consideration.
Faculty Research Mentoring Program Guidelines
Faculty Research Mentoring Program Application Form
Faculty Research Mentoring Project Timeline Template
Please if you intend to apply for PSDA funding consideration.
For budget development support, contact John Hildreth or Samantha Ellithorpe
For general questions, contact Suzanne Melton