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Funding Opportunities at UNF

Campus-Wide Research Grant Opportunities/Support

Sponsoring Unit: Academic and Student Affairs

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Professional Development Leave Non tenure earning faculty with six years of full-time UNF service 1 semester at full pay or 2 semesters at half pay Completed applications due October 15 5 full-pay for 2025-26
Sabbatical Leave  Tenured faculty with six years of full-time UNF service 1 semester at full pay or 2 semesters at half pay Completed applications due October 15 10 full-pay for 2025-26
Scholarship Reassignment Policy 1st and 4th year, Tenure Track 3-credit hour course release Varies - managed at department level Varies by eligible faculty (1st & 4th year) by department
Research Course Release Award Program   Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty - with grants Release Time During preparation of grant proposal Dependent on amount funded by grant
Salary Savings Research Incentive Program  Full Time Faculty Use of external funding for course reassignment Ongoing Dependent on funded research
Prestigious Fellowship Support  Full Time Faculty Depending on need Ongoing Dependent on fellowship award

Sponsoring Unit: President's Office

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
John A. Delaney Presidential Professorship Rank of full Professor $10,000 per year Faculty will be emailed when the professorship is open for applications. One award for a three-year term
Terry Presidential Professorship Rank of full Professor $10,000 per year, one course release per year Faculty will be emailed when the professorship is open for applications. One award for a three-year term

Sponsoring Unit: University Development and Alumni Engagement

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Foundation Board Faculty Grants FT, Tenured, Tenure Track $80,000 approx total for all awards Open House September 29 Dependent on amount funded per grant

Sponsoring Unit: Institute of Environmental Research and Education

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded;
Seed Grant Faculty or Teams of personnel with at least one tenure track faculty member $10,000 maximum September-October 2 annually

 

Restricted- Unit Level Research Grant Opportunities

Sponsoring Unit: College of Arts and Sciences

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Gerson Yessin Professorship Music faculty Professorship allows holder access to endowment funds that may be used as budget for projects related to CLASSICAL music October 1
Dean's Leadership Council Faculty Fellowships COAS Tenured, Tenure track $2,500 stipend/course release (typically used in spring) and reimbursement for up to $1,500 of project expenses October 2  3-4 fellowships
Research Enhancement Plan

COAS full time faculty including TT and NTT

 

Competitive, either a budget for a specific research project or course release. Program is funded jointly and equally with ORSP, department and college. Awards are both monetary award($1500) and a course release October 2 5-10 awards
Jim Van Vleck Teaching Excellence Award  COAS "pairs", one tenure-earning faculty member earning "exceeds expectations" and one tenured faculty member $3,500 for the mentee and $1,500 for the mentor, for creative or research needed for promotion, excluding faculty stipend.  Three-course releases taht can be taken in one semester or spread over several semesters.  A minimal service load to successfully apply for promotion.  October 2 2 faculty pairs
Eisen Experiential Learning Grant Tenured/Tenure-track and Non Tenure-track faculty $2,000 March 27, 2024       
Joan Van Vleck Exceptional Service Award Tenured/Tenure-track faculty-Awardees must agree to join the UNF Chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) Women's Network $12,500      March 27, 2024 2 awards/annually
Research, Scholarship, Creative Activity Excellence Fund RSCA active tenure track and non-tenure track faculty, recognition of published monographs, papers in high impact journals, significant external grants, prestigious artistic competitions. These are given to those faculty who have been  recognized at the ORSP STARS ceremony in the spring. However, some other stipends, such as top artistic competition stipend do require an application  Open access fees, the stipend amounts vary between $500 and $1000 Deadlines vary, some awards do not require an application, some award applications can be submitted anytime.  Please see webpage.    

Sponsoring Unit: College of Computing, Engineering and Construction

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Fidelity National Financial Distinguished Professorship in CIS Senior faculty member $18,000 year for 2 years, with possible reappointment for another 2 year term; one course release/year Fall 1 every two years
Auld and White Economic Venture Endowment Fund CCEC Faculty Up to 2 and $5,000 per year. Funds may be used for salaries, student support, materials, supplies, travel or other use appropriate and justifiable within the proposal March 1 every 2     years
RF-SMART and Morales Family Endowed Professorship Computing Faculty      $18,000 per award Summer 1 year

Sponsoring Unit: Coggin College of Business

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Paper Institute All CCB Faculty $15,000 per award and all research expenses Applications evaluated each term on ongoing basis- performance based payment Depends on availability of funds
Advisory Board CCB Tenured or tenure track $5,000 (varies) per award for collaborative research meeting accreditation goals Application due dates vary based on needs of advisory board Varies. Two grants have been awarded over the preceding five year accreditation cycle.

Sponsoring Unit: Brooks College of Health

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
BCH Pilot Research Grant All BCH faculty with full-time appointments Up to $15,000 over 2 years Application information available in Teams. Up to 3 awards annually.
BCH Grant Application Support BCH full-time tenure-line faculty

$5000 for summer support OR course release in fall or spring

Application information available in Teams. Varies based on funding available.
BCH Research Mentorship BCH full-time faculty with effort assigned to RSCA

Mentee $500/year; Mentor $1000/year

Application information available in Teams. Varies based on funding available.

Sponsoring Unit: College of Education and Human Services

 Title  Eligibility  Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
COEHS Faculty Research Article Award COEHS Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty $1500  Application available in Teams. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the COEHS Research Advisory Board 1-2
 COEHS Faculty Grant Proposal Award COEHS Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty $1500  Application available in Teams. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the COEHS Research Advisory Board 1-2
 COEHS Seed Grants COEHS Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Up to $5000 per award Application available in Teams. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the COEHS Research Advisory Board Up to 6 awards
 Faculty ORSP Grant Proposal Award All COEHS Faculty $1,000 for Travel (Divided among PIs) No application necessary. PIs must meet with Associate Director of Operations during budget planning process and submit final proposal to Dean’s Office. Up to 10 awards
International Travel Award All COEHS Faculty $2500 Application available in Teams. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the Chairs and Deans 2 awards
Dean’s Advisory Council Board Program Award All COEHS Programs $10,000 Application available in Teams. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the DEAC 1 award
Vicki Cornett Caring Award All COEHS Faculty $500 Application will be available once committee meets. Proposals and nominations will be reviewed and selected by the Faculty Awards Committee 1 award
COEHS Mentoring Award All COEHS Faculty $500 Application will be available once committee meets. Proposals and nominations will be reviewed and selected by a committee of faculty, students and graduates 1 award

Campus-Wide Faculty Support Opportunities in Teaching, Research, and International

Sponsoring Unit: Academic Affairs

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Faculty Development Teaching Grants Ft, Tenured and Tenure Track, Instructors grant in transition ON HOLD Approx 10

Sponsoring Unit: Information Technology Services

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Ft, Tenured and Tenure Track, Instructors, Librarians $1,000 individual/$2,000 collaborative award Fall, Spring Approx 4

Sponsoring Unit: Center for Community Based Learning

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Community Engagement Research (CER) Faculty Fellowship

Fulltime, tenure-track faculty

$1,500 stipend per award for 3 semesters, $1,500 in travel for specific conferences (if available) Spring Maximum of 3 annually 
Community Engagement Conference Travel Award   UNF Faculty member of an identified community-based learning course $1,500 (inter)national conference presentation; $1,000 for regional or state conference presentation ON HOLD ON HOLD
Community Scholars Program Fulltime, tenure and non-tenure-track faculty and instructors $3,000 stipend (split over 2 semesters) Spring Maximum of 7 annually

Sponsoring Unit: Center for Instruction and Research Technology

Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded;
Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative  Full time faculty $200 - $2,000 stipends available dependent upon activity Available each semester 50
Teaching Online (TOL) Foundation  Course Full and Part-time faculty $2,000 stipend Available each semester by application (full time) and chair nomination (part time) 105
DCD Distance Learning Course Development Full-time faculty $2,000 stipend Applications available each semester 65
QM-Certified Peer Reviewer Full-time faculty, completed DCD $500 stipend for every two QM reviews completed Applications available at any time 20

Sponsoring Unit: Office of Undergraduate Research
Title Eligibility Funding Call for Proposals/Applications # Awards Funded
Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities (U-RSCA) Grant  Undergraduate students engaging in UNF faculty-mentored research Funding for materials, equipment, software, and travel will be awarded to undergraduate researchers (up to $1500) and their mentors ($500) Applications will be accepted twice each academic year on October 15 and February 15.  If these dates fall on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be the following business day ~10 awards in fall and in spring, for a total of ~20 awards
 Conference Presentation Travel Award Applications accepted from individual undergraduate researchers who have been accepted to present at an off-campus conference Funding for registration fees, lodging costs, travel, and meals will be awarded to undergraduate researchers (up to $500) who have been accepted to present at a conference Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but must be received at least four weeks before the travel date ~20 awards in the academic year