Faculty Funding Opportunities

Deadline

Mid November

Who is Eligible?

Full-time and part-time tenure-stream, tenured and non tenure-stream faculty (including lecturers, adjunct faculty, and contract faculty) at all Schools, Departments, Centers, Institutes and Campuses of the University of Pittsburgh.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

For non-travel purposes, the Asian Studies Small Grants can now be used by any Asia-focused faculty. But for travel purposes, this grant will only fund research travel to study areas in Asia that are not China, Japan, or Korea.

Max Funding

$2,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the Asian Studies Center.

Deadline

Applications are accepted year-round.

Who is Eligible?

Full-time and part time faculty members of CERIS institutions.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

Intended to enable faculty members from CERIS institutions to pursue curricular development and enhancement projects related to Islamic Studies. Islamic Studies is understood, as expressed in the CERIS mission statement, to encompass many languages, literatures, and disciplines; and extends from the 7th century to the present, and across broad geographical areas of the world.

Max Funding

$2,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit CERIS.

Deadline

Rolling basis

Who is Eligible?

Full-time and part-time tenure-stream, tenured and non tenure-stream faculty (including lecturers, adjunct faculty, and contract faculty) at all Schools, Departments, Centers, Institutes and Campuses on the University of Pittsburgh.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

This grant provides partial support for travel related to presentation of Chinarelated conference papers.

Max Funding

$600 (international or Hawaii); $300 (domestic, including Mexico and Canada).

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the Asian Studies Center.

Deadline

Mid November

Who is Eligible?

Full-time and part-time tenure-stream, tenured and non tenure-stream faculty (including lecturers, adjunct faculty, and contract faculty) at all Schools, Departments, Centers, Institutes and Campuses of the University of Pittsburgh.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

This grant supports international and/or domestic travel for faculty to conduct research focused on China. For travel to present a paper at a conference, use China Studies Faculty Conference Travel Grant.

Max Funding

$2,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the Asian Studies Center.

Deadline

Rolling basis

Who is Eligible?

Full-time and part-time tenure-stream, tenured and non tenure-stream faculty (including lecturers, adjunct faculty, and contract faculty) at all Schools, Departments, Centers, Institutes and Campuses on the University of Pittsburgh.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

This grant is a meant to support China Studies faculty in bringing speakers, conferences, and other academic events on to the Pitt campus.

Max Funding

Variable amount.

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the Asian Studies Center.

Deadline

TBA

Who is Eligible?

The applicant must be a “Core” or “Related” faculty member of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

(1) “Seed money” or supplementary money for large projects; (2) Limited funds required for smaller projects or projects of short dura-tion; and (3) Research that will result in the development of Latin American/Caribbean courses.

Max Funding

$4,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the Center for Latin American Studies.

Deadline

Early March

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

To support work related to: 1. Creating a new course with substantial (more than 25%) coverage of Europe. 2. Significantly enhancing an existing course to introduce or expand Europe-related content. 3. Adding a component of preprofessional advising, preparation, or experience to an existing course with significant European content. 4. Adding or enhancing the assessment tools utilized to determine the impact of a course related to European studies. 

Max Funding

$4,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the European Studies Center.

Deadline

Early February

Who is Eligible?

Faculty doing research related to Europe that is not focused on the European Union.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

Awards are intended to be used during Summer 2017 for travel and/or other expenses related to original research on some aspect of European politics, culture, society, or history.

Max Funding

$2,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the European Studies Center.

Deadline

May 31, 2019

Who is Eligible?

Pitt faculty affiliated with African Studies.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

Funding can be used for research travel to/in Africa or for other travel related to research on Africa.

Max Funding

$2,000

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the African Studies Program.

Deadline

TBA

Who is Eligible?

Pitt faculty affiliated with African Studies.

Requirements/Intended Use of Funds

Funding can be used for research travel to/in Africa or for other travel related to research on Africa.

Max Funding

$2,000.00

More Information

To learn more and apply visit the African Studies Program.