As part of the overall mission in support of research across campus, OVPR operates Internal Grants & Awards to support, facilitate, and reward research activities. UGARF provides funding for the following programs:
Faculty Research Seed Grants
Provides “seed money” in two separate competitions in support of research and scholarship by faculty. All programs utilize the same guidelines and application. Also, be sure to read the Tips for FRG Applicants.
- Junior Faculty Research Grants in Sciences
Applied Life Sciences
Basic Life Sciences
Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Professional & Applied Sciences
Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Junior and Senior Faculty Grants
Deadlines:
Sciences: First Tuesday in April (These awards will now be on a fiscal-year cycle instead of a calendar-year cycle.)
Humanities and Arts: First Tuesday in February (These awards will now be on a fiscal-year cycle instead of a calendar-year cycle.)
Eligibility:
Available to instructors, tenure-track faculty, and research scientists; Faculty Research Grant are designed for early career faculty (assistant professors and assistant research scientists); Willson CHA grants fund both junior and senior faculty
Amounts:
Average grants are in the $3,000 – $10,000 range
Detailed Guidelines (UGARF guidelines for both seed grant competitions)
Application
Tips for FRG Applicants
Faculty Research Grant Budget Template
Report Form
Project Request Form Resulting External Funding Form
Willson Center Grants and Awards
View information on all Willson Center Programs and Competitions.
Cultivar Development Research Program
Provides grant support to researchers in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences to promote the development of new plant cultivars.
Deadline:
First Wednesday in October
Eligibility:
Full and part-time faculty, USDA adjunct positions, and permanent research scientists in the University’s “Research Professionals” classification system. Visiting faculty and postdoctoral research associates are ineligible.
Amount:
No upper limit, however funding proposals with large budgets (above $60,000) must have unusually strong justification.
Contact:
Technology Commercialization Office: shelleyf@uga.edu
Guidelines
Application
Research in Diversity Seed Grant (RIDSG) Program
Purpose:
To stimulate more diversity and inclusion-related research at UGA. Grants support initial work by early career faculty or a new emphasis on research into diversity and inclusion by established faculty.
Deadline:
April 2, 2012.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be full-time, regular (non-visiting), tenured or tenure-track faculty at The University of Georgia and have a documented scholarly and research track record.
Amounts:
Up to $2000
Additional Information
Sarah Moss Fellowship (sponsored by the Center for Taching and Learning)
Link: OVPR – Internal Grants & Awards