Office Of Research

Ignite Transdisciplinary Research Fund
Supports new transdisciplinary research collaborations involving CAS faculty and faculty from other UNCG units. Directed by the Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office, the Fund will offer grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 for work in AY 2026-2027. Funds may not be used for faculty salary or course buyouts. Maximum project duration is 18 months. Proposals with potential to generate external funding or recognition will receive priority. Applications due March 1, 2026. Learn more about the Ignite Transdisciplinary Research Fund.

Proposal Preparation Program (P3)
Provides up to $3,000 to support faculty members as they prepare an external funding proposal. Funds may support activities such as collecting pilot data, purchasing equipment, travel to archives, data analysis, or similar expenses. In general, the P3 program does not support the development of fellowship proposals that provide only for salary replacement. Apply at least 6 months before your deadline. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. 
APPLY for P3 NOW (Microsoft Form)

Colleague to Colleague Proposal Review (C2C)
Provides support for faculty members seeking proposal review assistance from an experienced research scholar in their field. This scholar may be from UNCG or an outside institution, but they may not be “collaborators” on the proposal. The reviewer will receive a $500 honorarium. Apply for review support at least 3 months prior to your deadline. Many faculty identify their own expert reviewer, but if you need assistance contact our office. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
APPLY for C2C NOW (Microsoft Form)

CAS Scholars Travel Fund (CAS STF)
Provides up to $750 in supplemental travel funding to full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty so they may present research, scholarship, or creative activity; serve as chairpersons;  participate as panelists; or contribute in other ways at scholarly meetings in the USA, Mexico, or Canada. Requires a $375 match, which may be met with departmental contribution, external funding, or similar sources. Faculty may apply once per fiscal year, and applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
CAS-STF-Application (PDF)
STF Budget Worksheet (fillable PDF with calculations)

CAS International Travel Fund (CAS ITF)
Provides up to $1,000 in matching funds for tenured or tenure-track faculty to travel internationally for research or conference presentations. Faculty on phased retirement are eligible for reduced match of $500. External grants or personal funds do not qualify as matching funds. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Please note: faculty seeking support from the ITF are subject to the University’s International Travel Policy, including the requirement to register with UNCG’s Travel Registry. Faculty must obtain travel approval in order to receive ITF support.
CAS ITF Application (PDF)

CAS Supplemental Individual Research Fund (SIRF)
For both tenure-track and professional-track faculty, this fund provides up to $800 to support research activity at any stage of the process. Funds may be used to purchase materials, compensate research participants, conduct data or sample analysis, cover publication costs, or cover research-related travel expenses. SIRF funds can be used to supplement other internal awards, including P3 awards. Up to one award per fiscal year, available until funds are depleted. The department/program head should sign the application to affirm planned expenses cannot be covered by faculty or department funds. In general, only professional-track requests for domestic conference travel funding will be approved.
SIRF Application (PDF)

Timothy Johnston Faculty Award
The Timothy Johnston Faculty Award Fund supports research or creative work by Arts & Sciences faculty during the summer months. The fund can be used to support justifiable expenses, including travel, student research assistants, materials, or faculty summer salary. Proposals should be up to 2 pages long, submitted as a single pdf file. The proposal should include a project title, project description, and budget that describes how requested funds will be used. The Dean’s Office will make one award of $5000 for Summer 2026. Proposals are due by midnight on March 15, 2026, and should be emailed to amrogers3@uncg.edu.

Arts & Sciences Faculty Award
The Arts & Sciences Faculty Award supports Assistant and Associate professors’ professional development. Preference will be given to projects that involve travel for research or creative work and for pre-publication expenses related to scholarly writing or creative activity. Assistant professors and associate professors in the College are eligible, with assistant professors being given priority. Proposals should be up to 2 pages long, submitted as a single pdf file. The proposal should include a project title, explanation of the proposed professional development and how it relates to the faculty’s research/creative work, and a budget that shows how requested funds will be used. The College will make a single $5000 award or two $2500 awards, depending on the applications received. Proposals are due by midnight on March 15, 2026, and should be emailed to amrogers3@uncg.edu.

CAS Support for (Externally-Funded) Faculty Fellowships
The document CAS Policies on Research Assignments, Fellowships, and Off-Campus Assignments describes CAS support for faculty members who receive external fellowships. Key point: For tenured/tenure-track faculty, CAS will match the fellowship stipend (up to 1/2 your base salary), but this CAS support is available only once every three years. Match is subject to approval by department head and Associate Dean of Research and to availability of funds. Please note: faculty seeking external fellowships must follow the Cayuse process.

Research Assignments
The Research Assignment program rewards tenured faculty members who have demonstrated distinguished contributions to the University with a competitively-won award of either one semester at full salary or two semesters at half salary during which the faculty member focuses on the advancement or completion of scholarly activities. Eligible faculty prepare and submit an application package to their department or program head in early September for the following (not current) academic year. The program and process is detailed in the CAS Policies on Research Assignments, Fellowships, and Off-Campus Assignments and in guidelines set by the Provost’s Office. A research assignment may be combined with an externally-funded fellowship.

Dorothy Levis Munroe Student Research Fund
Endowed by alumna and lifelong educator Dorothy Levis Munroe ’44, the fund provides awards of up to $1000 to students working on research projects with faculty mentors from eligible CAS departments: Biology; Chemistry and Biochemistry; Computer Science; Geography, Environment, and Sustainability; Mathematics and Statistics; and Physics. The award may be spent on materials and supplies, research-related travel (conferences or fieldwork), or similar expenses, but cannot be used for student stipends. Students must apply in partnership with their mentor, and each faculty mentor can sponsor up to 2 students. Applications go live in mid August and are due mid September.

Jerome Evenson Research Support Endowed Fund
This fund supports creation of new knowledge about Jewish history, health migration, religion, and cultural production. The fund will provide one award of $12,000 per year, or depending on requests received, multiple awards totaling up to $12,000 per year. Requests should include expenses that support the proposed research/creative work such as travel costs, materials, or student research assistants. Faculty salary will not be supported by this fund. Any full-time UNCG faculty member may submit a proposal. Proposals for the 2026-2027 FY are due on May 1, 2026. Learn more about the Jerome Evenson Research Support Endowed Fund.

Harriett Evenson Visiting Scholars Endowed Fund
This fund brings to the UNCG community new ideas related to Jewish identity, history, health, migration, religion, cultural production, contemporary issues, and Jewish life. The fund will support one visiting scholar per academic year with an award up to $20,000. Requests should include costs of hosting the visiting scholar, including travel, housing, meals, and an honorarium. Visiting scholars must be from institutions other than UNCG, and they will be expected to guest lecture in undergraduate and/or graduate courses, meet with faculty, and give a public lecture. Any full-time UNCG faculty member may submit a proposal. Proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year are due on May 1, 2026. Learn more about the Harriet Evenson Visiting Scholars Endowed Fund.

Chancellor’s Initiative for Transformative Research
This initiative provides seed funding for promising projects that will lead to strong community impacts while attracting significant external funding. Proposals are expected to develop partnerships within and external to UNCG that establish cross-disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary projects and focus on advancing knowledge and building innovation, while exposing students to new experiences in these fields. Internal funding awards of up to $75,000 will support select proposals. Funded projects will be 18 months, starting September 1, 2025 and ending February 28, 2027. The number of awards will depend on the quality of submissions. Learn more about the Chancellor’s Initiative for Transformative Research.

Internal Research Award Program / Office of Research and Engagement (ORE)
Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty, clinical faculty, research faculty, academic professional faculty, and EHRA non-faculty researchers are all eligible for ORE-sponsored Internal Research Awards. Three levels of awards are offered: $5,000 for individual, $10,000 for collaborative projects submitted by two or more UNCG applicants, and $25,000 for larger interdisciplinary projects submitted by UNCG applicants from different departments. The application opens in early September and closes in late October, for an 18-month project period that runs March – August. Learn more about the Internal Research Award Program.

ORE Faculty Fellows / ORE
Full-time UNCG faculty in professional and tenured appointments at the Associate and Full Professor ranks are eligible to apply and serve as the ORE Faculty Fellow. The fellowship aims to expand the fellow’s familiarity with ORE roles, structure, strategic and operational priorities, programs, initiatives, and activities; enhance the ORE administrative infrastructure, and develop the fellow’s research administration leadership capabilities. Learn more about ORE Faculty Fellows.

Research Excellence Awards / ORE
Established in 1988 to recognize outstanding junior and senior faculty researchers. Awards are made on the basis of the nominee’s research career, with particular emphasis placed on work done in the last five years. Each award carries a cash honorarium. Nominations are typically due in early December. Learn more about Research Excellence Awards.

Community Engaged Pathways & Partnerships (P2): A Collective Scholarship Fellows Program / ORE and the Institute for Community & Economic Engagement
The P2 Fellows program supports community-engaged scholarship among UNCG scholars and community partners, providing funding and professional development to teams who are working in a context of reciprocity and mutual benefit to advance knowledge about, and accelerate activities to address, community-identified priorities. Teams are eligible for three consecutive years of funding up to $16,000. Learn more about P2.

CFRN Summer Seed Grants / Child & Family Research Network
This program supports on-campus interdisciplinary faculty research that advances understanding of children and families, and the contexts in which they live. Funding (up to $5000) is awarded to teams of researchers and may be used for faculty salary, graduate student support, or research supplies. Apply in May and June. Learn more about CFRN Summer Seed Grants.

Subsidies to Support Publication, Media Development, and Exhibitions / ORE
Faculty can apply for up to $1,000 per academic year to assist with publication and exhibition expenses incurred within the last 12 months while serving in a UNCG faculty appointment. Learn more about subsidies to support publication, media development, and exhibitions.

Open Access Publishing Support Fund / University Libraries
Provides up to $1,500 per author, per year to full-time faculty, full-time EHRA employees, and enrolled graduate students to support publication of an article in a peer-reviewed, open access journals. Learn more about the Open Access Publishing Support Fund.

Digital Partners Grant / University Libraries
An opportunity for faculty to create and make broadly available a digital scholarly product to be hosted by the Library. Provides up to $22,500 worth of resources (most likely from the Library IT department, depending on the needs of the applicant). The Library will provide its appropriate, existing hardware and software at no cost (but will not make expensive new purchases on behalf of the faculty). Learn more about the Digital Partners Grant.

Kohler Awards / Global Engagement Office (GEO)
Faculty may apply for support in several categories: Research with additional internal/external funding, Special projects (such as symposia or community dialogues), Course and curriculum development (to create new or modify existing courses), Student Programs, Teaching, and Institutional linkages. Awards in most categories are capped at $1,000, but some have no set dollar limit. Learn more about the Kohler Awards.

GEO International Travel Fund (ITF)
Up to $600 for full-time faculty to attend professional conferences outside of North America. Faculty may receive only 1 ITF grant per academic year and may not receive GEO ITF grants in consecutive years. Learn more about the International Travel Fund.

Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research Grant / Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Provides a stipend of $1500 to support research or creative activity related to women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. All full-time faculty who have not received the Carlisle Grant within the past three years are eligible to apply. Applications are due in mid-Spring. Learn more about the Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research Grant.

Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards (URCA) / Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office (URSCO)
Designed to help faculty and students partner in meaningful projects that advance understanding within their discipline/field of study. Award funding may defray the cost of material expenses and/or related travel, or can be used to provide a stipend for the students. Students can earn up to $3,000 (annually) for their work. Faculty can request up to $500 in support of the project’s cost. Learn more about the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards.

Green Fund / UNCG Office of Sustainability
Campus-based grant program that offers education, research, and professional development opportunities for students and employees by investing in campus infrastructure and programming to help meet the goals of the UNCG’s sustainability mission. Proposals for $1000 or less may be submitted on the first day of the month of September, October, November, February, March, and April. Proposals for more than $1000 should be submitted by October 1, March, 1, or April 1. Learn more about the Green Fund.

The best place to start your search for external funding is the UNCG Scholar Funding Opportunities page. You may also wish to contact the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Research Development (OSIRD) or sign-up for their “Funding Friday” email.

For the benefit of CAS faculty in the humanities, selected funders of humanities research (including fellowships) are listed and linked below.

American Council of Learned Societies
American Philosophical Society
Dumbarton Oaks
Henry Luce Foundation
Institute for Citizens and Scholars
John Templeton Foundation
Kress Foundation
Mellon Foundation
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Humanities Center
North Carolina Humanities
RTI University Scholars Program

UNC-Chapel Hill has a grant support program called the Arts & Humanities Grant Studio whose website includes funder profiles and other resources.
For more external funding resources, visit UNCG Scholar: Find Funding.