Office of Research Support and Sponsored Programs (ORSSP)
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Grants and Sponsored Programs
- Student Research
- CITI Training & Resources
- Compliance
- Faculty Grant Writing-Travel Initiative
- Faculty Internal Research Funding
- Faculty Research Committee (FRC)
- Faculty Sabbaticals
- Finding Funding
- Grant Proposal Information
- Grant Proposal Preparation
- Grant Resources Materials
- Policies and Procedures
- Contact ORSSP
Undergraduate Admissions
Contact Us:
- Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
- 800 Linden Street
- Scranton, PA 18510
- The University of Scranton
- Phone: 570-941-6353
Internal Research Funding
The Faculty Internal Research Program (FIRP) provides a source of funding for full-time faculty research projects in all disciplines. The purpose of these grants is not to supersede external funding, nor to provide ongoing support for a project. Rather, FIRP funds are intended to provide start-up funding for novel research projects and/or to support research which cannot be funded through other sources. FIRP awards may also serve as a source of funding for substantially revised projects that have been previously funded through this mechanism.
Questions: Contact Dr. David Marx at david.marx@scranton.edu
How to Apply
Grants of up to $2,000 per academic year may be awarded for an individual proposal and $3,000 for an internally collaborative proposal. Faculty members who received an award of less than $2,000 in the Fall semester may submit another application in the Spring for up to a combined $2,000 Fall/Spring total. Each year, the University makes available a total of $40,000 for these grants. Distribution of the funds is determined based upon substantive review of the individual proposals.
Priority consideration will be given to faculty who have not received funding in the prior year. Faculty who have received these funds should work with the Office of Research Support and Sponsored Programs (ORSSP) to identify and pursue continuation of funding (generally through external sources) for their research projects.
When to Apply
Proposals are accepted twice a year typically around November 1st and April 1st. Actual dates will be sent via email.
Funding decisions are made by the Faculty Research Committee (FRC) at its meetings in November and April. Reminders are sent to all full-time faculty in October and March, advising of the deadlines for those funding rounds.
What's NOT funded
- Student research projects. Students should contact ORSSP for available funding sources.
- Student assistants fulfilling academic requirements (e.g. honors, thesis research).
- Faculty member stipends.
- Expenses for Journal Publication.
- Teaching/Curriculum Development.
- Travel to conferences.
- Sabbatical relocation and living expenses.