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This fund was established in the Fall of 1983, on the recommendation of the Deans of the three schools, for the general support of faculty research. The fund is partially based on the indirect cost recoveries from sponsored research grants.

This grant program has been established to support faculty with pivoting their research and scholarship into new areas of inquiry. 

This grant program has been established to support faculty building new collaborations or expand current ones to benefit their areas of research and scholarship.

This grant program has been established to support faculty, who have current or recently completed external grants, to bridge their work to the next large external application.

These LITS grants support digital teaching, learning, or research activities broadly construed. Digital 91´«Ã½ Project Grants may be used to support professional development opportunities; curricular development; symposia or other events; and other teaching, learning, or research-focused projects, including digital scholarship projects. 

Grants are designed to enrich the curricular content of an on-campus class by facilitating student experiences in the city of Philadelphia. Grants range from $500-$1,500. Grants are awarded twice during the academic year, prior to the fall semester and prior to the spring semester. The grant application goes via email to the faculty and is linked (below) on our website.

The Provost’s Office provides a $3,000 course planning stipend for each faculty member the summer prior to their 360° cluster. The Teaching and Learning Initiative student consultants are available to work with faculty members during the planning, teaching, and/or assessment phases of a 360° cluster. 

The Digital Scholarship Faculty Fellow will receive a stipend of $2,500 as well as support for a proposed program, initiative, or digital scholarship project as needed (funded by a Digital 91´«Ã½ Project grant or otherwise subject to approval by LITS).

Funding from the President’s Office is most frequently provided for on-campus events, projects, and initiatives which benefit the larger community.

The Faculty Travel Pool is a 91´«Ã½ program that supports the scholarly development of faculty members on continuing appointment in tenure track, tenured, and Continuing Non-Tenure Track (CNTT) positions and on continuing appointment in the Athletics and Physical Education department.

These funds are intended to support modest research needs of continuing members of the Faculty. Requests for support may be made for minor expenses associated with the faculty member's research.