2024-2025 Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF)
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, January 9th, 2025. Applications for the RIF program will be due on the second Thursday of January each year starting FY25.
The Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF) provides support to faculty and core facilities necessary research instrumentation purchases and upgrades/replacements. Research instrumentation purchased with RIF funds is meant to be shared as broadly as possible and must be used to facilitate externally funded research and scholarship. RIF only awards research instrumentation requests that fall into one of the below categories:
- Requests for new research instrumentation that will be leveraged to pursue external funding within one year of equipment installation.
- Requests for new research instrumentation that will increase competitiveness of an external funding proposal that was recently denied funding due to lack of specific research instrumentation or data produced by that instrumentation. Application must include specific details on how equipment will increase competitiveness. For example, this is best demonstrated through external reviewer feedback or other direct commentary from the funder.
- Requests for upgrading or replacing existing, on-campus research instrumentation that poses a safety/security risk to the UofU community.
- Requests for upgrading or replacing existing, on-campus research instrumentation that is outdated, non-functional.
Funding decisions are based on merit of the proposal, demonstrated need, impact of the equipment on the U of U research community, likelihood that equipment purchase will be leveraged to secure extramural funding, and availability of funds.
Applications for the 2024-2025 RIF cycle are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, January 9th, 2025. Interested applicants should thoroughly review all FY25 RIF Guidelines before preparing an application. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
Faculty Small Grant Program (FSGP) – FY25 Cycle
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, December 5th, 2024. Beginning FY25, the FSGP will conduct one cycle per fiscal year. This is to maximize available funding for the program and provide potential applicants with substantial time to prepare their application. Also starting in FY25, applications for the FSGP will be due the first Thursday in December each year.
The Faculty Small Grant Program (FSGP) provides grants of up to $10,000 over 1 year to support scholarly publications and creative research. Scholarly activity is defined as a work of scholarship that is peer reviewed and publicly disseminated. Examples of scholarly activity should demonstrate discovery and/or integration of new knowledge, technologies, methods, or materials. Creative research activity is defined as original contributions to an investigator’s field of study that are produced through writing, creating, composing, designing, recording, performing, curating, etc.
New for FY25: The Faculty Small Grant Program will have a tiered funding option. Total budget requested must align with one of the following tiers:
- Tier 1: Up to $3,500
- Tier 2: Up to $5,000
- Tier 3: Up to $10,0000
Applications for the 2024-2025 cycle are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, December 5th, 2024. Interested applicants should thoroughly review all FY25 FSGP Guidelines before preparing an application. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
2024-2025 Distinguished Research Award (DRA)
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, December 12th, 2024. Beginning FY25, DRA nominations will be due the second Thursday of December, annually. Nominations must be submitted using InfoReady. Late nominations will not be accepted.
The Distinguished Research Award (DRA) is a prestigious faculty award designed to recognize outstanding achievements in research by three University of Utah faculty each year. This prestigious research award provides the faculty member with a $10,000 grant to pursue research and/or creative pursuits and recognition at the UofU Commencement. Nominees are evaluated on the impact and significance of their career research or scholarly work to their field, as well as to the improvement and enrichment of the human condition. Faculty who have held an appointment with the University of Utah for a minimum of five years are eligible to receive this award. Nominations may be made by any faculty member, department, or college within the University.
Nominations for the 2024-2025 cycle are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, December 12th, 2024, and must be submitted using this submission link. Please thoroughly review all FY25 DRA Guidelines before preparing a nomination. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
2024-2025 Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA)
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024.
The Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA) provide awarded faculty members one semester of full release time (from teaching and administrative tasks) at full salary for scholarly and creative projects. Scholarly activity is defined as a work of scholarship that is peer reviewed and publicly disseminated. Examples of scholarly activity should demonstrate discovery and/or integration of new knowledge, technologies, methods, or materials. Creative research activity is defined as original contributions to an investigator’s field of study that are produced through writing, creating, composing, designing, recording, performing, curating, etc. Departments of awarded faculty will receive up to $15,000 to defer the cost of the awardee’s release time.
The semester of leave must take place in the next academic year. Individuals applying to the 2024-2025 cycle would apply for Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 as their requested semester of leave.
The FFA program accepts applications once per year. The FFA application process is two steps:
- Faculty submit their applications via InfoReady on or before the first Thursday of October. The deadline for step 1 of the FY25 FFA program is 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024.
- Colleges submit their top 10 applications (with a ranking letter) on or before the last Thursday in October. The deadline for Step 2 of the FY25 FFA program is 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 31st, 2024.
Interested applicants should thoroughly review all FY25 FFA Guidelines before preparing an application. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.