Introduction

The Faculty Endowment Research Award was established to provide limited support for new and ongoing faculty research projects. The award is considered “seed money” for research and scholarly activity, in that the project should lead to further funding from external sources if continued support is needed and normally available in this area of research. Awards are for projects in a one-year period, from June 1 to May 31.

Award

Up to $8,000

Preference will be given to proposals that :

  • Have a high potential for external funding, publications, exhibits, or performances within the respective disciplines.
  • Build or strengthen interdisciplinary research partnerships.

Eligibility Criteria

Full-time faculty from all schools are eligible to apply for the award.

Awards are for collaborative or individual scholarly projects at any stage of the project.

Deadline

April 1, 2023

Contact Us

The ORGS would like to thank you for participating and we welcome you to contact us anytime with questions, comments, or concerns.

Phone: (210) 805-3555 Email: research@uiwtx.edu

You will find further instructions and file templates on our Internal Funding website.

Introduction

The 1881 Commemorative Award for Faculty Development Fund was established with the generous support of Lt. Col. Philip J. Piccione and Col. Jean M. Migliorino Piccione to celebrate the 1881 founding year of the University and to encourage faculty development. The goal is to foster faculty professional development and to recognize the leadership of an individual faculty member in relation to the university’s Mission. Projects may be proposed that will allow an individual faculty member the opportunity to develop new skills, research areas, or initiatives. Awards are for projects in a one-year period, from June 1 to May 31.

Award Amount

Up to $3,000

Eligibility Criteria

Full-time faculty with US Citizenship from any school are eligible to apply for the award.

Awards are for individual scholarly projects at any stage of the project.

Deadline

April 1, 2023

Contact Us

The ORGS would like to thank you for participating and we welcome you to contact us anytime with questions, comments, or concerns.

Phone: (210) 805-3555 Email: research@uiwtx.edu

You will find further instructions and file templates on our Internal Funding website.

Introduction

The Faculty Graduate Research Assistant Award provides faculty with research assistance for their scholarly endeavors leading to publication/extramural funding and provides institutional financial support to graduate students within the context of a mentored project experience.

Award

  • The program supports up to eleven (11) GRA positions at current tuition rates.
  • The award is made for two semesters, and a faculty member may re-apply for subsequent awards.
  • Assistantship time is restricted to research or teaching activities and the expected workload is 150 hours per semester.
  • Faculty shall, when appropriate, share authorship with the student, and at all times, shall acknowledge the student's work in publications that report research to which the student has contributed.

Eligibility Criteria

Full-time faculty from all schools are eligible to apply for the award.

Awards are for collaborative or individual scholarly projects at any stage of the project.

Previous year’s awardees are eligible to reapply in consecutive years only if they have submitted the awarded project’s final report to the ORGS Office of Research.

Deadline

April 1, 2023

Contact Us

The ORGS would like to thank you for participating and we welcome you to contact us anytime with questions, comments, or concerns.

Phone: (210) 805-3555 Email: research@uiwtx.edu

You will find further instructions and file templates on our Internal Funding website.

Award Description

The Graduate Research Award supports students engaged in independent scholarly research, scientific inquiry, inventive technology, and artistic/ creative activity and is intended to help students pay extraordinary or unusual costs incurred in research projects. Costs for projects include subscriptions to software for data collection and/or data analysis; publication costs; materials such as lab supplies; travel for data collection; or other costs for research-related materials that are not available at the university and are necessary to complete the research project.                    

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Graduate Research Award, an applicant must be:

  • regularly admitted to a degree program
  • in good academic standing
  • enrolled in the semester or in the session that the research takes place (doctoral students on "continuous enrollment" status for dissertation writing may meet this requirement with at least one hour of enrollment)
  • the sole or principal investigator

An award must be used during the academic year in which it was awarded. Each individual is only eligible for funding once per fiscal year (June 1-May 31). 

Budget Guidelines

The amount awarded is up to $1,000 for the student allocated in the following manner:

  • Research support includes costs for materials and resources required to begin or complete the project. 
  • The budget can include lab supplies, software, materials, travel for data collection, or other items that are necessary to complete data collection or analysis. 
  • Research support does not include travel expenses for conferences or printing of completed research.


Award Description

The Undergraduate Research Award supports and encourages mentored scholarly research, scientific inquiry, inventive technology, and artistic/creative activity. This award is up to $1,000 for undergraduate students who are conducting research projects and need financial assistance for necessary materials to begin, collect data, and share completed research. Costs for projects include subscriptions to software for data collection and/or data analysis; publication costs; materials such as lab supplies; or other costs for research-related materials that are not available at the university and are necessary to complete the research project. This award may include a $600 faculty mentor stipend that will be released at the conclusion of the award cycle. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for an award from the Undergraduate Research Award, an applicant must be:

(a)  regularly admitted to a degree program

(b)  in good academic standing

(c)  enrolled in the semester or in the session that the research takes place (doctoral students on "continuous enrollment" status for dissertation writing may meet this requirement with at least one hour of enrollment)

(d)  the sole or principal investigator

An award must be used during the academic year in which it was awarded. Each individual is only eligible for funding once per fiscal year (June 1-May 31). 

Budget Guidelines

The amount awarded is up to $1,000 for the student and $600 for the Faculty Mentor allocated in the following manner:

  • Research Support: up to $1,000. Includes costs for materials and resources required to begin or complete a project. This portion of the budget would include lab supplies, software, materials, or other items that are necessary to complete data collection or analysis. Research support does not include travel expenses for conferences to share completed research.
  • Faculty Mentor: $600 stipend. This cost does not need to be added to the budget. The Faculty mentor will be required to complete an evaluation of the student and a mentoring agreement. The stipend will be distributed at the conclusion of the award after the student completes an Undergraduate Research Award Evaluation Form. Faculty mentors are only eligible to claim a maximum of $1,200 (payment for a max of two students). 
UIW Office of Research and Graduate Studies