Internal Funding

Title	Purpose	Deadline	Link	Office
Provost’s Fund for Faculty Travel	Covers travel expenses for presentation at a conference	Rolling	More Info	Provost
Center Planning Grants	Grant that supports the planning of a five-year grant for a university center.	31-May	More Info	Provost
University Fund for Cross-School Inquiry and Learning	Promotes efforts to develop academic initiatives or programs that stimulate teaching and scholarship in alignment with Wake Forest University’s Strategic Framework.	Rolling	More Info	Provost

Title	Purpose	Deadline	Link	Office
Archie Fund	Provides support for primary research and research travel domestically and internationally in the Arts and Humanities	Fall, early October & Spring, mid-February	More Info	Undergraduate College
Faculty Development Fund	Supports projects or activities that will enhance teaching or contribute to the development of a scholarly or creative research project.	Fall, early October & Spring, mid-February	More Info	Undergraduate College
Summer Research Award	An SRA is intended to recognize the promise and importance of advanced research and to provide unencumbered research time in the summer to focus exclusively on completing a significant project. (maximum of 3 per summer)	Spring, mid-February	More Info	Undergraduate College
Book Development Grant	Provide supportive, critical feedback and publication advice during the book manuscript preparation and pre-submission phase.	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College
Research & Publication Fund	Supports costs associated with the publication of faculty scholarly or creative activities.	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College
College Course Enhancement	Assists faculty members with expenses associated with regularly scheduled fall or spring classes.	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College
Living-Learning Community Course Enhancement	Funding to assist faculty with expenses anticipated with a regularly scheduled academic class that is designated a Living-Learning Community.	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College
URECA Fund for facilitating faculty-student scholarship	Provides support to faculty who wish to engage Wake Forest undergraduate students in their scholarly pursuits during the academic year, within the context of individually mentored projects such as directed readings, independent study, or Honors thesis projects.	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College
URECA Center Fund in Support of Department/Program Events	To promote undergraduate mentored scholarship via funding requests up to $200 per department/program per year to facilitate events that showcase research and creative projects.	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College
Faculty-Student Engagement Fund	Reimburses faculty members who host undergraduate students outside the classroom	Rolling until funds used	More Info	Undergraduate College

Title	Purpose	Office
Pilot Research Grant (PRG)	Funding to gather preliminary data to be competitive for external grants	ORSP
Collaborative Pilot Grant (CPG)	Funding to gather preliminary data to be competitive for external grants; must have external collaborator	ORSP
Intercampus Collaborative Grant (ICG)	The goal of this initiative is to foster interdisciplinary research collaborations that spark long-term projects that can garner external funding for novel ideas to benefit human health.	ORSP
CRADLE (Creative Research Activities Development and Enrichment)	Program for faculty to develop competitive external proposals	ORSP
Open Access Fund	Covers manuscript publication expenses for open access	ORSP/Library
HPC Facility Contribution	Provides 1:1 matching funds of up to $75,000 per fiscal year for all external grant-based contributions which benefit general use of Wake Forest’s HPC Facility	ORSP/IS

Title	Purpose	Office
Increasing Student Success and Accessibility	Addressing the needs and challenges of diverse or underrepresented student populations, such as first-generation, low-income, minority, or students with disabilities, and promoting their academic achievement, retention, and graduation. Incorporating the principles and practices of accessible design and development into the curriculum, and ensuring that the course content, materials, and activities are accessible to all students.	Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning	Conducting systematic inquiry into the effectiveness and impact of teaching practices on student learning outcomes, using appropriate research methods and tools, and disseminating the findings to the academic community.	Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Teaching Improvement or Innovation	Developing and implementing innovative teaching methods, strategies, or materials that enhance student learning and engagement, such as active learning, flipped classroom, online or hybrid instruction, using technology, gamification, experiential learning, or interdisciplinary collaboration.	Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Title	Purpose	Deadline(s)	Link	Office
Faculty Overseas Collaborating on Undergraduate Seminars (FOCUS)	Biannually assemble a cohort of 8 faculty members (including a lead & a writing program faculty member) who form 2 teams of 4 to collaboratively develop 2 interdisciplinary FYSs over the course of one week while living at the Worrell House in London	spring of odd-numbered years	More Info	Global Affairs Office
Fulbright International Education Administrators Program	Provides fully funded grants for U.S. higher education administrators to participate in an intensive two-week seminar abroad	varies by location	More Info	Global Affairs Office
Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement and Conference	Conference for faculty leaders, program coordinators, and administrators to develop the knowledge and skills needed to help students advance their intercultural skills and awareness during their abroad experiences	spring	More Info	Global Affairs Office
Funds for International Scholars	Supports linkages between WFU and International Scholars	fall, spring	More Info	Global Affairs Office
Funds for Faculty Development	Faculty development seminars each summer through CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange)	fall, spring	More Info	Global Affairs Office
Funds for an International Conference	Support for an international conference or colloquium	fall, spring, & summer	More Info	Global Affairs Office

Title	Purpose	Deadline(s)	Link	Office
Bioethics Health & Society	A variety of funding support for projects, student research (undergraduate & graduate), etc. Varies with Center/Institute.		More Info	Center for Bioethics, Health & Society
Engaged Humanities Mellon Grant	A variety of funding support for projects, student research (undergraduate & graduate), etc. Varies with Center/Institute.		More Info	Humanities Institute
Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability	A variety of funding support for projects, student research (undergraduate & graduate), etc. Varies with Center/Institute.		More Info	Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability
Center for Molecular Signaling	A variety of funding support for projects, student research (undergraduate & graduate), etc. Varies with Center/Institute.		More Info	Center for Molecular Signaling
Translational Science Center	A variety of funding support for projects, student research (undergraduate & graduate), etc. Varies with Center/Institute.		More Info	Translational Science Center
Office of Civic and Community Engagement	A variety of funding support for projects, student research (undergraduate & graduate), etc. Varies with Center/Institute.		More Info	Office of Civic and Community Engagement
Center for Functional Materials	Several different funding mechanisms in support of materials-related research.		More Info	Center for Functional Materials
Wake the Arts Center	Whether you are in the performing arts or not, we would like to invite you to be a part of the Wake the Arts Center. We are pleased to help support faculty and student projects that are interdisciplinary.		More Info	Wake the Arts Center
Center for Literary Education	Promote creative intellectual partnerships that facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching and bring literacy to life through community engagement.		More Info	Center for Literary Education

Title	Purpose	Deadline(s)	Link	Office
Commercialization Pathway Award	Financial support for early-stage projects that may lead to a commercially promising, proprietary invention. (listed under “Internal” on CTSI website)	June 1, 2020	More Info	Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Catalyst Fund Intermediate Award	Financial support for translation-stage projects. (listed under “Internal” on CTSI website)	June 1, 2020	More Info	Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Title	Purpose	Deadline(s)	Link	Office
Departmental Grants	Provides up to $3,000 in funding for departments to host speakers, plan programming, organize workshops, attend conferences, hire student research assistants, and/or pursue research related to leadership and character		More Info	Program for Leadership and Character
Course Development and Redesign Grants	Provides faculty with grants of $4,000 to develop a new course related to leadership and character or $1,000 to design a new module, lesson, or unit.		More Info	Program for Leadership and Character

Title	Purpose	Link	Office
T-CART (Technology-engaged Creative Activity, Research, and Teaching) Grants	Provides funding for Faculty summer projects to explore new and existing technologies with the potential to enhance teaching, scholarly, and creative work. Summer Technology Exploration Program (STEP); Summer WakerMaker Faculty Fellow		Information Systems