11:47 a.m., Sept. 15, 2009----The UD Research Office invites faculty to submit proposals to the annual programs of the General University Research (GUR) fund and the University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF). More information on each program is available here.

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I. General University Research Fund Awards: These UD grants of up to $6,000 are awarded through the general UD budget primarily to projects in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. This process has an improved online component for submission. The deans are asked to rank their college's submission on the form included in the guidelines. The complete program guidelines can be found here.

The GUR application can be found here.

Due to Chair - 10/8/09
Due to Dean - 10/22/09
Due to Research Office- 11/12/09
Awards announced - On or around 3/4/10
Funding Available: 06/01/10

II. UDRF Grants to Early Career Faculty: UDRF funds may be requested up to $25,000. Matching fund contributions from the provost and from within the submitting faculty member's college each provide $5,000, bringing the potential value of the award to $35,000. The complete program guidelines can be found here.

The new online abstract submission can be found here. The new online proposal submission will allow for upload of docs and can be found here.Please note: Early career faculty are eligible to apply to both this UDRF program and the program below, but the proposals should be for substantially different research.

Abstract to Chair: 11/12/09
Abstract to Dean (with recommendation for match): 11/19/09
Abstract to Research Office (with commitment or documentation of match): 12/7/09
Full proposal to Chair: 01/07/10
Full proposal to the Dean: 01/14/10
Full proposal to Research Office: 01/21/10
Awards announced: On or around 05/13/10
Funding available: 06/01/10


III. UDRF Strategic Initiative Grants: The UDRF is also pleased to continue the Strategic Initiatives award program established in 2008 to support high-quality, collaborative scientific research projects in the three research areas emphasized in the University's Path to Prominence strategic plan: Life and Health Sciences, Energy, and the Environment. This program requires a joint proposal from a junior faculty member and a tenured faculty mentor. Awards of $35,000 are anticipated; however, larger projects with budgets up to $60,000 may be considered. See the complete guidelines.

Proposal to Chair: 10/1/209
Proposal to Dean: 10/08/09
Proposal to Research Office: 10/15/09
Awards Announced: About 12/1/09
Funding Available: 12/15/09