ESC - Faculty Small Grants (2025)
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Purpose:
Small Grants provide support to affiliated faculty for research-related expenses, conference travel, and translations of publications. Awards are also available for events and presentations that align with the Center’s mission and research priorities. We consider requests for modest funding for events held on any of Pitt's campuses. This funding can also be applied to support visitors participating in these events.
These awards are meant to supplement departmental or other funding. If an award is granted, the ESC requests that the Center be acknowledged as a co-sponsor of any lecture or activity that receives funding. The ESC will also help publicize such co-sponsored events to students, faculty, and community members.
Eligibility:
Awards are available to ESC affiliated faculty only. Prior to applying, affiliated faculty must complete or update their UCIS Faculty Survey and upload a CV from within the last 12 months. If you are interested in becoming an ESC affiliated faculty, please contact Erica Edwards (eee36@pitt.edu). Faculty with visiting appointments or affiliated faculty who do not teach at Pitt are not eligible. Previous awardees who have not submitted reports and/or expenditure documentation from past grants are not eligible.
Funding:
- Awards range from $500-$750
- Applicants must show efforts to secure matching funds from their department, school, or other external sources.
- Awards are available on a rolling basis, with one half of the funds available for successful applications submitted during the first half of the University’s fiscal year (July – December) and the other half available for applications submitted during the second half of the fiscal year (January – June). Applicants submitting proposals after all the funds earmarked for a given 6-month period have been spent will be offered the opportunity to resubmit during the next 6-month period.
Funding Priorities:
Overall, awards are made on a competitive basis based on the quality of proposals. However, preference will be given to the following groups:
- New faculty (first two years at Pitt)
- Junior faculty (pre-tenure, with special emphasis on faculty with junior research leaves)
- Faculty from the Humanities or disciplines in which external funding is less abundant
- Senior faculty starting new projects/changing research foci
- Senior faculty requiring start-up funds for research projects that have a high probability of being funded externally in the future
Application Procedure
- Complete and submit an application on Submittable.
- Update faculty survey and upload a current C.V.
- Upload a detailed budget listing all estimated expenses.
- Upload a written proposal of no more than five double-spaced pages. In the text of the proposal, please include a section addressing precisely how the funds will be used.
- Upload a copy of the IRB approval documentation (if applicable).