New Faculty Research Development Award

The New Faculty Research Development Award program is paused. Please check back for future updates.

The New Faculty Research Development Award is designed to begin building a sustainable program of research, scholarship and/or creative activity for the applicant. Potential outcomes could include publications, conference papers, presentations, websites, technologies or techniques, databases or datasets, physical collections, audio or video products, educational aids or curricula, or proposal to an external funding opportunity. If the awardee intends to pursue external funding for the proposed activity, the proposal should indicate a specific external funding opportunity or potential sponsor(s) in the proposal.

A crucial aspect to the success of this program is mentoring. Applicants should work with their center director, department chair or dean to select a faculty mentor. Mentors will guide applicants in developing their research program and assist in planning and preparing their proposal. Ideally, mentors will be faculty in a related research area with experience and success in obtaining external funding and support.

Awards are managed by the KU Office of Research and must comply with all applicable KU policies and procedures.