Faculty Grants and Awards Announcements and Guidelines

• Faculty Research and Creative Activity (FRCAC) (Office of Research Services)
  • Academic Year and Summer
• Research Support, e.g. GRA’s, equipment repair, travel, etc. (Office of Research Services)
• Grant Matching Funds (Office of Research Services)
• Non-Instructional Assignment (NIA) (Provost’s Office)
• Undergraduate Research Experience and Creative Activity (URECA) (Office of Research Services)
• Special Projects (MTSU Development and Foundation Office)

• Instructional Technology Innovation (ITD)
• Instructional Enhancement (Provost’s Office)
• Information Literacy (Walker Library)
• Curriculum Integration (President’s Commission on the Status of Women)

• Public Service Grant (University College)
• Grant Matching Funds (Office of Research Services)

• Faculty Travel Grant (Provost’s Office)

• Clean Energy Fee (Student Government Association)
• Diversity (Institutional Equity and Compliance)
• Digital Seed Grant for Research/Creative Activity, Teaching, or Service (Walker Library)
• Curriculum Redesign for Accessibility (Walker Library)

The HERS Institute is a transformational experience, designed to strengthen and elevate women holding mid-to-senior level positions in higher education. Participants are asked to share their vision of leadership and what they hope to contribute to their respective institutions, and are challenged to actualize this professional vision for themselves.

Dr. Cheryl Torsney is MTSU's HERS contact. She can be reached at 615-898-2329.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs maintains a subscription to a comprehensive funding opportunity search engine, Grant Forward.  Faculty and administrators are encouraged to create a user profile at GrantFoward and sign up for email notifications of opportunities aligned with your research, service and instructional interests.

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers teaching, research and combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others.

 Dr. Jackie Eller is MTSU’s Fulbright Scholar Program contact. She can be reached at 615-898-2471 or Jackie.Eller@mtsu.edu.

The Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award, administered by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, recognizes dedicated public service by individuals in higher education.  Nominees can be students or faculty/staff at any higher education institution in Tennessee.  Dr. Cheryl Torsney is the MTSU contact for the award.  She can be reached at 615-898-2329 or Cheryl.Torsney@mtsu.edu.