Faculty Grants and Awards Announcements and Guidelines

Faculty Grants

Internal Faculty Grants

All internal faculty grants are designed to promote faculty development. They are classified below by focus.

Research and Creative Activity

Faculty Research and Creative Activity (FRCAC) (Office of Research Services)
- Academic Year and Summer
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)

Teaching

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

Service

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

Travel

Faculty Travel Grant (Provost’s Office)

Other / Miscellaneous

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)

External Grants for Faculty

Grant Forward

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.

Faculty Awards

Internal Faculty Awards

Career Achievement (Office of the University Provost)
Distinguished Creative Activity (Office of Research Services)
Distinguished Research (Office of Research Services)
General Education (Office of General Education-Dr. Susan Myers-Shirk)
Outstanding Teaching (Office of the University Provost)
Public Service (University College)
Outstanding Achievement in Instructional Technology (Information Technology)

External Faculty Awards

Fulbright Scholar Program

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.

Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award

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.

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