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Faculty Conversation Award
Small grants are available for this academic year to support conversations that bring together faculty from different departments and multidisciplinary programs. Current information for this can be found on the Learning, Teaching, and Research Center website.
Vassar Manuscript Review Award
Deadline: Rolling With the support of the Dean of the Faculty office, we have a Vassar Manuscript Review Workshop opportunity. The workshop is designed to provide helpful and timely feedback to faculty preparing monographs prior to submission for publication. The Dean’s office can support a small number of faculty members each year seeking concentrated, hands-on […]
Faculty Success Program Award
Deadline: September 25, 2023 Vassar College is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. In addition to several supportive dimensions of the NCFDD, the organization also runs an intensive and highly acclaimed Faculty Success Program. It is a 12-week virtual boot camp that combines empirically tested methods, coaching, peer discussions, […]
Professional Editing Award
Rolling Deadline With the support of the Office of the President and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, we offer Vassar a small number of faculty each year the opportunity to work one-on-one with professional editors. Professional editors can provide faculty with crucial assistance. Developmental editors help scholars bounce ideas around and hone […]
Frances D. Fergusson Technology Exploration Fund
These awards are designed to encourage faculty to explore the ways in which technology can enhance their teaching or research.
Vassar College Research Committee Awards
Due Date: March 25, 2023 Over the past five years, the Research Committee has awarded $1,201,500 in research grants. In the spring 2023 cycle, the Research Committee will award up to two three-year $15,000 awards in addition to 18-month awards of up to $5,000. Learn more and apply.
Carolyn Grant ‘36 Endowment Awards
The Carolyn Grant ’36 Endowment Fund offers faculty members the opportunity to integrate expressive arts and experiential processes into their teaching and to explore pedagogical methodologies that engage the imagination in a hands-on way
Vassar College Environmental Research Institute – Faculty Research Awards
The ERI provides financial support for faculty research on Earth’s environmental systems and human interactions with those systems. Ecological, evolutionary, geological, chemical, economic, anthropological or behavioral research projects are considered. The ERI also funds faculty travel to environment themed conferences and meetings and environmental equipment. In both cases, the deadlines are rolling
Asprey CCAS Funding Opportunities
Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to Science Keeping Current Faculty awards for training in new equipment and methodologies. And also rolling, the Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to Science Enquiry Module awards for curriculum development.