Research Funding Resources for Faculty

Internal Funding Opportunities:

Faculty Resource Guide for Research Funding:

This document is a detailed listing of funding resources available to Calvin College faculty which includes program descriptions, along with deadline and contact information.

Calvin Alumni Association Research Grants:

The goals of the Alumni Association through these grants are to: Promote and encourage Calvin College faculty members in their service and research interests; further Christian scholarship, and to add value to the classroom and benefit Calvin students.

Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS) Major Grants Program:

The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship is now seeking partners in funding and research expertise to help harvest the great potential that Calvin scholars offer via their networks around the country and around the world, as well as in their own right.

CCCS Working Groups:

While CCCS projects must have a Calvin faculty member as principal investigator, the Center has the liberty, the experience, and the commitment to bring together believers from many institutions to work on issues of common concern from a shared body of Christian insight.

Calvin Research Fellowships, Academic Year:

Calvin Research Fellowships are intended to help faculty pursue projects of independent scholarship and to aid them in ongoing, continuing, independent research.

Calvin Center for Social Research:

This program makes limited funding available for social science research projects. The program is intended to make available funds for research purposes that would not be covered by Calvin's CRFs and Alumni Association grants, and to offer prompt review of applications.

Fund for the Improvement of Teaching

The Faculty Development Committee announces the availability of small grants to improve teaching and learning at Calvin College. Six thousand dollars is available each semester for projects and purchases that will improve teaching effectiveness.

Fund for the Scholarship of Engagement:

Awards are granted for support expenses related to faculty research and community-based service projects. Faculty who form meaningful educational and/or academic partnerships with community organizations are eligible. Applications are accepted at any time.

Interim Leave Application (Administered by the Academic Deans)

Requests for interim study leaves should be submitted to the academic deans by November 20 of the academic year prior to the year requested. The complete regulations governing interim study leaves are included in Chapter 5 of the Handbook for Teaching Faculty.

 

Kuyers International Programs Fund (Administered by Off Campus Programs)

The purpose of this endowment fund is to facilitate the development of international programs at Calvin College. Specifically, this endowment allows Calvin to enhance existing international programs and launch new and creative international programs and initiatives. A major focus of such programs and initiatives should be on partnering with other educational institutions and with agencies from the Christian Reformed Church. These programs should benefit Calvin—its programs, students, and faculty—as well as institutions abroad.

McGregor Student Fellowships in the Humanities & Social Sciences:

McGregor Fellowships have been established to support summer research by students working with faculty partners in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. Funding is available for both the student and, in some cases, the Faculty mentor.

Sabbatical Leave of Absence:

The following are criteria for all sabbatical proposals: they should be creative and/or scholarly, have a public benefit, and be a project of sufficient size and worth to merit a full semester's work.

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Science Division Summer Student Research Fellowships

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Supplemental Travel Funding:

The Office of the Dean for Research and Scholarship administers a reserve travel fund for the purpose of assisting those faculty members who are engaged to speak at important professional meetings and whose departmental travel budgets are insufficient to cover the cost.

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External Funding Opportunities:

Office of Grants & Foundation Relations

For extensive information about Research & Scholarship funding sources external to Calvin College, please click on the title below to visit Calvin's Office of Grants & Foundation Relations' Helpful Links page: