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Charles L. Cahill Grants

Charles L. Cahill Grants for Faculty Scholarship are awarded to full-time faculty to promote scholarship broadly across the university. Faculty members from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply for funds to support their scholarship efforts.

Funding is awarded to...

  • Provide seed money for the initiation of projects that subsequently may attract funding from other sources.
  • Encourage the pursuit of new areas of research, scholarship or artistic endeavors.
  • Fund travel in support of research.
  • Encourage the development of specific professional skills within one's discipline.     

Interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged

class meetingIndividual proposals are permitted, and this year interdisciplinary or interprofessional collaborative proposals are encouraged. Individual proposals may be awarded up to $5,000.00. Teams of two or more faculty (limit 4) can apply for a joint project.

Each PI is eligible for $5,000.00, joint projects would be eligible for funding of $10,000.00 to $20,000.00 depending on the number of PI's. All joint collaborators must be from different departments. When submitting proposals please read the descriptive applicant note for each section to insure all requirements are met.

The application period for Cahill is closed.