internal grants programs
UH offers three university-wide internal grant programs each year. There is no limit to the number of applications that can be put in by CLASS or any department in a given cycle, though no faculty member is allowed to apply more than once for each program. Please download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print linked documents below.
new faculty research grants
- For faculty members who have been at UH for three years or less. Awards are for up to $6,000.
- Most Recent Deadline: October 16
- New Faculty Research Grant Application and Guidelines
small grants program
- Open to any UH faculty member. Awards are for up to $3,000. This is an excellent source of summer funding.
- Most Recent Deadline: November 3
- Small Grants Guidelines
grants to enhance and advance research (GEAR)
- Open to all tenured and tenure-track UH faculty members. These are larger awards — up to $30,000 — to be used as initial funding for projects that are strong candidates for external funding. GEAR cannot be used as a supplement to currently funded research.
- Most Recent Deadline: TBD
- GEAR Guidelines
faculty development leave
- The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences awards Faculty Development Leaves to full-time, tenured members of the faculty engaged in scholarly research and creative or artistic projects according to the guidelines below. Leaves may be taken for one semester at full salary or for the full academic year at half salary. Applications are due in the Dean’s Office of CLASS on the first Monday of November each year.
- Faculty Development Leave Guidelines
- Faculty Development Leave Form
The deadline for 2008-2009 leaves will be November 3, 2008.
