Faculty Funding Opportunities
Faculty Funding Opportunities for Research and Development
Davidson faculty are solving important problems, developing useful tools, and contributing to our understanding of the world. Funding allows faculty members to support curricular and pedagogical innovation.
External Funding
Explore external funding opportunities to support new or continuing research, creative works, upcoming sabbatical leaves, curriculum development, workshops, equipment, creative works and travel.
Internal Funding
Internal Funding opportunities can be used for teaching, curriculum development, exploring new research/creative possibilities, and other research, teaching, and learning work. Contact the Faculty Development team (facultydevelopment@davidson.edu) for questions and more information.
Search by funding type(s) and/or keyword(s). Contact Peter Szanton in the Office of Sponsored Programs for questions and more information.
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Associated Colleges of the South Grant Programs
Supports professors with a structured series of workshops and a faculty learning cohort, building clarity, momentum, and supportive professional networks around their ongoing development.
Bacca Foundation Visiting Scholar and Artist Program
Supports visits from distinguished scholars, visiting faculty, writers, performing artists and professors of practice.
Charles N. Williamson Endowment
The Charles N. Williamson Endowment supports curricular and co-curricular projects and programs that promote understanding of gay and lesbian issues.
Community Engaged Faculty Fellows
The Community Engaged Faculty Fellows program is a year-long opportunity that supports faculty to deepen their community engaged scholarship, build the capacity of our local community in the Charlotte
Community-Based Learning Curricular Development Grant
Faculty curriculum development grants to support the integration of community-based learning components into existing courses and other academic community work.
DACE Arts Across the Curriculum Enrichment Fund
This faculty fund supports creative endeavors that seek either to enrich the classroom experience by integrating the work of visiting artists or to enhance the student experience through travel to museums, theatre performances, literary talks, etc.
Fund for Teaching, Research and Creative Work on Institutional History
This fund supports faculty research and teaching initiatives focused on the history of Davidson College.
Group Investigations
Provides funding for off-campus trips that support the learning objectives of a course or that provide a learning opportunity that enhances the undergraduate experience.
John Crosland Jr. Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL)
The CTL provides funds to enhance faculty/staff teaching methods and student learning experiences.
VPAA Curricular Assessment Grant
Grants to help faculty members develop and implement course assessment or departmental assessment plans above and beyond normal assessment expectations.