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 can support pedagogical development, curriculum development, exploring new research/creative possibilities, as well as other types of faculty professional activities. To submit a request for funding, please go to Kuali Research and choose the "Faculty Development Team" from the list of funding opportunities.
Requests submitted to the Faculty Development Team are considered for funding from a variety of funding sources, including but not limited to:
- John Crosland Jr. Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) - Provides funds to enhance faculty/staff teaching methods and student learning experiences.
- 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 - Supports curricular and co-curricular projects and programs that promote understanding of gay and lesbian issues.
- Robert C. Whitton Mentoring Fund - Supports events or projects that promise cooperation and collaboration between students and faculty or staff members.
- Clark Ross Academic Innovation Fund - Supports faculty/student research and curriculum development that leads to new methods of teaching and research or to the production of new knowledge.
- Fund for Teaching, Research and Creative Work on Institutional History - Supports faculty research and teaching initiatives focused on the history of Davidson College.
Search for Additional Internal Funding
Search by funding type(s) and/or keyword(s). Contact Peter Szanton in the Office of Sponsored Programs for questions and more information.
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.
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.
Cornelson Faculty Innovator in Residence
Established by the estate of George H. Cornelson ’53, this award provides one faculty member a year-long appointment and grant to support work with the Hurt Hub.
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.
Dean Rusk International Research Collaborative
Supports international travel and expenses for a Davidson faculty member traveling with a small group of students for research, methodological training, or comparative creative arts experience.
Dean Rusk International Studies Program Faculty Travel Grant
Grants are available to conduct international research or creative projects.
Faculty Study and Research (FS&R) Grant
Support professional activities, including summer study, research and other scholarly and creative pursuits as well as provide support for student research assistants.
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.
NCFDD Faculty Success Program
A structured, 10-week virtual experience designed to help faculty members increase productivity, establish sustainable writing habits, and create work-life balance.
Professional Meeting Travel Fund
The college provides supplemental travel funds for full-time faculty on a reimbursement basis.
Public Lectures Committee
Provides funds on a rolling basis to help academic departments and programs pay for public lectures.
Publication Grant
This grant provides assistance with publication costs for manuscripts that have been accepted for publication by a scholarly press.
Salzburg Global Seminar Fellowship
Supports one faculty member each year to participate in a Salzburg Global Seminar.
VPAA Curricular Assessment Grant
Grants to help faculty members develop and implement course assessment or departmental assessment plans above and beyond normal assessment expectations.