[Senate] Academic Senate Calls for 2025-2026 Grant Applications

[Senate]

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January 27, 2025

To:        Members, Riverside Division of the Academic Senate

From:   Rachel Wu, Chair
                Committee on Research

Re: Academic Senate Calls for 2025-2026 Grant Applications: Omnibus Research and Travel Awards (RTA), Regents Faculty Fellowship Awards (RFF), Regents Faculty Development Awards (RFD), Committee on Research Grant (CoR)

Applications for the Academic Senate Research Grants can be found at:

https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/grants

Omnibus Research and Travel Award Combined (RTA), all members of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate are eligible to apply. Research and Travel grants are automatically awarded at a set amount lower than the competitive awards. Award amounts will be adjusted based on budget availability.

*Note: The new RTA application has been shortened and merged with the Travel Only application. No longer requiring a proposal narrative and budget justification.
*COVID-19 Exceptions apply to all 25-26 Travel Grants - See Omnibus Call for mores specific examples*

Regents' Faculty Fellowships (RFF), only Assistant Professors are eligible to apply. This grant is competitive and awarded based on the quality of the application. Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.

Regents' Faculty Development (RFD), only Assistant Professors who anticipate submitting their tenure files within the next two years are eligible to apply for the Regents Faculty Development. This grant is competitive and awarded based on the quality of the application.
Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.

Committee on Research Grant (CoR), all tenured professors (effective July 2025) are eligible to apply. This grant is competitive and awarded based on the quality of the application. Award amount, up to $10,000, will vary based on the quality of application and budget availability.


Please note the following:

  1.  A separate application needs to be filled out for each of the award types.
  2.  All application proposals should be written for a general audience.
  3.  Assistant Professors may apply simultaneously for an Omnibus Award and Regents' Faculty Fellowships (RFF) OR an Omnibus Award and Regents' Faculty Development (RFD) award.
     *   Assistant professors cannot apply simultaneously for a RFF and RFD
     *   A faculty member who is awarded a RFF or RFD of $5,000 or more will NOT be given an Omnibus Award.
  4.  Tenured faculty may apply simultaneously for an Omnibus Award and CoR grant.
     *   A faculty member who is awarded a CoR grant of $5,000 or more will NOT be given an Omnibus Award.

The submission deadline for all applications is:

March 28th, 2025 by 5:00pm

No late applications will be considered.



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