IU's campus and university research offices offer numerous internal funding programs to support development of your research and creative activities.
Internal Funding Opportunities
Open Funding Programs
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University-wide funding opportunities
Bridge Funding Program (BRIDGE)
The Bridge Funding Program provides modest financial support for faculty research and scholarship during times when externally funded research programs are between grant cycles.
Deadline: Open Deadline
Maximum amount: $100,000 including 30% match
Eastman Residency for the Arts and Humanities
Deadline: February 16, 2024
Residency of one to three weeks, $500 travel stipend.
Faculty Research Support Program—External Resubmission (FRSP-ER)
FRSP-Seed Funding and FRSP-External Resubmission have replaced the Indianapolis campus program “Research Support Funds Grant (RSFG)”. Supports innovative research projects that were previously submitted for, but did not receive, external funding from federal, state, international, or private nonprofit entities and whose likelihood of funding on resubmission would increase with the acquisition of additional data or proof of concept.
Deadline: Open Deadline
Maximum amount: $50,000
Faculty Research Support Program—Seed Funding (FRSP-SF)
FRSP-Seed Funding and FRSP-External Resubmission have replaced the Indianapolis campus program “Research Support Funds Grant (RSFG)”. Supports new, innovative research projects that have not previously submitted for external funding.
Deadline: TBD
Maximum amount: $50,000
Grant-in-Aid of Research and Creative Activity (GIA)
Interim support for faculty research and scholarship to help initiate new research and creative activities and supply modest support at unusually critical times.
Deadline: Open Deadline
Maximum amount: $3,000
IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Program
Supports path-breaking work in arts and humanities areas. Funding is available through four programs.
Deadline: See specific programs.
Funding varies
IU Research and Creative Activity Conference Grant
IU Research and Creative Activity Conference Grants, sponsored by IU Research, provide IU faculty the opportunity to apply for matching funds to curate and host an innovative conference on an IU campus. The purpose is to convene scholars from other institutions around the country and the world with IU faculty and students to explore novel ideas and initiatives, expand scholarly networks, and build new research and creative activity partnerships.
Deadline: Open deadline
IU Research will provide up to $15,000. As a condition of award, proposals must include confirmation of secured funds, or written confirmation of firmly committed funds, equivalent to a minimum of 50% of the requested amount.
Without stated exceptional circumstances, support for conferences convening existing university organizations or academic societies or associations are not eligible.
IU Research Equipment Fund (IU-REF)
The IU-REF provides support for purchasing new research or creative activity equipment, for repairing or upgrading existing equipment, and for datasets at IU university-wide that are strategically necessary to support high-quality research, attract and retain research faculty, and generate external funding for IU Research. The IU-REF program includes the Bloomington, Indianapolis, School of Medicine, and all five regional campuses. All requests to IU Research should be more than $5K (after the required cost-share is secured). There is no maximum request.
Deadline: Open deadline
NIH New and Early-Stage Investigator Writing Cohort Program
Provides investigators intensive mentoring and support in the preparation of NIH Research (R) grant applications in the social or behavioral sciences.
Deadline: TBD
Public Arts and Humanities Project
Deadline: November 10
$25,000 maximum
Social Sciences Research Funding Program
Supports new innovative research projects that foster excellence in the social sciences and advance IU’s national and international reputation. Projects may be initiated by individual faculty members or collaborative, as long as the lead PI is in the social sciences.
Deadline: October 16, 2023
Typical budget for each project will be $20,000 to $35,000 with a maximum award of $50,000 per project.
Need more guidance in your search for internal funding?
IU Presidential Arts and Humanities
Contact Ana Velasco at iupah@indiana.edu.
All other university-wide opportunities
Contact Sarah Mosier at semosier@iu.edu.
Bloomington campus opportunities
Contact resgrnt@iu.edu.
IUPUI campus opportunities
Contact Alicia Gahimer at algahime@iupui.edu.