Faculty Research Support Program—External Resubmission
About this opportunity
Campus:
University-wide
Contact:
Alicia Gahimer,ord@iu.edu
Deadline:
Closed for FY 2025
Award cycle:
FY2024-25
Funding available:
$50,000 maximum
The External Resubmission Grant program supports new research projects that were previously submitted for, but did not receive, external funding, and whose likelihood of funding on resubmission would increase with the acquisition of additional data or proof of concept. Reviews must indicate that the project is sound, innovative, scored well, and is close to funding.
Eligibility
- All full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty
- Research scientists and research center directors
- Non-tenure track faculty whose evaluation criteria are based on research activity
Funding and proposal requirements
- Project funding may not exceed $50,000.
- Projects will be limited to one (1) year in duration.
- Funds will not be granted for similar projects currently supported by other internal or external funding mechanisms at the campus or university level.
- Applications for a second External Resubmission Grant for the same project or research will not be accepted.
- Previous External Resubmission Grant awardees are ineligible to receive an additional External Resubmission Grant award unless they have met the post-award requirements in their prior award letter.
- Non-IU consultants are not allowable expenses.
- IU statisticians, project/lab staff, postdocs, and students are allowable expenses.
- Investigator salary is not supported through this mechanism except for faculty on a 10-month appointment who can request up to one month of support.
- Travel expenses are not allowed unless it is necessary for completion of the proposed work.
- Conference attendance, presentations, and publication costs are not allowable expenses.
- Course release is not an allowable expense.
- Proposals focused on the development of teaching or academic programs are not eligible.
- Letters of support from the Department Chair or Associate Dean for Research, consultants and collaborators are required.
- Include your external agency proposal, reviews and scores. Include a section on how you will address the reviewer’s comments.
- If awarded, no funds will be transferred without applicable IRB, IACUC, IBC or Research Security/Export Control approvals.
Post award requirements
- Grant recipients are reminded to acknowledge receipt of IU Research support in any presentation or publication of work.
- A final report is due 30 days after the project period.
- A return-on-investment report will be due each year for three years after the final report. Data requested will include: external submissions, external awards, type of student workers, publications, presentations, media contacts, disclosures and patents.
Submission of application
- Submissions are accepted continually until June 1, 2025 based on the availability of funding.
- Include the PI’s last name in the file name.
- Submit your application form and attachments as one PDF document through the InfoReady portal.
- Allow at least 4 weeks to receive the funding decision notification.