A new opportunity launched as part of the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan will allow tenured faculty to apply to be relieved from teaching duties for a semester, providing additional time to complete a major project.
Responding to concerns raised during strategic planning, Arts & Sciences is launching the Grants Administration Integrated Network (GAIN) to strengthen the connections and team dynamic among grant administrators across A&S and ensure these essential staff members have the support they need to provide best-in-class service.
Arts & Sciences is launching a new internal grant program, “Seeding Projects for Enabling Excellence & Distinction” (SPEED), focused on stimulating novel and impactful research, scholarship, and creative practice initiatives led by tenure-track and research faculty.
A call for proposals is now open for academic units interested in recruiting one of 12 recently announced faculty cluster hires to their schools or departments.
Washington University in St. Louis, in collaboration with the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research, is pleased to invite faculty and staff to apply to participate in a two-day facilitator training workshop designed to increase the capacity for research mentor trainings offered at colleges and universities, research institutes, and governmental organizations.
Nominations are being accepted for Washington University in St. Louis’ annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. Nominations are due Feb. 14.
Several Washington University centers, programs and institutes are currently offering research funding opportunities — including seed funding — for faculty engaged in international collaborative research. Several have deadlines in November.
The Center for the Humanities offers internal funding opportunities to faculty in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Several programs have an Oct. 1 deadline, including the Faculty Fellowship, the Collaborative Research Seed Grant, the Summer Faculty Research Grant and the Grimm Travel Award.
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