Funding

Apply for ORE’s New Research Development Academy

The Office of Equity and Diversity and the Office of Research and Engagement are pleased to call for applications to the new Research Development Academy.

The Research Development Academy focuses on empowering each participant to advance their research, scholarship, and/or creative activities, especially those activities identified in departmental promotion and tenure guidelines. The program provides a safe environment for faculty to network with each other and resources for participants to move their research agenda forward in a focused way.

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Funding

Awards for August 2019

The following awards were granted in August 2019. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below. To download the data used in this report, please see the link following the interactive chart.
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Awards

Seed Funding Catalyzes Research

The Office of Research and Engagement has launched the 2020 Research Seed Program. The program serves as a catalyst for faculty research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; UT Institute of Agriculture; and UT Space Institute. The funding will go toward generating proposal submissions around a variety of initiatives. The goal is to encourage faculty members to identify and seek new funding targets. Continue reading →

Funding

Apply for ORAU-Directed Research and Development Grants

As a member institution of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), UT faculty have access to apply for ORAU-Directed Research and Development (ODRD) Grants, a research and development program that supports collaborations between ORAU and member universities.

An ODRD research concept may be initiated by ORAU staff or a member university faculty or staff member. The proposed research concepts must align with at least one of ORAU’s core capability areas and focus on improving service to an ORAU customer. Complete details can be found on the ODRD solicitation page.

Interested faculty must submit applications for this opportunity by September 9 and February 1 of each year. Proposals will be internally reviewed and the top proposals will be recommended for submission to ORAU.