URFO Small Awards Program

Applications Accepted at Any Time - E-mail submission only!

The URFO Small Awards Program provides a one time grant up to $1,000 per academic year to tenured and tenure-track faculty members to support research and scholarship activities.  The Program provides limited funds when other sources of funds, such as faculty start-up funds, departmental funds, grant funds, are not available. Funds are expected to be expended within six months of award. A total of $20,000 is available to support this program for the 2019-20 academic year. 

Scanned forms must be submitted to urfo@utoledo.edu.

application

Eligibility

• All tenured and tenure-track faculty
• Request must be for future, not past activity

EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT Assistance in bringing a visiting scholar to campus to discuss research or research collaboration Support for a small research conference or workshop Travel to a national laboratory, university, government office, and/or foundation to explore research project funding Travel to a collection in support of research or scholarship activities Support to purchase a database or other materials needed for a research project

Examples of Activities NOT Eligible for Support

• Page charges for an article or manuscript
• Purchase of office furniture and supplies
• Food and beverages - with exception of a research conference or workshop of 20 attendees or greater
• Alcoholic beverages
• Clothing and personal items
• Laptop computers, tablets or handheld electronic devices