Internal Funding Opportunities
The Office of Research and Economic Development offers a variety of internal funding programs to support the development of faculty research, scholarship, and creative activity. Our core funding programs have existed for well over a decade.
This fall, we will be restructuring our offerings to be in alignment with the finalized Discovery 2030 Research Strategic Plan, which we expect to release prior to the Thanksgiving break. We will publicize the new programs and host informational meetings to share the new opportunities with the research community. The program offering small seed grants for the arts and humanities will continue to run through the fall semester.
To see what kinds of projects our programs have funded in the past, visit the Award Announcements page.
NOTE: Effective October 1, 2019, all newly-awarded internal funding for ORED programs that allow no-cost extensions are limited to one six-month request. Funds remaining unused after 18 months will revert to the Office of Research and Economic Development.
Office of Research and Economic Development
DESCRIPTION: The Seed Grant to Support the Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) Program will provide funding to help support Arts and Humanities faculty research and scholarly activities. The purpose of the program is to assist faculty in building their careers and contributing to their disciplines by exploring new scholarly, creative, and research activities.
DEADLINES: Continuous.
FUNDING AMOUNT: $25,000 will be allocated annually for this program, with individual awards limited to a maximum of $2,500.
ELIGIBILITY: Faculty in the departments of English, Communication, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature, History, Philosophy, Music, Theatre & Dance, and Visual Arts in the rank of assistant, associate, and full professor, (without regard to tenure status) are eligible with the exception of persons known to be in their last year of employment. New applicants are REQUIRED to complete an online process workshop for submitting an internal funding application. Contact resdevlearn@southalabama.edu to request to be added to the Canvas course. Frequency of award is limited to two awards within a three year period.
PROGRAM GUIDELINES: Guidelines for FY2026.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Applications must be submitted through InfoReady. Administrative approvals are handled online using Cayuse SP. See the Application Guidelines (downloadable above) for an Appendix on using Cayuse to route proposals.
Institutional approval of ORED-sponsored internal funding programs is handled through Cayuse SP:
- Community Engaged Research Grant
- Faculty Development Council Grant
- Research and Scholarly Development Grant
- Seed Grant to Support the Arts & Humanities
Download a PDF with guidelines for using Cayuse SP for proposal routing for these programs. (NOTE: these are the same instructions included in each program guidelines document.)
ORED internal funding program applicants can download this PDF checklist to use prior to submission.
Most post-award change requests for ORED internal funding programs must be submitted through InfoReady. This includes no-cost extensions, rebudgeting, rescoping, and requests to relinquish an award.
NEW: For budget revisions of up to 5% of the award total, a streamlined process is now used. Download the instructions and post-award budget change form to learn more.
No-cost extensions (NCEs) are no longer granted for the Seed Grant to Support the Arts & Humanities except in the event of COVID-related issues. For other programs, NCE requests must be received 60 days prior to the end date of the award. Effective October 1, 2019, all newly-awarded internal funding for ORED programs that allow no-cost extensions will be limited to one six-month request. Funds remaining unused after 18 months will revert to the Office of Research and Economic Development.
See the guidelines for requirements on other types of requests.