Grants to Support Faculty Fellows' Research

The Institute offers individual and collaborative research grants to support summer and academic-year research by Kellogg faculty fellows in all disciplines.

Funding is available for a variety of project costs, including but not limited to the following:

Travel, research assistance, or acquisition of research materials, including electronic databases.
Travel to research meetings and workshops in cases in which other Notre Dame funding does not exist or is not sufficient.
Communication with colleagues and institutions in other countries for research or other professional purposes.
Computer software and databases (but not hardware).
Collaboration with coauthors and, in collective research projects, with other individuals involved in the project.

Proposals will be accepted for most research-related expenses; proposals should justify the relevance and importance of proposed expenses. The committee will consider requests that involve multiple dimensions (e.g., two field trips, one field trip plus research assistance, etc.)

Funding Amount

Individual grants will not normally exceed $10,000 and proposals will be considered by the Grants Committee for any amount up to this figure. The Faculty Committee can supplement those awards with additional amounts for major collaborative research projects.

Applicants must notify the Kellogg Institute of any funding received from another source; the Institute may adjust the award accordingly. No duplicate funding (that is, funding for the same purpose) is allowed.

To Apply

The exact nature of the application depends on the request.

— To request funding for a research project, please submit all of the following:

A project description of not more than 2,500 words (excluding bibliography and budget), which clearly identifies: (1) the research question to be addressed, its background and significance within your field, and its relation to the thematic priorities of the Kellogg Institute; (2) the methods you will employ to answer the question; (3) the body of materials to be used; (4) a statement of your expected accomplishments during the period for which you are requesting funding; (5) a very brief statement of your anticipated scholarly product (e.g., an article, a series of articles, a book).
A short bibliography.
A curriculum vitae.
A detailed line-item budget.
A list of other sources from which the applicant is or will be requesting funding. As noted above, applicants are required to notify the Kellogg Institute of any funding received from another source. Indicate other funding already committed and the source of funding for any overage (e.g., research account, personal funding, etc.)

— To request funding to travel to a scholarly conference for which other Notre Dame funding is not available or sufficient, please submit a letter indicating what the conference is, when and where it will be, what your participation at the conference will be, how it will contribute to your scholarship, and what your budgetary needs are. The Institute will prioritize conference participation for fellows giving papers over those who are not presenting.

Special-Purpose Research Grants

FLAD/Luso–American Development Grant

Each year one research grant of up to $5,000 will be awarded to a faculty member for research in Portugal. Applicants from any department are eligible to apply. Funding for the grant is made possible by the Fundação Luso-Americana and the Kellogg Institute. Application procedures are the same as for research project grants.

Ford Program Faculty Research Seed Grants

To facilitate international research teams that include Notre Dame faculty members as well as researchers and practitioners in the developing world, the Ford Program is offering research seed grants to Notre Dame faculty members in AY 2009–10.

Proposals are due October 19. For more details and how to apply:

http://kellogg.nd.edu/ford/seedgrant.shtml

Criteria for Evaluating Proposals

Quality of the proposal, including its potential for innovation (e.g., in research methodology).
Potential for publication.
For major requests, potential for further support (e.g., from foundations).
Budgetary appropriateness.

Proposal Submission

Please submit your proposal electronically to: Sharon Schierling, Associate Director (sschierl@nd.edu).

Proposals may be submitted at any time and will be evaluated by the Grants Committee on a rolling basis. The Grants Committee usually meets only during the academic year, so please plan accordingly.