Funding Opportunities for Boston College Faculty
| Grant | Eligibility | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignite | Full-time faculty | October & April | To assist BC faculty in competing for increasingly limited pools of external funding |
| Research Expense Grants (REG) | Full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty | September & February | To defray the smaller expenses of scholarly research |
| Research Incentive Grants (RIG) | Full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty | October | To encourage research projects initiated during the summer months |
| Research Across Departments & Schools (RADS) | Full-time faculty | April | Aimed at supporting interdisciplinary research projects between faculty in different disciplines, departments, and schools across BC |
| Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring Grants (TAM) | Full-time faculty | March | Support for a project aimed at teaching, advising, and mentoring of students |
| Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring Expense Grants (TAME) | Full-time faculty | October | For expenses related to the improvement of teaching, advising or mentoring of BC students |
| Exploratory Technology Grants (ETG) | Full-time faculty | Rolling Basis | To encourage innovation and exploration of technological prospects |
| Academic Technology Innovation Grants (ATIG) | Full-time faculty | March | Designed to bring new instructional and research technologies to BC |
| Technology Infrastructure Grants (TIG) | Full-time faculty, Dean’s offices | February | To support the operational technology needs for enhancing the learning experience across Boston College’s schools and colleges |
| ILA Major Grant | Full-time faculty | November & April | To support conferences, symposia, and other projects that will make a contribution to education or scholarship in the liberal arts |
| ILA Minor Grant | Full-time faculty | Rolling Basis | In support of small projects that will make a contribution to education or scholarship in the liberal arts |
| Innovations in Graduate Education Grant | Any graduate faculty members (or faculty in collaboration with graduate students) | April | To pilot new programs that will improve graduate education at Boston College |
| Mini-Conference Award | Full-time, pre-tenured faculty | Rolling Basis | To fund the cost of a meeting focused on the discussion of a book manuscript |
| Research For Formative Education | Full-time faculty | March | Funds research projects in formative education |
| Open Access Publishing Fund | All faculty and researchers | Rolling Basis | To finance payment of article processing fees for accepted authors who wish to publish in open access, peer-reviewed journals |
| Capital Equipment | Full-time faculty and research facilities | October | To support capital equipment requests that benefit multiple faculty members |
Funding Opportunities for Boston College Students
| Grant | Eligibility | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Christian-Jewish Learning | Undergraduate and Graduate students | Rolling Basis | Internships are 1-year, student-initiated, and student-led endeavors dedicated to furthering the intern’s understanding of and participation in Jewish-Christian relations. |
| Clough Correspondents | Undergraduate students | March | For research and participation related to the study of constitutional democracy. |
| Clough Public Service Fellowship | Undergraduate, Graduate and Law Students | March | To fund students that would otherwise be uncompensated or undercompensated for work on behalf of government, non-profit, or civic organizations during the summer |
| Clough Research Fellowship | Undergraduate and Graduate students | March | For research and participation related to the study of constitutional democracy |
| Clough Doctoral Fellowship | Graduate students | March | For research and participation related to the study of constitutional democracy |
| CWBC Colloquium Fellowship | Undergraduate students | April | Designed to advance women’s leadership by providing funds to help offset the costs of an unpaid summer internship |
| Summer Internship for PhD Students | PhD students | March | Designed to let PhD students explore possible non-professorial careers, learn more about how to make a transition to an “Alt-Ac” career path, and provide work experience that will facilitate such a transition. |
| Open Access Publishing Fund | Currently enrolled students | Rolling Basis | To finance payment of article processing fees for accepted authors who wish to publish in open access, peer-reviewed journals. |
| Integrated Network for Schiller Projects in Innovation, Research & Excellence (INSPIRE) | Full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty | June | Invites proposals for innovative, collaborative projects that bring together complementary expertise to address pressing challenges in energy, health, or the environment. This initiative aims to catalyze interdisciplinary partnerships that leverage the strengths of multiple research groups while fostering a vibrant, shared intellectual community. |
Funding Opportunities for Boston College Staff
| Grant | Eligibility | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Grants | Postdocs only | Rolling Basis | To fund research and educational opportunities so that postdocs have an opportunity to gain skills and experience important for their overall goals in their training. |