Grants and Awards
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 |
| Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS) | Full-time faculty | February | Supports collaborative research projects and creative activities in the Schiller Institute’s principal research focus areas of energy, the natural environment, and health. |
| Schiller Institute Grants for Research in Targeted and Emerging Areas (SI-RITEA) | Full-time faculty | February | There are two types of grants. Type A support scholarship focusing on the natural environment, health and well-being, or the energy transition as experienced in the Global South. Type B support scholarship focusing on environmental or climate justice, environmental health, sustainability, or renewable energy, and must include collaboration with a US-based, non-academic partner. |
| 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 | April | 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 |
| ILA Major Grant | Full-time faculty | November & March | 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 |
| 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. |
Funding Opportunities for Boston College Staff
| Grant | Eligibility | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Grants |
Postdocs only |
November | 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. |