CRLT (Center for Research on Learning and Teaching) Grants provide a number of grants to enhance teaching and learning at U-M. These grants are open to Lecturers, and applications require approval from your department Chair.
If you wish to request a reduction in IDC rate, please fill out the IDC Waiver Request Form Some sponsoring agencies may refuse to fund IDC recovery at the rates outlined by the University. In such cases, the College will consider approving some categories of direct costs to meet the 21.4% threshold that U-M units
The Office of the Vice President for Research Research (OVPR) offers support for research, scholarship, and creative activities in all fields. The awards are supervised / administered by the Taubman College Research and Creative Practice team (co-monitored by OVPR for compliance) — in consultation with the Taubman College Research Policy Committee. The Associate Dean for
(1) A variety of internal additional college research initiatives and funding programs are offered (and update more frequently) as support becomes available through the Dean’s office, or research support secured via the advancement team. These programs are organized around specific theme areas or formats of research and creative practice inquiry. These will be posted and
College Research Incentive Funds (IDC Supplements To Discretionary Funding) For externally-funded projects bearing more than 28% IDC recovery, the College sets aside 10% of the recovered IDC towards supporting College research incentive funds. These funds will be made available by the September of the subsequent fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) and may be
The College supports the dissemination of completed or substantially completed peer-reviewed work, including for publications in books and journals. For Open-Access Journals: To do our due diligence on whether this is a reputable journal, the U-M library provides guidance on open access publishing and has a link to a directory of reputable open access journals.
The College supports the dissemination of completed or substantially completed peer-reviewed work, including conference and exhibition participation. These funds are available to all faculty. Faculty research and dissemination travel will adhere to U-M guidelines. Dissemination funding will be available for faculty to attend peer-reviewed conferences, and we recognize that more events are being conducted remotely.
To support and encourage faculty research activity, Taubman College provides one of the most generous course buy-out incentives on campus for faculty to request a buy-out of one of their non-core courses per academic year using funds from externally sponsored research (where permitted by the research sponsor). Course buy-outs are valued at 20% of a
Limited funding is available to support research, creative practice, and other project development opportunities for faculty in the form of seed funding. Priority will be for tenured and tenure-track faculty, but this support is also available for non-tenure line faculty in cases where projects merit special consideration through alignment with College wide priorities or offer
A ‘gift’ is a mechanism by which funding is provided to a faculty member by an outside authority (typically a private entity) with which to pursue their independent work within the University without any specific deliverables. IDC is not charged on gifts. In the event that a faculty member is approached regarding a possible ‘gift’