Volunteer to be a Panelist to be an intergral part of the review and award process for an intramural grant program.

ORED awards diverse intramural support for UNT faculty research, scholarly and creative projects. The Faculty Research Grant Program is one source of funding; it consists of annual competitions among faculty for a variety of grants:

• RIG - The Research Initiation Grant is primarily intended to stimulate and aid the initiation of research for junior faculty in their first three years at UNT.
  October Deadline
• ROP - The Research Opportunity Program grants seed money to develop pilot-data and/or conduct preliminary research that shows a high potential for attracting and maintaining support from external funding agencies
  February Deadline
• REG - The Research Enabling Grant funds high quality research and scholarly activities for which extramural funding is not available
  February Deadline

Additional UNT funding administered by ORED (and some in partnership with the Office of the Provost) address a spectrum of needs — from travel, equipment, and space renovations to emergency funds and summer salary support. These include:

• RCE – The Research and Creativity Enhancement award supports selected tenured faculty in the liberal arts and fine arts to enhance their research, scholarly, and/or creative endeavors.
  October Deadline
• UAEM-UNT Research Seed Funding program
• Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship — The Fellowship gives partial summer salary support for faculty early in their academic careers to enable them to concentrate on research activities during summer months.
  February Deadline
• PEST — The Pursuit of Extramural Support Travel program assists researchers with travel to funding agencies and provides funds to bring program officers or other funding agency personnel to UNT.
  Applications Taken Year-round
• Small Grant— This grant program provides stop-gap funding for unexpected and emergency needs outside of regular funding cycles.
  Applications Taken Year-round
  
• Special Funding — Funding supports research-related activities, but it is not associated with a grant proposal and does not fall within one of the normal funding mechanisms.
  Applications Taken Year-round

Periodically, special programs are announced for internal funding competitions. Examples of past programs include:

• Initiative for Research Infrastructure program
• UNT-UNTHSC Joint Institutional Seed Research program

Knowledgeable staff can answer your questions about specific deadlines and details related to grants and funding opportunities.  Or call: 940-565-3975.