Funding Opportunities for Boston College Faculty

GrantEligibilityDeadlineDescription
IgniteFull-time facultyOctober & AprilTo assist Ҵý faculty in competing for increasingly limited pools of external funding
Research Expense
Grants (REG)
Full-time tenure-track and tenured facultySeptember & FebruaryTo defray the smaller expenses of scholarly research
Research Incentive Grants (RIG)Full-time tenure-track and tenured facultyOctoberTo encourage research projects initiated during the summer months
Research Across
Departments & Schools (RADS)
Full-time facultyAprilAimed at supporting interdisciplinary research projects between faculty in different disciplines, departments, and schools across Ҵý
Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS)Full-time tenure-track and tenured facultyMarchSupports collaborative research projects and creative activities in the Schiller Institute’s principal research focus areas of energy, the natural environment, and health.
Grants for Research in Targeted & Emerging Areas (SI-RITEA)Full-time tenure-track and tenured facultyMarchSupport scholarship focusing on the natural environment, health and well-being, or the energy transition as experienced in the Global South. Also supports scholarship focusing on environmental or climate justice, climate resilience, sustainability, health & well-being, or the energy transition.
Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring Grants (TAM)Full-time facultyMarchSupport for a project aimed at teaching, advising, and mentoring of students
Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring Expense Grants (TAME)Full-time facultyOctoberFor expenses related to the improvement of teaching, advising or mentoring of Ҵý students
Exploratory Technology Grants (ETG)Full-time facultyRolling BasisTo encourage innovation and exploration of technological prospects
Academic Technology Innovation Grants
(ATIG)
Full-time facultyMarch
Designed to bring new instructional and research technologies to Ҵý
Technology Infrastructure Grants (TIG)Full-time faculty, Dean’s officesFebruaryTo support the operational technology needs for enhancing the learning experience across Boston College’s schools and colleges
ILA Major GrantFull-time facultyNovember & AprilTo support conferences, symposia, and other projects that will make a contribution to education or scholarship in the liberal arts
ILA Minor GrantFull-time faculty
Rolling BasisIn support of small projects that will make a contribution to education or scholarship in the liberal arts
Innovations in Graduate Education GrantAny graduate faculty members (or faculty in collaboration with graduate students) AprilTo pilot new programs that will improve graduate education at Boston College
Mini-Conference AwardFull-time, pre-tenured facultyRolling BasisTo fund the cost of a meeting focused on the discussion of a book manuscript
Research For Formative EducationFull-time facultyMarchFunds research projects in formative education
All faculty and researchersRolling BasisTo finance payment of article processing fees for accepted authors who wish to publish in open access, peer-reviewed journals
Capital EquipmentFull-time faculty and research facilitiesOctoberTo support capital equipment requests that benefit multiple faculty members

Funding Opportunities for Boston College Students

GrantEligibilityDeadlineDescription
Center for Christian-Jewish LearningUndergraduate and Graduate studentsRolling BasisInternships are 1-year, student-initiated, and student-led endeavors dedicated to furthering the intern’s understanding of and participation in Jewish-Christian relations.
Clough CorrespondentsUndergraduate studentsMarch
For research and participation related to the study of constitutional democracy.
Clough Public Service Fellowship
Undergraduate, Graduateand 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 studentsMarch
For research and participation related to the study of constitutional democracy
CWҴý Colloquium FellowshipUndergraduate studentsAprilDesigned to advance women’s leadership by providing funds to help offset the costs of an unpaid summer internship
Summer Internship for PhD StudentsPhD studentsMarchDesigned 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.
Currently enrolled studentsRolling BasisTo 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

GrantEligibilityDeadlineDescription
Postdoctoral Research Grants
Postdocs only
Rolling BasisTo fund research and educational opportunities so that postdocs have an opportunity to gain skills and experience important for their overall goals in their training.