Aspire Faculty funding opportunities: Create & Advance competition deadline: November 1 & March 1

February 20, 2024

The Advance award will support research activities through dedicated summer time, academic year release time, travel and/or supplies that will directly impact the development and submission of a competitive external grant proposal. Requested support can be in the form of summer stipend, summer graduate assistantship, supplemental assigned time, and/or supplies, expenses, equipment, and travel (SEET), up to $15,000.

The CREATE program aims to encourage the artistic and creative endeavors of faculty. The program hopes to support the creation and presentation of works of those in the fields of Art, Dance, Design, Folk, Literature, Non-Fiction and more. Through this program applicants have the opportunity to request a larger amount of funding if they plan to submit proposals to external sponsors. Requested support can be in the form of summer stipend, summer graduate assistantship, supplemental assigned time, and/or supplies, expenses, equipment, and travel (SEET), up to $7,500.

Deadlines for Advance and Create applications are:

  • November 1, 2023
  • March 1, 2024

Program eligibility, application requirements, program stipulations, and the review process are available on the Aspire Faculty Programs website. For questions regarding these and other Aspire programs, please contact Sarah Lee, Aspire Program Manager at aspire@bsu.edu.

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