Internal Funding
FACULTY SMALL GRANT PROGRAM (FSGP)
FY26 Deadline:
11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Award Amount:
up to $10,000
Description:
The Faculty Small Grant Program (FSGP) provides grants of up to $10,000 over 1 year to support scholarly publications and creative research.
FACULTY FELLOW AWARDS (FFA)
FY26 Deadlines:
Step One: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Step Two: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Award Amount:
$15,000 is provided to awardee's department to offset cost of release.
Description:
The Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA) provide a semester of full release time (from teaching and administrative tasks) at full salary to eligible faculty for scholarly or creative research projects. $15,000 is provided to the awardee’s department to defer the cost of the release time.
DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH AWARDS
FY26 Deadline:
11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, December 11th, 2025
Award Amount:
Up to $10,000
Description:
The Distinguished Research Award (DRA) is a prestigious faculty award designed to recognize outstanding achievements in research by three University of Utah faculty each year.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION FUND (RIF)
FY26 Deadline:
11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, January 8th, 2026
Award Amount:
Up to $250,000
Description:
The Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF) provides support to faculty and core facilities necessary research instrumentation purchases and upgrades/replacements. Research instrumentation purchased with RIF funds is meant to be shared as broadly as possible and must be used to facilitate externally funded research and scholarship.
UURF Interdisciplinary Research Initiative
Description:
*Important FY26 Update: The Research Incentive Seed Grant Program has finished its initial program cycle and will evolve into a new interdisciplinary research initiative starting FY26. The details of this new program are still being finalized and will be linked in this internal funding index when available. The new program will be formally announced in a virtual webinar, in the Research Post, and in the AVPR's Desk. Please register for the virtual webinar HERE.
1U4U COLLABORATIVE SEED GRANT PROGRAM
FY26 Deadline:
FY26 details will be released when available.
Award Amount:
Up to $50,000
Description:
The 1U4U Collaborative Seed Grant Program supports cross-campus/cross-disciplinary research teams to solve the greatest challenges facing our local, national, and global communities. The goal of 1U4U is to incentivize researchers from different disciplines to collaborate. The theme of the FY25 1U4U Collaborative Seed Grant Program is "Women Across the Lifespan: Health, Technology, & Society."
REMOTE AND AUSTERE CONDITIONS (RAC) GRAND CHALLENGE
FY26 Deadline:
FY26 details will be released when available.
Award Amount:
Varies by project.
Description:
The Office of the Vice President for Research invites you to submit a proposal for the 2nd annual Remote & Austere Conditions (RAC) Grand Challenge! This dynamic, multi-day pitch event unites leading research experts, industry partners, and legislative representatives to explore groundbreaking technologies, innovative techniques, and holistic solutions to tackle pressing challenges faced in remote, rural, and austere conditions.
REQUEST A NO-COST EXTENSION
If a VPR-sponsored project cannot be completed in the initial award period, the Investigator may submit a single no-cost extension request to be reviewed and approved by the VPR. NCE requests must be submitted using the webform found below.