Internal Funding Opportunities

Deadlines for Competitive Internal Grants

Internal Grant Program	Proposal Due Date	Award Notification on or before	Project Period
EPIC Investment Projects for FY 25-26	Monday, June 2, 2025	June 15, 2025	July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Student RCAS (Research, Creative Activity, and Scholarship)	Proposals accepted anytime between July 1, 2025 and November 21, 2025	Rolling awards through December 5, 2025	Award receipt through April 1, 2026
Faculty Development Grants	Rolling Deadline; applications due 4 weeks before event	see below	see below

Faculty may apply for one faculty development request per semester due to a decrease in overall funding availability.

For all Travel Support grants, be sure to read the ORSP Travel Policy before leaving on your trip.
All proposals are due to orsp@ju.edu (unless otherwise noted) by 5:00 p.m. EST on stated deadline date.
Tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible, unless otherwise noted. For Student RCAS, full- or part-time graduate and undergraduate students are eligible.
Awardees are responsible for abiding by JU policies and procedures for purchasing materials, hiring personnel, and requesting reimbursement for travel.
All funds must be expended within the award period. Extensions may be considered only for the EPIC projects on a case-by-case basis.
Funds may not be used for any faculty salaries/stipends/overloads. EPIC funding may not be used for student stipends/student workers, gift cards, awards/give-aways, or furniture. Click here for a list of ineligible reimbursement items.
With the exception of the Professional Developoment grants, all awardees are expected to submit, at minimum, a final report indicating project outcomes. Failure to submit a final report for the Student RCAS or the Faculty RCAS will result in the faculty member not being eligible to seek internal funding for one full fiscal year after the report’s due date.

JU reserves the right to not issue any awards or to reduce award amounts based on its own discretion.
Intellectual Property and EPIC-sponsored projects: if faculty are planning a proposal that may have the potential to result in an intellectual property disclosure, patent-protection, and possible commercialization, they must contact the ORSP to discuss prior to making application to the I-DID grant program.