Finding Funding

External funding

Use the following tools to search for available grant opportunities through the government and other external agencies.

• Federal resources and search engines
   
• Corporate and foundation support
   
• Limited submission competitions

Internal funding

We offer support for faculty-led research projects through three internal grant programs:

• Faculty research grants (FRG) provide funding of up to $5,000 for research for conduct, completion and expansion of research projects.  Priority is given to projects most likely to enable development of new projects and programs, expand applicants' research programs beyond their current scope, or enable ongoing programs to have expanded impact.
   
• Faculty innovation grants (FIG) provide up to $25,000 to support new research projects, take existing research in promising new directions, or otherwise expand research programs beyond their current scope. 
   
• Collaborative Research Opportunity (CORE) Grants provide up to $60,000 for establishment and growth of productive and competitive multi-faculty research programs.  The program supports faculty teams that, through their combinations of perspectives and capabilities, can distinguish themselves in the academic community, with partners and constituents in society, and with funding sources, for the novelty, relevance and value of their work. 

• 2012 Internal Awards Symposium : Agenda (October 17, 2012)
• 2013 FIG/CORE Brown Bag Information Session (February 6, 2013)
   
• Cluster hiring and development
  As part of Lehigh’s strategic plan, funding is available to help existing faculty clusters develop internally. Cluster development and hiring is aimed at assembling faculty around an interdisciplinary theme, area of interest or problem, and should result in providing the critical mass necessary to affect important new areas of scholarship, teaching, and research. For more information, visit the Cluster Initiative website.
   
• Other Lehigh-awarded funds