The University of Michigan provides generous support to faculty who wish to explore activities and research that relate to global issues or make a contribution to internationalizing the educational environment for students through international programs and teaching abroad. Below is a list of globally related funding that is open to faculty.
The African Studies Center (ASC) supports faculty through a variety of funding opportunities to pursue research, teaching, and learning activities related to Africa. The ASC is open to requests for funding and co-sponsorship in any of the areas of the center’s mission, which includes partnerships, exchange, curriculum, and research related to the African continent.
Research grants on Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian related issues offered to full-time University of Michigan faculty, librarians, and curators who will be teaching courses are eligible
Deadline: contact the China Center at chinese.studies@umich.edu for the dates of the LRCCS Executive Committee meetings at which applications will be considered This fund is designed to support faculty-led group travel for undergraduate, graduate or professional school students wishing to incorporate an education abroad experiential component into an ongoing China-related course during either winter break or spring-summer terms.
U-M teaching staff are invited to submit a proposal for Southeast Asia curriculum development. Especially attractive will be curricular development that integrates Southeast Asia content into a previously existing course with no Southeast Asia content, or development of a new course focused on Southeast Asia. The grant can be used for research and development of materials, including research assistance.
The International Institute contributes to the support of conferences and workshops that make substantial contributions to international learning on the University of Michigan campus and in the Ann Arbor community. Grants of up to $2,000 are available to graduate and professional school students and faculty for the purpose of planning and conducting research-related conferences, symposia, and workshops in area and international studies.
International Institute Fund for U-M Conferences and Workshops
The Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) welcomes proposals from affiliated faculty for research, conferences, and event co-sponsorships.
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) offers grants to U-M faculty to support workshops, research, and dissemination of less commonly taught languages.
Deadline: Mid-September
The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the Core Fulbright Scholar Program. The Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. These prestigious grants provide funding for recipients to lecture or conduct research abroad for periods of two to 12 months in 140 countries.
Deadline: mid-October and mid-March
CGHE Impact Accelerator Grants support projects that mobilize novel ideas and collaborations to help people live healthier and longer lives. This grant program supports co-designed projects that have been developed with a global partner. Preference will be given to proposals that pursue action-oriented projects focused on designing, piloting, or testing solutions that improve health outcomes for people in low- and middle-income countries contexts (that is, moving beyond conceptualizing problems or defining/studying research questions).
Deadline: mid-October and mid-March
CGHE Seed Grants support exploratory projects that catalyze novel ideas and collaborations and build a case for larger-scale or more expansive projects that will help people live healthier and longer lives. This grant program supports co-designed projects that will be implemented with a global partner. Preference will be given to projects that build an evidence base for impact, design and test solutions, or pilot interventions. Other examples of funded projects may include - but are not limited to - exploring local needs, defining scope of work, validating feasibility of activities, and testing initial ideas.
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