Research Funding Opportunities: September 13, 2024

Category: All

Sponsor: Florida Climate Institute/UFIC
Funding Opportunity Title: 2024-25 Global Climate Fellow Opportunity
Key words: climate, international
Link to RFP: https://internationalcenter.ufl.edu/globalfellows.
Deadline: 10/14/24
Funding available: $5,000 travel stipend award to Fellow and $1,000 honorarium to mentor
Period of performance: in addition to program requirements specified in RFP, complete an international research trip within one year
Program Objective: Through the Global Climate Fellows Program, UF faculty can kick-start their international research program. A seed grant of $5,000 provides faculty an opportunity to lay the groundwork for conducting international climate research. Faculty can use these funds to cover expenses to travel to collect field data, to meet with international scholars, to access resources not available at UF, and to support any activity that advances research abroad.

Sponsor: UF Research and Strategic Research Development
Funding Opportunity Title: 2025 Research Opportunity Seed Fund
Key words: multidisciplinary, collaboration
Link to RFP: https://research.ufl.edu/finding-funding/internal-competitive-funding.html
Deadline: 11/07/24 to CJC Associate Dean of Research. If selected, final deadline is 1/19/25
Funding available: up to $100,000
Period of performance: All ROSF awards will be administered over a two year period
Program Objective: The Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROSF) awards multidisciplinary, faculty- initiated research projects with strong potential to obtain future extramural support. Guided by the philosophy that diverse partnerships across the disciplines drive groundbreaking research and winning proposals, ROSF awards strive to spark research synergies that can launch exceptional long term research collaborations.
NOTE: CJC has 2 application seats allocated for this funding cycle.

Sponsor: CJC
Funding Opportunity Title: Timely Topics Research Fund Faculty Call
Key words: current events
Link to RFP: www.jou.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJC-Timely-Topics-Faculty-Call-2024.pdf
Deadline: Rolling deadline until funds are exhausted
Funding available: typical awards are $1,000 with total available funding of $7,000
Period of performance: projects must be completed within one year
Program Objective: The Timely Topics Research Fund was created to help CJC faculty researchers with costs for studies developed in response to current events.
NOTE: Please submit proposals to mdistaso@ufl.edu

Sponsor: CJC
Funding Opportunity Title: Timely Topics Research Fund Student Call
Key words: current events
Link to RFP: www.jou.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJC-Timely-Topics-Student-Call-2024.pdf
Deadline: Rolling deadline until funds are exhausted
Funding available: typical awards are $500 with total available funding of $1,000
Period of performance: projects must be completed within one year
Program Objective: The Timely Topics Research Fund was created to help CJC graduate student researchers with costs for studies developed in response to current events.
NOTE: Please submit proposals to mdistaso@ufl.edu

Sponsor: CJC
Funding Opportunity Title: Emergency Research Fund Faculty Call
Key words: urgent research
Link to RFP: www.jou.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJC-Emergency-Faculty-Call-2024.pdf
Deadline: Rolling deadline until funds are exhausted
Funding available: typical awards are $1,000 with total available funding of $5,000
Period of performance: projects must be completed within one year
Program Objective: This research fund is to support research that you need to conduct quickly. For example, you have a Revise and Resubmit that asks you to collect more data.
NOTE:
- Please submit proposals to mdistaso@ufl.edu
- All full-time permanent faculty members of the College of Journalism and Communications are eligi-ble. All other full-time employees of the college are eligible to apply in collaboration with tenure-track faculty.

Sponsor: CJC
Funding Opportunity Title: Emergency Research Fund Student Call
Key words: urgent research
Link to RFP: www.jou.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJC-Emergency-Funds-Student-Call-2024.pdf
Deadline: Rolling deadline until funds are exhausted
Funding available: typical awards are $500 with total available funding of $1,000
Period of performance: projects must be completed within one year
Program Objective: This research fund is to support research that you need to conduct quickly. For example, you have a Revise and Resubmit that asks you to collect more data.
NOTE:
- Please submit proposals to mdistaso@ufl.edu
- All current College of Journalism and Communications graduate students in good standing are eligible.

Sponsor: CJC
Funding Opportunity Title: CJC Dean’s Research Collaboration Fund
Key words: collaboration, UF
Link to RFP: www.jou.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJC-Deans-Collaboration-Fund-Call-2024.pdf
Deadline: Rolling 12/2/24 by 5PM
Funding available: total available funding of $25,000
Period of performance: Projects must demonstrate substantial progress within one year in a midterm report and be completed in two years.
Program Objective: The College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida Dean’s Collaboration Fund supports research collaborations between CJC faculty and other UF faculty.
NOTE:
- Please submit proposals to mdistaso@ufl.edu
- Collaboration must include at least one CJC faculty member and a faculty member from outside CJC but at UF. Additional faculty and graduate students may also be included.