Internal Funding
Office of the Vice Provost for Research
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) seeks to create and maintain a supportive environment for research, creative, and scholarly endeavors. The following internal funding programs are offered by the university:
Internal Grant Programs
Book Publication Subvention Fund
College of Liberal Arts Dean's Fund for Faculty Development
College of Management Internal Funding Opportunities
President's Initiatives Funds
Administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR), UMass Boston annually offers the following four internal grant programs.
Book Publication Subvention Fund
To assist UMass Boston faculty members who are asked to underwrite the cost of publishing a book through a publication subvention, the provost has established a Book Publication Subvention Fund to be managed by the OVPR.
College of Liberal Arts Dean's Fund for Faculty Development
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Dean’s Fund for Faculty Development provides funds to support faculty research and creative activity through three funds: the travel fund, the research fund and the discretionary fund. For complete information on eligibility requirements, important deadlines, and applications, please click here.
College of Management Internal Funding Opportunities
The College of Management provides funds to support faculty research, scholarship, and professional activities through through four funds: the Commonwealth Award, the Faculty Scholarship Award, the Dean's Award for Distinguished Research, and the Faculty Fellowship Program. For complete information on eligibility requirements, award amounts, important deadlines, and applications, please click here.
Every year in April, the Office of the President of the University of Massachusetts announces the President’s Initiative Funds which in 2007 provided a combined total of $1,420,000 to the UMass campuses. The next request for proposals is expected to be announced in early April 2009.
In addition, every year in November the Office of the President's Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property Program makes available about $240,000 to the UMass researchers to advance previously disclosed University technologies toward commercialization.
For information on eligibility guidelines, obtaining applications, important deadlines, and typical award amounts, contact ORSP at (617) 287-5370 or by email at orsp@umb.edu.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FUNDS
In 2007, the Science & Technology (S&T) Initiatives Fund invested over $1,000,000 to promote the University of Massachusetts as the Commonwealth’s public research university and ensure that the path to social and economic progress in Massachusetts goes through UMass. The S&T Initiatives Fund also directly supports the UMass Board of Trustees’ strategic priority to strengthen the university system’s research enterprise and grow its portfolio substantially.
CREATIVE ECONOMY INITIATIVES FUNDS
In 2007, the Creative Economy Initiatives Fund (a fund for the arts, humanities, and social sciences) provided a total of $250,000. What follows are examples of typical creative economy research or projects.
- the economic development impact of cultural initiatives (museums, theatre, art installations, etc.)
- the social and health impacts on new technologies in communities
- the changing nature of labor markets and their impact on economic development
- projects developing cultural or artistic events that engage communities
- initiatives that promote community engagement and political participation
- an examination of the economic and social impact of changing patterns of migration
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
These funds are intended to move technologies to the proof of concept stage or to allow the investigator to take other critical steps to make the technology attractive for licensing or other forms of commercialization. Grants uses may include additional experimentation, purchase of equipment, contracting of additional work or services, and some travel.