Priority will go to requests that involve matching funds, and especially to Fellows who leverage professional development funds from other UVM units.
Both students and faculty must submit their enrichment funds requests prior to any conference travel.
Applying for Enrichment Funds: Faculty
Faculty Fellows Enrichment Funds
Gund Faculty Fellows can access enrichment funds to support fieldwork, data or materials needs, publication expenses, conference travel (if giving a presentation), and other small things that help initiate, complete, and communicate our research. Requests are typically made for $300 to $1500.
In select cases, up to $5,000 can be requested as mini-seed funding for collaborative and interdisciplinary projects ideas related to Gund themes.
Application Requirements
- Provide basics on the requested amount and intended use.
- Describe how the funds will contribute to the intent of the Fellows Enrichment Fund.
- Specify the amount of matching funds available from other sources, or the status of past or present requests from other sources.
Application Process
2023/24 Update: Faculty Fellows can receive a maximum of $2,500 within a rolling two-year window. In select cases, funds of up to $5,000 can be requested as mini-seed funding for collaborative and interdisciplinary project ideas related to Gund themes. If this is what you are applying for and have supplementary materials, please send them to Julianna.M.White@uvm.edu. These larger awards are rarer and will be limited so that a given Fellow can receive one such award per four years.
Priority will go to requests that involve matching funds, and especially to Fellows who leverage professional development funds from other UVM units. Approval is subject to fund availability.
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Applying for Enrichment Funds: Students
Graduate Fellow Enrichment Funds
Student Enrichment Funds provide support for the research, scholarship and professional development of Gund Graduate Fellows.
Please see the next section for RA-ships.
Funds may be requested for conference travel (if presenting), workshop participation, research materials and costs, data needs, publication fees, and other academic expenses that align with UVM policies and the Gund Institute’s mission. Students must seek matching funds to leverage Institute support.
- Funds cannot be used for tuition, computers, or assistantships (except Gund RA-ships described below).
- Awards are capped at $800. However, once in their career, a student’s request may exceed $800 (capped at $2500). Students may only receive one enrichment award per fiscal year.
- Priority will go to requests that have secured matching funds, students who have received less Gund funding in the past, and students who are active participants in Gund activities.
- Approval is subject to fund availability; thus, funding may run out at the end of the fiscal year.
Apply now: Request student enrichment funds
Gund RA-ships
This funding supports a .25 (10-hour) Research Assistantship as a bridge to other funding sources or to help with finishing a degree. Gund RA-ships cover existing research you are doing as part of your degree. No additional research project is required.
Funding for RA-ships is dependent upon availability each year. As funding becomes available, all students will be notified. Typically, the proposal period opens in December or January and is due in February, and decisions are announced in March.
Students must currently be at least the fourth year of their PhD programs to request an RA-ship and can only do so once in their UVM career.
Advisor confirmation is required.
More information, including eligibility requirements and the review process, will be available via InfoReady when the competition opens.
Questions: Please reach out to Bailey Rowland, bailey.rowland@uvm.edu