Internal Funding Opportunities
Select Internal Funding Opportunities:
| Center/Department | Opportunity | Anticipated Deadline |
| Kenneth C. Griffin Applied Economics Incubator | Innovation Fund The Global Energy Challenge |
August 2021, TBD |
| Becker Friedman Institute | Data Acquisition Grants Acquisition, management, and maintenance of data sets for research projects in economics |
Rolling |
| UChicago Center in Hong Kong | Yuen Research Grants Research projects in Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area of mainland China that examine areas of particular interest to the region. |
March 1, 2021; June 1, 2021; October 1, 2021; December 1, 2021 |
| Neubauer Collegium | Faculty Research Humanities and Social Sciences Collaborative Research, Workshops |
October 2021, TBD |
| Center for International Social Science Research | Faculty Research Empirical, international research across the social sciences |
Rolling |
| UChicago Global: Center in Delhi Center in Beijing Center in Hong Kong Latin American Program Center in Paris |
Conferences and events; professional development for local and regional officials; and faculty research on India, China, or Latin America | March 15, 2021 |
| Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts | Faculty Research Innovative, data-driven research on global conflict |
December 2021, TBD |
| Chapin Hall | Joint Research Fund Research partnerships to promote the wellbeing of children and families |
January 15, 2021 (letter of intent) Monday, March 15, 2021(full Application) |
| Center for Data and Computing | Data Science Discovery Grants Early-stage, interdisciplinary, data science research project and exploratory convenings |
January 2022, TBD |
| Center for Data and Computing | AI + Science Initiative Collaborative projects between the University of Chicago, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). |
TBD |
| Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | George Shultz Innovation Fund Helps turn research into useful applications and profitable ventures |
February 19, 2021; September 2021, TBD |
| Women’s Board | Faculty Research The arts and cultural institutions; the quality of student life; community outreach |
March 2021 |
| Institute for Translational Medicine | Pilot Awards Translational health research that is novel, innovative, and/or multidisciplinary |
September 25, 2020 (letter of intent) April 23, 2021 (full application) |
| The Big Ideas Generator | Workshops, exploratory research, and research intensive projects in any field of scholarly inquiry | TBD |
| Council on Advanced Studies | Workshop or Study Group Interdisciplinary workshops for faculty and students |
April 6, 2021 |
| Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge | Faculty Seed Grants Knowledge formation and Artificial Intelligence |
March 1, 2021 |
| UChicago-Argonne | Faculty Research Collaboration between the university and the laboratory |
TBD |
| Center for Health Administration Studies | Faculty Seed Grants Health services and policy research |
April 30, 2021 |
| UChicago-FermiLab | Faculty Research Collaboration between the university and the laboratory |
TBD |
| Center for International Social Science Research |
Faculty Publications |
Rolling |
| Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry | Mellon Fellowship Projects that focus on experimental collaborations between artists and scholars |
Rolling |