Internal Funding Opportunities
Select Internal Funding Opportunities
| Center/Department | Opportunity | Anticipated Deadline |
| Becker Friedman Institute | Data Acquisition Grants Acquisition, management, and maintenance of data sets for research projects in economics |
October 2022 |
| The Big Ideas Generator | BIG Seed Funding Program Workshops, exploratory research, and research intensive projects in any field of scholarly inquiry |
Spring 2023 |
| Center for Health Administration Studies | Faculty Seed Grants Health services and policy research |
April 2023 |
| Center for International Social Science Research | Faculty Research Empirical, international research across the social sciences |
December 2022 |
| Center for International Social Science Research | Faculty Publications Empirical, international research across the social science |
Rolling |
| Center in Paris—International Institute of Research in Paris | Faculty Grants Collaborative initiatives, events, and research projects with a significant component in Paris |
March 2023 |
| Chapin Hall | Joint Research Fund Research partnerships to promote the wellbeing of children and families |
January 2023 (letter of intent) March 2023 (full application) |
| Council on Advanced Studies | Workshop or Study Group Interdisciplinary workshops for faculty and students |
April 2023 |
| Data Science Institute | Research Funding Funding for early-stage, transformative data science research; multiple programs, including Discovery Challenge, Discovery Grant, and seed funding related to Data & Democracy Initiative |
Late Autumn 2022 |
| France Chicago Center | France Chicago Center’s mission is to facilitate, promote, and foster stronger ties between University of Chicago students and researchers and their colleagues in France, while increasing awareness within the University of Chicago community of French culture, art, and thought. | $500: Rolling $500–$2,000: 4x per year (submit on or before first Wednesday of the quarter) $2,001–$5,000: April 21, 2023 |
| Institute on the Formation of Knowledge | Faculty Research Grants Two-year research grants focused on knowledge formation; research should be conducted in collaboration with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other faculty |
Opens in November 2022; March 2023 deadline |
| Institute on the Formation of Knowledge | Faculty Seed Grants One-year grants focused on knowledge formation including, but not limited to, IFK’s 2022–24 research theme of knowledge in diaspora |
Opens in November 2022; March 2023 deadline |
| Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation | Long programs, workshops, interdisciplinary research clusters, and research collaboration workshops involving the mathematical sciences and related to IMSI’s themes of climate science, data & information, health care & medicine, materials science, quantum computing & information, and uncertainty quantification |
Two cycles: 1) March 15 2) September 15 |
| Institute for Translational Medicine | Pilot Awards Translational health research that is novel, innovative, and/or multidisciplinary |
September 30, 2022 (letter of intent) April 21, 2023 (full application) |
| Kiphart Center | Proposals to respond to global challenges to promote the health and well-being of vulnerable populations around the world. | Rolling; Project implementation grants are due April 15, 2023 |
| Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation | Research Proposals Focused on the systemic study of how cities work, grow, and develop to advance more sustainable and equitable urban futures |
Quarterly; Upcoming deadlines: October 1, 2022; January 5, 2023; April 1, 2023; July 1, 2023 |
| Neubauer Collegium | Faculty Research Interdisciplinary collaborative research and visiting fellow projects informed by a humanistic perspective |
October 20, 2022 |
| Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts | Research and Innovation Fund Innovative, data-driven research focused on understanding and reducing global conflict and on public policy impact |
Opens in October 2022; December 2022 deadline |
| Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | George Shultz Innovation Fund Helps turn research into useful applications and profitable ventures |
Autumn 2022 (application opens in August) Spring 2023 |
| 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. |
October 1, 2022 December 1, 2022 March 1, 2023 June 1, 2023 |
| Provost’s Global Faculty Awards: Center in Beijing Center in Delhi Center in Hong Kong Latin America |
Provost’s Global Faculty Awards Conferences, events, research with a collaborative element in mainland China, Hong Kong and East Asia, South Asia, and Latin America |
February 2023 |
| Women’s Board | Grants Fund Faculty research, student life, arts and cultural institutions and community outreach efforts |
January 2023 |