Sponsored Research

Internal Awards Program

Mission Statement

The mission of the Internal Awards Program is to foster excellence in research and scholarship by USF faculty and support activities aimed at securing extramural funding. In the allocation of funds across program categories, the highest priority is given to initiatives aimed at funding activities likely to enable leveraging for additional extramural funding and initiatives aimed at scholarly activities for which availability of extramural funding is extremely limited.

The Selection Process for Research/Scholarship Grants: How it Works

The Internal Awards Program is administered through USF Research & Innovation and Sponsored Research. The Call for Proposals, released during the fall and spring, requests applications and details the available grant types and time frame of each competitive cycle. The grant cycles are posted simultaneously on the IAP website. A number of USF faculty, across multiple disciplines, serves as proposal reviewers for this peer review process. The grant programs, Creative Scholarship, New Research, and Proposal Enhancement, may fund pilot, draft or preliminary studies/projects that will lead to published research/scholarship; however, the ultimate aim is to launch productive programs of research that will result in successful grant proposals to agencies and/or foundations to support research at USF.

• Guidelines
• Proposal Writing Resources
• Contacts
• Prior Internal Award Recipients
• Related USF Policies & Procedures
• Internal Award Manuals & Forms
• Research & Innovation Awards

Guidelines and Applications

Internal Awards Competition Schedule 2022-2023 (PDF)

• Conference Support Grant application (MS Word)
  Submission Deadline: January 24, 2023
  Conference Grant Guidelines (PDF)
  
  
• Creative Scholarship Grant application (MS Word)
  Submission Deadline: February 27, 2023
  Creative Scholarship Grant Guidelines (PDF)
  
  
• Faculty International Travel Grant application (MS Word)
  Submission Deadline: January 24, 2023
  Faculty International Travel Grant Guidelines (PDF)
  
  
• New Research Grant application (MS Word)
  Submission Deadline: February 27, 2023
  New Research Grant Guidelines (PDF)
  
  
• Proposal Enhancement Grant application (MS Word)
  Submission Deadline: March 13, 2023
  Proposal Enhancements Grant Guidelines (PDF)
  

Proposal Writing Resources

• FacultyOne-Stop - Academy of Certified Research Administrators at USF
• Writing Your Application, Important Writing Tips - NIH Website
• Communicating Research, Plain Language Examples - NIH Website
• NIH Tips for Applicants - NIH Insights on YouTube

Contacts

• Judi Dorn, Research Services Administrator
• Chair, Research Council: John Adams, PhD, FAAAS, FASTMH
• Members - Research Council (PDF)
• Research Council

Prior Internal Award Recipients

• Conference Support Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Creative Scholarship Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Established Researcher Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Faculty International Travel Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Interdisciplinary Research Development Grant Recipients (Excel)
• New Research Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Proposal Enhancement Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Research Faculty Pathway Grant Recipients (Excel)
• Outstanding Research Achievement Award Recipients (PDF)
• Excellence in Innovation Award Recipients (PDF)

Related USF Policies & Procedures

• Research with Human Subjects (IRB)
• Research with Vertebrate Animals (IACUC)
• Research with Biohazards (IBC)
• Intellectual Property Disclosures, Patents & Licensing
• Conflict of Interest
• Travel Policies
• Fringe Benefits

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Internal Award Manuals & Forms

Conference Support Grant

• Grant Instructions (PDF)
• Re-Budgeting Form (MS Word)
• Request to Extend Dates (MS Word)
• Final Report Form (MS Word)

Creative Scholarship Grant

• Grant Instructions (PDF)
• Re-Budgeting Form (MS Word)
• Request to Extend Dates (MS Word)
• Final Report Form (MS Word)

Faculty International Travel Grant 

• Grant Instructions (PDF)
• Final Report Form (MS Word)

New Research Grant

• Grant Instructions (PDF)
• Re-Budgeting Form (MS Word)
• Request to Extend Dates (MS Word)
• Final Report Form (MS Word)

Proposal Enhancement Grant

• Grant Instructions (PDF)
• Re-Budgeting Form (MS Word)
• Request to Extend Dates (MS Word)
• Final Report Form (MS Word)
  
  

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Research & Innovation Awards

2023 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award
For Achievements in Calendar Year 2022
Nominations open March 16, 2023, and close at 5 p.m. on April 12, 2023
Call for Nominations and Nominations Guidelines (PDF)
Online Nomination Form

Excellence in Innovation Award
For period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 (FY 2023)
Nominations will open November 2023