Internal Awards, Fellowships & Prizes

• Available on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.
• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• Faculty with individual research accounts must have exhausted those funds before applying for Small Grants. The unit’s fiscal officer will confirm that research funds are exhausted in Docusign. 
• Faculty who receive scholarship support from their departments must have exhausted those funds before applying for Small Grants, or must direct the remainder of those funds towards the Small Grant project (with a combined budget cap of the amount of the request). The unit’s fiscal officer will confirm that this is the case in Docusign.
• Retroactive applications (e.g. for completed travel) will not be considered.
• Grants cannot be used for subscriptions to journals available in University Libraries, the development of teaching materials used in the classroom, administrative expenses, the support of scholars visiting Ohio State, or to purchase a course release from teaching.
• Any equipment purchased with grant funds remains the property of The Ohio State University and is assigned to the TIU of the funding recipient.
• All applications require review and endorsement by the department chair or school director.
• Applications for a second award in a given category may be considered, if funding is available, but require departmental matching funds with the College and the relevant department or school each awarding 50% of the total amount. 
• Applications will only be accepted using Docusign form links below. No applications will be accepted through email. 

Please submit proposals using the links below. For questions, please contact Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

A. Online Conferences, Performances and Exhibitions, and International Travel

• Grants to cover registration fees for professional conferences or exhibition and performance opportunities taking place in an online format; up to $300 per online conference, performance or exhibition, except in cases of extraordinary circumstances
• Travel grants up to $2,000 used to defray expenses associated with travel to conferences, research sites, and exhibition and performance sites both domestic and international.

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B. Exhibition, Performance, and Studio Work

• Expert Reviewers, Adjudicators, and Consultants. Grants up to $2,000, $500 towards each honoraria and up to $1,500 to defray travel costs if incurred: Used to provide honoraria for expert reviewers, adjudicators, and consultants in order to finish projects, performances, and exhibitions. Virtual collaborations involve one or two experts while in person collaborations host one expert and cover travel, accommodations, and meals up to $1,500. The awardees’ home department will be responsible for all logistical arrangements. Open to all tenure-track faculty, however assistant professors within two years of tenure and promotion will receive priority consideration.
• Grants up to $2,000: Used to defray expenses associated with creation, presentation, and performance of creative work, the cost of tracking, editing, mixing, and mastering a music recording, and the costs related to production of a catalogue in conjunction with an exhibition.

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C. Manuscript Preparation

• Faculty Book Manuscript Workshops. Grants up to $2,000, $500 towards each honoraria and up to $1,500 to defray travel costs if incurred: Used to defray expenses associated with funding one or two expert readers in fields where publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. Experts will be asked to provide substantive written comments prior to participating in a workshop which will also include one or two faculty experts from Ohio State. Virtual workshops host one or two experts while in person workshops host one expert and cover travel, accommodations, and meals up to $1,500. The goal of this award is to transform an already strong manuscript into a work ready to be submitted to a press. The awardees’ home department will be responsible for all logistical arrangements. Open to all tenure-track faculty, however assistant professors within two years of tenure and promotion will receive priority consideration.
• Grants up to $2,000. Used to defray expenses associated with the physical preparation of a manuscript, online materials project, translation, or edition; the purchase of photographs, other images, or illustrations; the cost of permissions; and/or the cost of duplication and postage.
• The cost of book indexing is typically not allowed under the terms of this program.

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D. Publication Subvention

• Available to all tenure-track faculty on all Ohio State campuses.
• Preference given to junior faculty requiring assistance to publish a single-authored monograph.
• Requires cost sharing: grant of up to $4,000, with the College and the relevant department or school each awarding 50% of the total amount.
• Available only to offset required subventions at established presses known to the university community.
• Subventions will not be provided to lower the market price of a manuscript accepted for publication.

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The Course Release Program funds scholarship in the Arts and Humanities, providing instructional replacement for faculty excused from teaching a course to concentrate on research or creative activity. Course releases for FY24 may take place in Autumn 2023 or Spring 2024. Applications are due on March 3, 2023.

GUIDELINES

The Course Release Program fund course releases for faculty research/creative activity at any project phase (including time to start a new project, make progress on one, or complete one). Priority will be given to faculty who have experienced a setback resulting from the pandemic or other factors (brief justification included in application) and to faculty who are preparing for promotion, with preference first for promotion to professor and second for promotion to associate professor.

• Retroactive applications for courses already taught will not be considered.
• Faculty members can apply for one course release every other academic year.
• Faculty members who receive course releases in AY23-24 from special assignment, FPLs, and other grants or fellowship programs are ineligible. Faculty may apply for both this course release program and for FPL or SA; but those receiving FPL or SA will not be awarded an additional course release. Faculty who receive a course release for substantial university service are eligible to apply (e.g. Vice-Chair, DGS, DUS).
• Faculty awarded a course release will still be expected to perform regular service and advising obligations.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process. 
• Funding will be provided to units to cover course reductions at a standard lecturer replacement rate.
• All applications require that the department chair, school director, or regional dean (for regional faculty) submit via Docusign a brief statement of support that also certifies that the applicant does not have other course releases for the reasons mentioned above.
• In the case of multiple applications in a unit, once the application deadline has passed, the department chair, school director, and/or regional will provide a simple ranking of all applications.
• Applications will only be accepted using Docusign form links below. No applications will be accepted through email. 

For questions, please contact Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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The Larger Grants Program funds individual and collaborative scholarship in the Arts and Humanities. The program supports tenure track A&H faculty in on all Ohio State campuses who are conducting scholarship in the arts or humanities. In FY23, application deadlines are Nov. 1, 2022 and Feb. 14, 2023, for fall and spring allocations, respectively.

A. New Project Gra​nts

• Individual faculty grants up to $7,500
• Collaborative faculty grants up to $15,000

Guidelines

Used to facilitate any aspects of a new scholarly or creative project, including but not restricted to extended scholarship travel (subject to university and other travel restrictions), special language programs, technical training, or other educational opportunities; hiring graduate or undergraduate scholarship assistants; purchasing books, archival materials, special equipment, or necessary materials for scholarship activity.

• Collaborative grants must include at least two tenure track A&H faculty
• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• May not be used to fund release time, buy computers, buy equipment already available for loan from the University, support the editorial work of a journal, subsidize conferences hosted by scholarly organizations, or for curriculum development.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process. 
• Each project is eligible for one award as a "new project." Grants are typically disbursed over an 18-month period beginning with the date of the award. The disbursement timeline may be extended for a further 12 months with the permission of Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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B. Completion Grants

• Individual faculty grants up to $7,500
• Collaborative faculty grants up to $15,000

Guidelines

Used to facilitate any aspect of a scholarly or creative project, with the intention of bringing the project to completion.

• Collaborative grants must include at least two tenure track A&H faculty
• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• May not be used to fund release time, buy computers, buy equipment already available for loan from the University, support the editorial work of a journal, subsidize conferences hosted by scholarly organizations, or for curriculum development.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process. Each project is eligible for one award as a "completion project.” Grants are typically disbursed over an 18-month period beginning with the date of the award. The disbursement timeline may be extended for a further 12 months with the permission of Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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Extension Request

In the rare instance when an extension request outside the original timeline and project proposal is necessary, please provide the following to Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga:

• One-page update on the research to date (with a statement for why the project needs to be extended)
• Remaining funds and how the balance of funds will be used
• Projected new timeline

The extension request is circulated to the committee for review and comment and the Associate Dean will notify the researcher of the committee's recommendation.

For questions, please contact Dana Renga.

The Larger Grants Program funds individual and collaborative scholarship in the Arts and Humanities. The program supports tenure track A&H faculty in on all Ohio State campuses who are conducting scholarship in the arts or humanities. In FY23 the application deadline is February 14, 2023 for FY24 allocations.

Conference Support Grants Up to $15,000

Guidelines

Used to support organizing scholarly conferences. Scholarly events must be held in person on the Ohio State campus or in Columbus (although event can have a virtual component). Funds can be used to offset the costs of facilities rental; catering; transportation, lodging and, honoria for speakers, publicity, supplies, etc.

• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• May not be used to fund graduate student associates, release time, buy computers, buy equipment already available for loan from the University, support the editorial work of a journal, or for curriculum development.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process. 
• Each conference is eligible for one award. Grants are typically disbursed over an 18-month period beginning with the date of the award. The disbursement timeline may be extended for a further 12 months with the permission of Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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Arts and Humanities faculty have available to them several resources to support the search for external funding for research and creative activity. These resources include:

1. Grants Support, Grant Writing and Management, and Finding Funds. For information and advice about professional development planning, and to develop proposals for grants and sponsored programs please contact Shelly Anderson (anderson.707@osu.edu), Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist, College of Arts and Sciences.
2. General Grants Support. Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry Christopher Jaroniec.
3. Finding Funding. For general information about an array of grant services available, consult the “Finding Funding” section of the Office of Sponsored Programs website. The manager of that site is Jeff Agnoli, Officer for Funding and Research Development (agnoli.1@osu.edu), who will be able to assist you with a targeted search for available grant opportunities.
4. Grant Submission. For information about federally supported programs and other sponsored research, including the preparation of grants for submission to external organizations, contact Christine Hamble at the Office of Sponsored Programs (hamble.3@osu.edu). Please ensure that the Office of Sponsored Programs is notified of all pending applications for funding from sponsored programs well before the application deadline.

The Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts-Community Outreach Grant is open for educational and outreach projects connecting the visual and performing arts at The Ohio State University with the Columbus community. Applicants may be Ohio State students, staff, or faculty, and projects should bring the arts to the Columbus community via established centers and schools. The grant may be used for direct or indirect support involving visual and performing arts at The Ohio State University.

Outreach efforts may include but are not limited to: performances for elementary, middle and high schools or senior centers; artist-in-residence programs; teacher training; individually designed arts packages such as curriculum using the arts to teach a non-arts course such as social studies in elementary schools.

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International travel grants support faculty researchers when they are invited to present research findings at professional meetings abroad (outside of the North American continent). Up to $2,000 may be requested from the division, with a required match from the applicant’s department of 25% of the total amount. For example, departments must agree to provide $500 if SBS is providing $2,000.

Applications instructions (Note: requests are reviewed on a rolling basis):

• Applicants should discuss the request with the department chair and confirm that the department will cover the required 25%.
• Submit a request to SBS Divisional Dean Ryan King (king.2065@osu.edu) and copy the department chair. Submissions should include the following:
  • a letter requesting funds;
  • documentation of the paper to be presented (e.g., a page from the meeting program listing the presentation or an invitation letter);
  • confirmation that the department chair or school director approves; and
  • an estimated budget including approximate costs for flight, per diem, lodging, ground transportation, etc.

The number funded requests will be determined by the availability of funds.

The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences supports faculty and students in their efforts to engage in professional development opportunities. The division also supports faculty — tenure track and non-tenure track — in their efforts to enrich existing classes, learn new techniques for effective instruction, and develop new courses or modalities. Faculty may also request funds on behalf of graduate students to participate in methodological training workshops during the summer, such as those offered by the ICPSR, especially if the method is crucial to the successful completion of the student’s dissertation. The maximum award is $5,000, which can support registration fees, travel, or in some cases compensation for the time invested in course development.

For the 2022-23 academic year, the division is eager to support three types of curriculum development:

1. Updating existing courses or creating new classes to meet the learning objectives of the new GE. The development of classes that meet the requirements and learning objectives of thematic pathways are encouraged.
2. Improving our online course offerings. We want to enter this space with proper care and attention to student learning. Funds from this program can be used to revise in-person classes for effective online delivery.
3. Develop new programs, ranging from Scarlet Canvas courses and certificates to new minors and master’s programs.

Applications instructions (Note: requests are reviewed on a rolling basis):

1. Consult with the department chair and confirm that the chair or school director supports the request.
2. Submit a 1-2 page description of the work to be performed (for curriculum enrichment) or the professional development opportunity. Submit this document to Divisional Dean Ryan King (king.2065@osu.edu) and copy the department chair. Include a detailed budget.
3. Describe expected deliverables, if relevant.

The number of funded projects will be determined by the availability of funds.

A limited number of seed grants of up to $25,000 are available to launch projects that will result in grant proposals to the NSF, NIH, DOE, or other funding agencies. Preference will be given to projects that demonstrate a clear vision for the next steps beyond the seed grant funding period, and those with cost shares from other departments or centers. Applications must demonstrate how the seed grant will increase the chances of success when submitting a grant proposal for external funding, for instance through preliminary data collection or equipment purchases. The number of funded proposals is contingent on the availability of funds.

Applications instructions (Note: requests are reviewed on a rolling basis):

1. Requests for funds should be submitted to Divisional Dean Ryan King (king.2065@osu.edu). Copy the department chair on the submission.
2. Clearly describe the scope of work during the seed grant funding period. Proposals should be approximately 3-5 single-spaced pages describing the work to be performed and the expected grant proposal to follow.
3. Attach a budget and brief budget justification.

Evaluation process

The SBS divisional dean will evaluate proposals in consultation with department chairs. An ad hoc committee may be formed if needed, depending on the number of proposals. The following factors will be considered:

• Equity across units to the extent possible (adjusting for department size);
• Clearly defined deliverables and/or next steps towards a grant proposal;
• Expected workload corresponds to the amount requested.