The Office of the Provost’s Faculty Development Small Grants program supports professional development activities that enable faculty to work together to advance their research and academic careers as well as and grow their professional networks.
2025 Call for Proposals
Eligibility: Tenured and tenure-track faculty
Award Amount: Up to $2,500
Application Review Begins: February 21, 2025
This program will support professional development activities that enable you to work together
to advance your research and academic careers as well as grow your professional networks. Examples of possible projects include:
- A meeting that brings together UChicago faculty around a shared research interest to facilitate future collaborative work
- A research networking event for UChicago faculty to connect with colleagues within the region
- The creation of peer groups or communities of practice within or across disciplines and career stages
- A pilot program to advance leadership training, mentorship, or other professional development activities
For a complete list of last year’s awardees, see below.
Please note that you are not confined to any of these examples and are encouraged to be creative about how to facilitate your own academic career advancement and that of other UChicago faculty members! Collaborative projects across faculty are welcome.
The Office of the Provost may be able to assist with logistical support for some activities (e.g., space reservations and administrative support). Funds will be available for distribution as early as the beginning of the Spring Quarter 2025.
Application
Interested faculty can apply via InfoReady by submitting: (1) a 1–2-page proposal that includes a detailed budget and a narrative of what you hope to accomplish and (2) a current CV. Review will begin February 21 and continue on a rolling basis as funding allows.
If you have questions about this program, please contact Jonathan Trotter at trotter1@uchicago.edu.
2024 Awardees:
Emily Talen, Professor, Division of the Social Sciences
Pedro Lopes, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Robin Bartram, Assistant Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Philip Garboden, Associate Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Dario Maestripieri, Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development
Haun Saussy, University Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Lydia Emery, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Monica Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Yuan Chang Leong, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Eugene Chang, Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology
Edwin McDonald, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology
Linda Zhao, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Alexis Chema, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature
Benjamin Saltzman, Associate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature
SJ Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature
Noel Blanco Mourelle, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Mario Santana, Associate Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Joel Voss, Professor, Department of Neurology
Susan Goldin-Meadow, Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Psychology
Julia Phillips, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts
Julia Henly, Samuel Deutsch Professor and Deputy Dean for Research and Faculty Development; Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
E. Summerson Carr, Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
David Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Maria-Luisa Alegre, Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology
Luca Delacrétaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Ellen Mackay, Associate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature
Martin Castillo-Quintana, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy