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Faculty Seed Grants

IRWG’s Faculty Seed Grant program was established in 1996. It enhances scholarship on women and gender at U-M by supporting disciplinary and interdisciplinary faculty projects. Support may be requested for individual activities, such as research assistance, research-related travel, or research materials--including books, microfilms, or similar items. Faculty Seed Grants also support collaborative projects, such as pilot studies or initial research efforts, study groups, or conference planning and implementation. Awards range from $500 to $10,000. The following criteria play some role in the award process:

Quality and significance of the proposed activity

Centrality of research on women and gender to the project

Appropriate attention to issues of race/ethnicity, sexuality, culture, nationality, social class, or other differences among women and men

Project's value to the career development of faculty and/or students

Project's relevance to the study of women and gender at U-M, with an emphasis on scholarly training, curricular influence, external funding, etc.

Sadie Peterson Delaney. Photo courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives and supplied by Prof. Megan Sweeney (English Language and Literature and Afroamerican and African Studies), Fall 2010 Faculty Seed Grant Recipient for The Gardener Who Prepared the Soil: Sadie Peterson Delaney--Librarian and Bibliotherapist

Application Guidelines (PDF)

Current recipients

Past recipients