Funding for Faculty & Staff

Community-engaged learning funding for faculty and staff comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. Take a look at the three funding areas to see what best suits your work.

Grants fund community-engaged learning courses, research and scholarship.
Seeds and supplements help faculty and staff get smaller projects off the ground or add a community-engaged learning component to another grant project.
Awards honor and celebrate faculty with a history of exemplary engagement.

Grants

Engaged Research Grants
Funding scholarship and scientific research collaborations with undergraduates and community partners.
- Funding: $50,000 two-year maximum (see details)
- The application was due on October 16, 2020. The application will reopen in fall 2021.
Engaged Curriculum Grants
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.
- Funding: $80,000 maximum
- The application was due on April 30, 2021. The application is now closed.

Seeds and Supplements

Engaged Opportunity Grants
Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.
- Funding: $3,000 maximum
- The application was due on April 16, 2021. This application is currently closed.
Academic Venture Fund Supplemental Grants
Supporting undergraduate participation in cutting-edge, community-engaged projects funded by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
- Funding: $10,000 maximum
- The application was due on July 9, 2021. The deadline for this application has passed. It will reopen again in June 2022.

Awards

Engaged Scholar Prize
Given to a faculty member who inspires with innovative approaches to community-engaged learning and research.
- Funding: $30,000 prize to expand work
- The application was due on November 26, 2019. We aren't accepting nominations at this time.
George D. Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award
Recognizing a faculty member whose community collaborations serve as models for outstanding community-engaged learning in higher education.
- Funding: $5,000
- The application was due on May 3, 2021. The nomination form is closed.

Questions?

Please contact the Office of Engagement Initiatives to talk about your project, and we’ll do our best to help.

Email

engagedcornell@cornell.edu

Phone

(607) 254-4240