Research Funding and Awards

The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences invites tenured, tenure-track, and collegiate faculty to apply for grants to support research activities and creative work. Faculty Research Grants support scholarly outcomes including articles, books, chapters, edited volumes, creative works, presentations, exhibits, and more, as well as work leading to the submission of proposals for external funding. The maximum for a faculty research grant in the fall 2026 cycle is $4,000.

Proposal deadline: October 1, 2026. 

 Please direct questions to Tom Ewing (etewing@vt.edu).

Call for Proposals for Freedom Scholars to support research on themes of freedom within scholarly areas of expertise: $5000 in summer 2026 salary and funds to support a visiting scholar working on related topics. Deadline September 15, 2025.

Faculty reporting results from a college research grant may use the form linked below to submit results, or may email them to Tom Ewing (etewing@vt.edu).