All Opportunities

Welcome to the DePaul University Internal Grant Opportunities Homepage.

Below you will find a listing of internal grant programs available to faculty and staff with brief information about the programs and their proposal requirements. To apply to an internal grant program, you must first sign in with the same user name and password you use to access Campus Connect (your BlueKey credentials). You will then have the opportunity to complete a general application and, as applicable, apply for specific internal grant programs offered through the University Research Council (URC), Quality of Instruction Council (QIC), Public Service Council (PSC), and the Academic Growth and Innovation Fund (AGIF).

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Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$5,000	PSC - Applied Academic Expertise Grant (Fall Cycle) Supports faculty members’ efforts to expand DePaul’s mission of service...	Deadline10/15/2025
$5,000	PSC - Community-Engaged Research Grant (Fall Cycle) Supports faculty in the development and implementation of research...	Deadline10/15/2025
$7,500	PSC - Community-Engaged Teaching Grant - Collaborative (Fall Cycle) Supports collaboration between two or more DePaul faculty, from the same...	Deadline10/15/2025
$5,000	PSC - Community-Engaged Teaching Grant - Individual (Fall Cycle) Supports faculty in the incorporation of community-engaged pedagogy into...	Deadline10/15/2025
$4,000	PSC - Global Engagement Grant (Fall Cycle) Supports faculty efforts to enhance their public service through...	Deadline10/15/2025
$5,000	QIC - Competitive Instructional Grant (Fall Cycle) Fosters pedagogical excellence by supporting projects that promise a...	Deadline10/15/2025
$2,500	QIC - Competitive Instructional Grant - Term and Part-Time Faculty (Fall Cycle) This grant has the same goals as the Competitive Instructional Grant...	Deadline10/15/2025
$7,500	QIC - Departmental Initiative Grant (Fall Cycle) Helps departments improve the quality of teaching and learning...	Deadline10/15/2025
$4,000	QIC - Global Engagement Grant (Fall Cycle) For faculty with concrete plans to engage with an international partner...	Deadline10/15/2025
$10,500	QIC - Interdisciplinary Instructional Grant (Fall Cycle) Fosters interdisciplinary curricular innovation within degree-granting...	Deadline10/15/2025
$3,500	QIC - Summer Stipend (Fall Cycle) Supports faculty members’ summer work on curricular planning or...	Deadline10/15/2025
$5,000	URC - Collaborative Research Grant (Fall Cycle) Encourages teams of faculty from across academic units to engage in...	Deadline10/15/2025
Varies	URC - Competitive Course Release (Fall Cycle) Provides a course release to facilitate the preparation of one or more...	Deadline10/15/2025
$5,000	URC - Competitive Research Grant (Fall Cycle) Provides support for a well-defined research or creative project of up...	Deadline10/15/2025
$8,500	URC - Faculty Recognition Grant (Fall Cycle) Recognizes the work of senior faculty members who have a recent history...	Deadline10/15/2025
$4,000	URC - Global Engagement Grant (Fall Cycle) Supports the efforts of faculty to enhance their research through...	Deadline10/15/2025
Varies	URC - NCFDD Faculty Success Scholarship (Fall Cycle) Supports participation in the National Center for Faculty Development &...	Deadline10/15/2025
$24,000	URC - Provost's Collaborative Research Grant (Fall Cycle) Encourages teams of faculty members from across the academic units to...	Deadline10/15/2025
$4,000	URC - Research Conference Grant (Fall Cycle) Provides partial support for research-related conferences hosted by...	Deadline10/15/2025
$3,500	URC - Research Equipment Grant (Fall Cycle)	Deadline10/15/2025
$7,500	URC - Summer Research Grant (Fall Cycle) Provides support for faculty summer research or creative projects,...	Deadline10/15/2025