Dear colleagues,
Between precious porch reading and long-planned family vacations, CC faculty also took advantage of summer’s spaciousness to make strategic progress toward their long-term scholarly and creative goals. While naturally faculty across the College engaged in their research and creative work this summer, many from the faculty chose to lean into this work in exciting ways. All told, this summer 44 individual faculty from 19 departments and programs were engaged in the external grant funding process.
Since Commencement:
- eight faculty engaged in planning meetings for future external funding
- 10 faculty participated in one of three “Small Group Grant Gatherings”
- 10 faculty submitted 11 new proposals for external funding
- four faculty were awarded new external grants totaling $269,168
- three faculty and two staff are contemplating next steps after learning three grant proposals were not funded
- 13 faculty received a total of $141,253 in summer salary or stipends from their external grants, and
- 19 students received a total of $70,328 in research fellowship funding from external grants
The high level of activity this summer illustrates an important trend: Over the last several years there has been a steady growth in the number of faculty who are incorporating the search for external funding into the ecosystem of their scholarly work. As of August 1, 2022, 21 CC faculty are principal investigators on 27 active grants and fellowships totaling ~$3.4 million in funding. By comparison, ten years ago, on August 1, 2012, 11 CC faculty were principal investigators on 15 active research grants totaling ~$1.6 million in funding.
If you are interested in joining CC’s vibrant grants community, please visit the Office of the Dean of the Faculty’s External Grants Overview page, where you can learn more about the resources that exist to support you in being successful and the benefits of grants work regardless of funding. The first step in the process is easy: Let’s meet at your convenience!
I send best wishes for a smooth start to the new academic year!
Tess Powers
