The Provost Office has many different funding opportunities. For information about each one, please see below.
Dual Career
Provides University funding when a standing faculty member is accompanied by a working spouse/partner, including a same-sex domestic partner, seeking employment at Penn.
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Faculty Innovation Fund
Selected proposals will advance Penn’s commitment to “grow[ing] opportunity and strengthen[ing] affinity,” as articulated in our strategic framework, and:
• Be designed to improve the recruitment, retention, progression, mentorship, leadership development, and/or wellbeing of Penn faculty;
• Promote collaboration across disciplines, departments, and/or Schools, and
• Generate insights that can be used to improve Penn’s faculty-related policies and practices.rojects that foster and support diversity on campus.
Please see the complete Call for Proposals for more information.
Global Research and Engagement Grants
Penn Global administers a competitive global engagement grant program that provides resources to help faculty and staff undertake a range of research, teaching, service, and other activities with a country, region, or global focus.
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships and CHOP’s Postdoctoral Fellowships are competitive programs intended to increase the diversity of the academic research community at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
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Provost’s Interdisciplinary Arts Fund
Supports art and culture initiatives at Penn that directly engage students and bring together multiple groups across campus, especially collaborations between art & culture organizations and academic departments or centers.
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University Research Foundation
Offers limited support on a competitive basis for investigator research projects and scholarly conferences.
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