Funding Opportunities Supported by the Provost Office Funding Opportunities
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The Provost Office has many different funding opportunities. For information about each one, please see below.
Offers limited support on a competitive basis for investigator research projects and scholarly conferences.
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Provides awards for large-scale, cross-School, cross-disciplinary events over one or two days and open to the entire University community.
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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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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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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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Enhances the academic strength and diversity of Penn faculty - reserved for candidates who, in the dean’s opinion, will make extraordinary scholarly contributions.
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This fund may support:
• Implementation of Schools’ strategic plans to diversify faculty and student populations;
• Research on equity, inclusion and diversity in higher education;
• Projects that foster and support diversity on campus;
• Faculty work on projects aimed at advancing the ideals of the Penn Compact as they relate to increased access for students and faculty.
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These awards are designed to provide mentorship and access to Penn’s resources for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences, enrolled in graduate or professional programs at universities other than Penn, as they complete their dissertations.
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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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