EIU Faculty Development and Innovation Center

Funding Sources

Internal Funding

• Council on Faculty Research (CFR)
  • Summer Research and Creative Activity Awards provides monies for research and creative activity projects. Application forms and guidelines and recent successful proposals are available on this page. Summer proposals due in early Spring.
• Faculty Development and Innovation Center Partnership Grants
  • These grants are designed to encourage EIU faculty in the development of interdisciplinary teaching and research projects and faculty partnerships. Successful proposals will speak to the goals of: fostering a greater sense of collegiality and collaboration across departmental and collegial lines; forming partnerships; and reaching a broad audience. 
• Redden Funds
• The EIU Foundation makes available funds for instructional development grants from the Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction. Announcements regarding these grants are published in the University Newsletter in the spring. Proposals are solicited via each College or Library. Consult your Dean for further details.

External Funding

• • • The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs provides pages with information regarding possible External Funding arranged by broad disciplines.