Funding and Support
We provide several options for supporting your digital and data projects, and we can also direct you toward additional funding opportunities throughout the institution.
Leave-Year Fellowships
Leave-year fellowships of $2,500 for one semester or $5,000 for a full year will provide salary replacement support for colleagues planning to pursue digital or data-oriented scholarship during research leaves in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Eligibility: Colleagues planning academic leaves
Deadline: 2026–2027 applications due Friday, February 13, 2026
Micro Grants
Micro grants of up to $1,000 support a variety of scholarly and pedagogical efforts using any of a wide array of data and digital methodologies. These grants can be used to participate in workshops or training in any data or digital skills/platforms; attend conferences on data or digital scholarship or pedagogy; acquire data or technology to support scholarship or pedagogy; hire student research assistants for data and digital projects; and cover expenses related to the development of new courses or course materials related to data and digital methods.
Eligibility: Faculty and staff of Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute
Deadline: For AY 2025-2026, we will review two rounds of proposals due on Friday, November 7, 2025, and Friday, April 3, 2026.
Additional Funding Options
- The Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs can support and guide you through the grants process to identify additional funding sources.
- The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research provides multiple faculty resources for funding.
- The Fund for Strategic Initiatives supports institutionwide initiatives that further Middlebury’s strategy.