Funding and Support
midd.data can help support your digital and data projects.
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 2023–2024 academic year.
Eligibility: Colleagues planning academic leaves
Deadline: 2023–2024 applications due January 30, 2023
We encourage you to reach out to us at midddata@middlebury.edu ahead of submitting your proposal in order to help you develop a plan of work and to define the resources needed to meet your goals.
Micro Grants
Micro grants of up to $1,000 will 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: Spring 2023 applications are due February 17, 2023.
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.