Funding Opportunities for Faculty and Staff
Middlebury provides academic development funding opportunities in all disciplines for both faculty and staff.
| Administrator | Opportunity | Eligibility | Deadline | Funding | Description |
| Axinn Center for the Humanities | Humanities Faculty Research Seminar | Faculty | April | $1,000 stipend | 2024-25 Application Call |
| Axinn Center for the Humanities | Public Humanities Labs | Faculty | December, April | $2,500 stipend, project funds | See 2024-25 call |
| Center for Community Engagement (CCE) | Academic Outreach Endowment (AOE) | Faculty | Rolling | Up to $4,000 | Community-connected teaching, learning and research projects |
| CCE | Project-Based Learning Teaching Assistants | Faculty | January | 6 hours per week | Community-connected PBL courses |
| Center for Teaching, Learning and Research (CTLR) | Pedagogy Enrichment Funding (PEF) | Faculty | Rolling | Up to $1,500 | Supporting new pedagogical activities |
| CTLR | Reading Group Funding | Faculty, Staff | Rolling | $250 per group | Promoting higher education community and discussion |
| CTLR | Undergraduate Research Summer Funds | Faculty | March | Up to $6,700 per SRA | Funding for summer research assistants |
| Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation (CT) | CT Research Funding Opportunity | Faculty | April, October | Up to $75,000 | Research with students that tackles conflict transformation |
| CT | Engaged Listening Fellows Program | Faculty and Staff | November, April | $3,000 | Cohort workshops and a semester of applying ELP |
| Dean of Faculty | Ada Howe Kent | Faculty | September, January | Up to $3,000 | Advancing teaching or research on teaching and learning |
| Dean of Faculty | Faculty Professional Development Fund (FPDF) | Faculty | Rolling | Up to $4,000 | Conference travel and research needs |
| Dean of Faculty | Long Range Professional Development Program (LPDF) | Tenured faculty | March | Up to $13,000 | Proposals of 3-5 years, once in a career |
| Dean of Faculty | Undergraduate Collaborative Research Fund (UCRF) | Faculty | Rolling | Up to $2,500 | Funding for collaborative research assistants |
| Dean of Faculty | Faculty Research Assistant Fund (FRAF) | Faculty | Rolling | 150 hours per year | Funding for student assistants for research or courses |
| Dean of Faculty | Startup Funding | New Faculty | Expend within two years | n/a | Negotiated during the hiring process |
| Dean of Faculty | Gladstone Award Honoring Excellence in Teaching | Nominated Faculty | March | $10,000 | Projects to enhance teaching or collaborative faculty-student work |
| Dean of Faculty | Mellon New Directions Fellowship | Nominated Faculty | July (internal), September (final) | Up to $300,000 | See 2022 call (invited every few years) |
| Dean of Faculty | NEH Summer Stipend | Two Midd Faculty Nominated | July | $8,000 | See 2024 call |
| Dean of Faculty | Scholarly Publication Subvention Fund (SPSF) | Faculty | Rolling | Up to $2,500 | Expenses for scholarship publication |
| Dean of Faculty | Family Care Stipend | Faculty | Rolling | Up to $450 per year | Dependent care for faculty development participation |
| Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) | Digital Teaching and Learning Fellows | Faculty | April | $4,000 | Year-long development of digital project |
| DLINQ | Digital Teaching and Learning Mini-Grants | Faculty | April | $1,000 | Semester-long development of Generative AI project |
| Human Resources | Staff Development Funding | Staff | Rolling | Varies | Workshops, Continuing Education, Middlebury classes |
| Midd.Data | Leave Year Fellowships | Faculty | January | $2,500 per semester | Digital or data-oriented scholarship during research leaves |
| Midd.Data | Micro Grants | Faculty, Staff | November, February | Up to $1,000 | Scholarly and pedagogical efforts using data and digital methods |
| Provost’s Academic Council (PAC) | Strategic Initiatives Funding | Faculty, Staff | November, March | Up to $50,000 | Projects aligned with Middlebury’s strategic framework |
| Vermont Center for Behavioral Science Research on Climate and the Environment | Pilot Project and RA Funding | Interdisciplinary Teams | November | $4,000 | Environmental projects addressing climate action |