Here’s the important information that you need to know about eligibility:
- All full-time faculty at UMD can apply!
- Grants must support projects in the arts, design, and/or humanities.
- Tenured, tenure-track, and term faculty are all eligible to apply for Imagine Fund Annual Faculty Research Grants. Tenure-track faculty and Associate Professors planning to stand for promotion to Full will have first priority for the awards.
- You are eligible to apply for an Imagine Grant if you have received one previously, but you can only apply for one Imagine Grant in any given year.
Here’s what you need to know about the application process:
- Applications are due no later than 11:59pm on Friday, February 14th, 2025.
- Award decisions will be made by April 1st.
- If you win an Imagine Grant, you will receive the funds on July 1st, and you must spend the funds within three years.
- All applications must be submitted via the Google Form application. You will need to describe your proposed project, its relevance/significance, your proposed timeline, a budget, and your recent professional publications or accomplishments.
- You can apply for up to $5000.
- Each application will be scored by three different committee members (all of whom have previously received Imagine Grants and conduct their own research and creative activity within the arts, design, and humanities) independently.
If you have any questions about the application process, please reach out to Interim Dean Jen Brady.