Research Funding

Internal Funding Sources

General Support

Grants in Support of Scholarship, known as "GISOS" is administered by Academic Affairs and is Wesleyan’s main internal funding for faculty research. The deadline is in late March for the following academic year and faculty can apply through WesPortal. It includes:

General: Up to $750 for 1 year
Project Grants: Up to $5,000. May span 2 years, with funds carrying forward 1 additional year
Meetings: Up to 2 domestic meetings ($1,200–$1,600 each) or 1 international meeting ($2,800)
Student Internships: support for summer or academic-year research collaborations (see below)

Who can apply:

Continuing faculty (tenured, tenure-track, professors of the practice, artists in residence)
Visiting faculty are not eligible.
General Support is not usually available to faculty with start-up or research awards.
Project Grants are open to all eligible faculty, but those with no other funding are prioritized.

The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life also offers funding for faculty to support: (a) university lectures, (b) collaborative projects, (c) research networks. Anyone teaching at Wesleyan is eligible; deadlines in November and May for the following semester/year

Faculty Fellowships

The Center for the Humanities (CHUM) offers semester-long faculty fellowships to support research on particular themes, which change every semester. The faculty fellowships enable Wesleyan faculty to spend a semester in residence at the Center, receive a course release to concentrate on their research, and teach a new seminar connected to their research theme.

The College of the Environment (COE) offers year-long fellowships to Wesleyan faculty to take part in the COE Think Tank. Over the course of the year the COE faculty fellows are in residence at the COE, participate in the Think Tank research on a designated theme, and receive a course release e

Student Research Internships and Apprenticeships

Funded through GISOS, student-faculty research internships allow undergraduates to work closely with faculty on active research projects, gaining hands-on experience in data collection, analysis, and disciplinary methods. Preference given to students pursuing their first Wesleyan-sponsored internship. Faculty may apply for this funding alongside other project grants or for separate projects. Deadline is March for the following summer or year.

The Quantitative Analysis Center Summer Apprenticeship Program trains and funds students who are working on data analyses related to support faculty projects. The deadline is early March for the following academic year.

External Funding Sources