Eligibility
The principal investigator (PI) must:
- Be UTK or UTIA tenured and tenure track faculty
- Have department and college approval to apply for internal funding, as evidenced by willingness to cost share in attached email or letter. (Non-tenure-track researchers must provide documentation from their department head indicating a long-term commitment to the PI and the PI’s ability to execute a future externally funded project at UT that could extend beyond 2024.)
- Be eligible to apply for external funding
Grant Types
Applicants may apply to one category.
Category 1 Awards
Up to $5,000 ($6,000 total with required cost share) is available per awardee to establish an international partnership. Generally, faculty may use funding to support travel to meet with their international partners to tour facilities, make connections, and explore possible collaborative projects. The focus of these discussions should be research, scholarship, and creative activities but may extend beyond that. Faculty are highly encouraged to consider how undergraduate and graduate students can participate in and strengthen the institutional partnership as well as make connections with key administrators who will play critical roles in the exchange of faculty and students. Approximately five to six Category 1 awards will be made. Category 1 is appropriate for faculty seeking to establish, enhance, or expand international collaboration.
Category 2 Awards
Up to $25,000 ($30,000 total with required cost share) is available per awardee to support short-term collaborative projects for research, scholarship, or creative activities. Awards in this category should focus on activities related to scholarly endeavors that deepen or expand international collaboration. In addition, faculty are expected to plan and conduct a collaborative project to collect pilot information in support of their research, scholarship, or creative activity. Faculty are highly encouraged to consider how undergraduate and graduate students can participate in and strengthen the institutional partnership, as well as make connections with key administrators who will play critical roles in the exchange of faculty and students. In collaboration with CGE and ORIED, faculty must plan to apply for external funding and begin to generate publications no later than four months after the project’s completion. Approximately three Category 2 awards will be made. Category 2 is appropriate for faculty seeking to enhance or expand international collaboration. Generally, brand new collaborations will not be successful on this time scale.
Use of Funds
For Category 1: Funds can provide support for travel and related costs for UT faculty and students to develop institutional partnerships. Funds will be available soon after awards are announced and will be provided on a cost-reimbursable basis.
For Category 2: Funds may be used for activities directly related to the research, research supplies, and equipment/facility recharge. Funds can provide support for travel and related costs for UT faculty and students to develop institutional partnerships. Funds will be available soon after awards are announced and will be provided on a cost-reimbursable basis.
For Categories 1 and 2: Funds may not be used for faculty salaries and benefits, administrative staff, student or GA payroll and benefits, course buyouts, seminar speakers, consultants, or conferences. Although external collaborations are encouraged, funds may not be used to provide salary or fringe benefits to collaborators at external institutions.
Cost-share
For Category 1: An 80/20 cost share is expected for these awards—80 percent of funds will be provided by CGE and ORIED, while 20 percent of funds should be provided by a combination of the participating faculty, their departments, and their colleges. Faculty, departments, and colleges may choose to contribute more cost-share if needed. The maximum available from CGE per awardee is $5,000.
For Category 2: An 80/20 cost share is expected for these awards—80 percent of funds will be provided by CGE and ORIED, while 20 percent of funds should be provided by a combination of the participating faculty, their departments, and their colleges. Faculty, departments, and colleges may choose to contribute more cost-share if needed. The maximum available from CGE and ORIED per awardee is $25,000.