Faculty Grants for Global and International Research

The UB Office of International Education (OIE) offers these grants on a competitive basis.

• Research travel expenses
• Purchase and collection of data
• Proofreading, indexing, subvention, or any other publication expenses
• Student research assistants

• Permanent equipment
• Software
• Conference travel
• Office supplies
• Faculty or staff salary

The fund (up to $5,000) will be transferred to the PI’s home department and has to be expended normally within one year after the start of the research project.

Any tenure-track (pre-tenure and tenured), clinical or research faculty who conduct research or creative work on important global/international topics are eligible to apply.

To apply for a grant, please submit the following:

• A completed application on the submission site, to include:
  • Project title                                                                                          
  • Name, title, departmental affiliation, and contact information for the principal investigator                                                            
  • Project start and end dates
• A research proposal of no more than 500 words 
• An itemized budget for the funding request, and a budget justification
• A brief CV of the principal investigator (no longer than five pages)
• If applicable, IRB approval or proof of IRB application
• Disclosure of amount and source of other funds available to support this project
• A signed form from the chair of the PI’s home department that indicates a commitment to administer the fund

Applicants must submit all required documents as separate files (PDF or WORD) to the OIE submission site. Grants are awarded twice a year, and the application deadlines are at the close of business (5:00 pm) on February 28 and September 30.

Applications will be evaluated by a UB faculty committee convened by the OIE. Applicants will be notified of their funding decision normally within a month of the deadline.

The awardee is required to submit a summary report of no more than 500 words within a month of the conclusion of the project. The summary report should be submitted to the Office of International Education at OIEgrants@buffalo.edu. Failure to submit the summary report in time may make the awardee ineligible for future OIE grants.