Faculty Enhancement Program

The program provides awards of up to $10,000 to tenure-earning faculty members within three years of hire. Awards are made on a competitive basis for projects to be accomplished in one calendar year. Up to two pay periods of summer salary can be supported for faculty members on nine-month appointments. Additionally, the funds can be used for purchase of supplies or travel for the purpose of conducting or disseminating research.

Awardees meet regularly with a mentor during the year of their project and are informed of opportunities to apply for additional intramural funding and to attend workshops for extramural grant programs.

Preference is given to applicants who have not had postdoctoral research opportunities or extensive start-up packages.

The competition is announced in late fall for awards beginning in the next calendar year. The program is overseen by the college's associate dean for research. Inquiries may be emailed to Grant Specialist Laura Hohenbary.

Application & Guidelines (pdf)

Applications due January 29, 2025 by 5:00PM.

Previous Faculty Enhancement Program recipients

Cohort 13: 2023-2024

Rubaiyat Alam -Economics
Keisha Clark - Social Transformation Studies
Marjorie Galelli - History

Cohort 12: 2022-2023

Christopher Barlett -Psychological Sciences
Katie Olsen - A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication

Cohort 11: 2021-2022

Valerie Bostwick - Economics
Tianjun Sun - Psychological Sciences
Anan Wan - A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Colleen White - Music, Theatre, and Dance

Cohort 10: 2020-2021

James Alexander McVey - Communication Studies
Angela Y.S. Park - Political Science
Shanna Slank - Philosophy
Reuben Stern - Philosophy

Cohort 9: 2019-2020

Andie Faber - Modern Languages
Shay Logan - Philosophy
Benjamin McCloskey - Modern Languages
Mary Elizabeth Walters - History
Anthony Warnick - Art

Cohort 8: 2018-2019

Rebecca Bender - Modern Languages
Jung Sim Jun - Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Rachel Levitt - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Alyssa Morris - Music, Theatre, and Dance
Tom Sarmiento - English

Cohort 7: 2017-2018

Soumia Bardhan - Communication Studies
Charlotte Hyde - English
Anuja Madan - English
Dinh-Liem Nguyen - Mathematics
Suzanne Orr - History
Nadia Oweidat - History
Heather Woods - Communication Studies
Xiaochen Angela Zhang - A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Cohort 6: 2016-2017

Katherine Digby - Music, Theatre, and Dance
Ross Milton – Economics
Natalie Pennington - Communication Studies
April Petillo - American Ethnic Studies
Harlan Weaver - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Cen Wu - Statistics

Cohort 5: 2015-2016

Steffi Dippold – English
Amanda Gaulke – Economics
Gyuhyeongh Goh – Statistics
Michael Higgins – Statistics
Sara Luly – Modern Languages
Janice McGregor – Modern Languages
Isabel Millan – American Ethnic Studies
Tosha Sampson-Choma – English
Alissandra Stoyan – Political Science
Rosa Terlazzo – Philosophy

Cohort 4: 2014-2015

Cydney Alexis - English
Kathleen Antonioli - Modern Languages
Traci Brimhall - English
Carlos Castellanos - Art
Andrew Casto - Art
Michael Flynn - Political Science
Wei-Wen Hsu - Statistics
Mary Kohn - English
Graham Leach-Krouse - Philosophy
Colene Lind - Communication Studies
Amy Santoferro - Art

Cohort 3: 2013-2014

Nathaniel Birkhead - Political Science
Hugh Cassidy - Economics
Necia Chronister - Modern Languages
Matthew Garcia - Art
Wendong Li - Psychological Sciences
Heather Loyd - Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Andrew Orr - History
Valerie Padilla Carroll - Women's Studies
Gregory Paul - Communication Studies
Anna Marie Wytko - Music
Li Yang - Modern Languages
Dukno Yoon - Art
Zhiwei Zhang - Political Science

Cohort 2: 2012-13

Marta Alfonso-Durruty - Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Melinda Cro - Modern Languages
Mark Crosby - English
David Defries - History
Laura Donnelly - Music, Theatre, and Dance
Hrant Hakobyan - Mathematics
Anson T. Y. Ho - Economics
Ranin Kazemi - History
Cameron Leader-Picone - English
Carla Martinez Machain - Political Science
Perla Reyes Cuellar - Statistics
Sarah Riforgiate - Communication Studies
Josephine Schafer - Political Science

Cohort 1: 2011-12

Nathan Albin - Mathematics
Nora Bello - Statistics
Kun Chen - Statistics
Juan Du - Statistics
Soo-Hye Han - Communication Studies
Daniel Hoyt - English
Laura Kanost - Modern Languages
Katherine Karlin - English
Kara Northway - English
David Pickering - Music, Theatre, and Dance
Sarah Reznikoff - Mathematics
Joe Sutliff Sanders - English
Matthew Sanderson - Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Leilei Shen - Economics
Jennifer Vellenga - Music, Theatre, and Dance