Internal Funding and Award Opportunities
Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF)
DEADLINE: TBD
The objective of the ERIF program is to provide seed funding to initiate innovative multi-investigator, multidisciplinary research and education programs that will use the results obtained during the project period for developing proposals seeking external funding. Proposals on new research and education concepts that are multidisciplinary in scope are solicited.
2011 ERIF Grant Recipients:
- Nancy Karuri (ChBE) & Nick Menhart (BCPS)
- Mehdi Modares (CAEE) & Erdal Oruklu (ECE)
Starr Research Fellowship and the Fieldhouse Research Fellowship
DEADLINE: TBD
Merit based research scholarships made possible through a generous donation from the Starr Foundation and IIT's capital campaign match to honor Mr. Irv Fieldhouse.
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2010 Recipients:
- Starr Fellowship: Bo Hu (BCPS)
- Fieldhouse Fellowship: Gina Martinez (ECE)
IIT Research Scholarship Program
DEADLINE: TBD
A limited number of merit-based scholarships are available to students who are starting their Ph.D. programs at IIT in the Fall 2012 semester. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.
Students may not apply for this scholarship directly, They must be nominated by a tenured or tenure track IIT Faculty member in one of the following departments: AM, BCPS, BME, CAEE, CHBE, CS, ECE, or MMAE.
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2011 - 2012 Research Scholarships Recipients:
- Ashley Clayson (HUM)
- Anton Jeff (BCPS - Physics)
- Elise Thrasher (CS)
Sigma Xi/IIT Awards For Excellence in University Research
DEADLINE: 2013 TBD
Three or four awards will be granted in recognition of the recipients’ significant accomplishments in research, scholarship, or creative activity while teaching or studying at IIT. All full-time faculty members and full-time graduate students at IIT are eligible for consideration.
To be considered for a Sigma Xi award, the faculty member or graduate student must be nominated by an IIT faculty member.
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