Internal Funding Opportunities
The Graduate College administers several competitive internal funding programs to support research, foster partnerships with industry, and coordinate collaborations among IIT faculty for research efforts. Please feel free to contact us at 312.567.7135.
Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF)
DEADLINE: November 14, 2008
The objective of the ERIF program is to provide seed funding to initiate innovative 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 at a pre-competitive stage and projects for the organization of multidisciplinary research programs are solicited.
ERIF 2009 Request for Proposals
ERIF 2009 Guidelines for Submission
2008 ERIF Grant Winners:
Brant Cage (BCPS)
Alireza Khaligh (ECE)
Peter Land* (ARCH)
Eun-Jeong Lee (PSYCH)
Dietmar Rempfer* (MMAE)
Kui Ren (ECE)
Matthew Spenko (MMAE)
Sammy Tin (MMAE)
Benxin Wu (MMAE)
*Joint
Starr Research Fellowship and the Fieldhouse Research Fellowship
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2008
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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2008 Fieldhouse Winners:
Maria Alonso del Pino (ECE)
Yong Chen (CS)
Jing Huang (ChBE)
2008 Starr Winner:
Vimal Paritosh
Research Scholarship
DEADLINE: 2009-2010 Dates TBD
A limited number of merit-based scholarships are available to students who are starting their Ph.D. programs at IIT in the Fall 2009 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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2008-2009 Research Scholarships Winners:
Rodrigo Rodriguez (AM)
Amy McCarty (BME)
Jeffrey Rebacz (ECE)
Office of Research Compliance and Proposal Development
Main Building,
Room 301
312.567.7135
orcpd@iit.edu