Research Internal Funding Programs Update

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for all you are doing to serve our communities in the face of this health crisis by staying at home when at all possible and working to advance research and creative activity to combat this insidious virus and its negative effects on lives across the globe.

Understanding that the majority of work funded by research internal funding programs requires coming together face-to-face and/or travel, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at IUPUI, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at IU Bloomington have temporarily delayed all internal funding competitions and funding decisions unrelated to COVID-19 until such time that social distance and travel restrictions are eased, if not lifted entirely.

Until then, requests for modest funding for work specifically related to scientific, economic, social, policy, humanistic, and artistic responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic can be sent to vpr@iu.edu and will be considered on an ad-hoc basis.

We know that current recipients and applicants for VPR, OVPR, and OVCR internal funding programs will have questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us at vpr@iu.edu.

Thank you for your understanding, and be well as we work through this unprecedented time together.

Sherry Knighton-Schwandt
Executive Director for Research Development
Office of the Vice President for Research
Indiana University