General Research Fund
The General Research Fund is a competitive award program that provides funding for the advancement of the university's research program. The Office of Research provides funds to each school or college and assists in the administration of these funds.
The Vice Chancellor for Research has delegated to each entity the responsibility for awarding these funds. Each entity determines proposal criteria and has its own review committee, application process and submission deadline. The Faculty Senate Research Committee is responsible for reviewing reports submitted by each school or college outlining the progress each entity has made in meeting its research goals. The allocation of funds to all entities for the following three-year period will be determined by this review.
Each faculty member on the Lawrence campus is eligible to submit one GRF proposal to their school or college as the principal investigator. Awards are based on the merit of the proposal, which includes the scholarly excellence of the proposal and its benefit to the university and to the individual researcher.
Each entity may add additional proposal criteria as they deem appropriate. All funds are awarded for a one-year period (July 1 to June 30) and may be used for summer salary, student or GRA salary, supplies and travel. The State of Kansas does not allow payment of tuition with these funds.
Contact + submission information
Mahbub Rashid
mrashid@ku.edu
785-864-4405
Submission deadline: March 3, 2023
Charly Edmonds
cedmonds@ku.edu
785-864-3841
Submission deadline: Jan. 20, 2023
Includes the School of the Arts; Behavioral; Humanities; and Life, Physical & Social Sciences
Nick Syrett
syrett@ku.edu
785-864-2311
Mercedes Bounthapanya
m.bounthapanya@ku.edu
785-864-7608
Submission deadline: Visit the College's website
Lisa Wolf-Wendel
lwolf@ku.edu
785-864-9722
Dina Evans
dpevans@ku.edu
785-864-0546
Submission deadline: Feb. 24, 2023
Suzanne Shontz
shontz@ku.edu
785-864-8816
Submission deadline: Feb. 17, 2023
Hyunjin Seo
hseo@ku.edu
785-864-7612
Submission deadline: Feb. 17, 2023
Jessica Brown
jessicabrown@ku.edu
785-864-4777
Submission deadline: Feb. 17, 2023
Elspeth Healey
ehealey@ku.edu
785-864-1229
Submission deadline: Feb. 27, 2023
Terri Morris
tlmorris@ku.edu
785-864-3422
Submission deadline: Feb. 3, 2023
Rick Dobrowsky
dobrowsky@ku.edu
785-864-3531
Submission deadline: Feb. 10, 2023
Elenor Crangle
ecrangle@ku.edu
785-864-5201
Submission deadline: Feb. 14, 2023