The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) announced the Skyhawk Research Development and Infrastructure Program, a new competitive grant opportunity designed to strengthen research and scholarly capacity at UT Martin.
Funded by the UT System and administered by the ORSP, this program provides strategic, catalytic funding to full-time UT Martin faculty who need a boost to pursue their research ideas.
Whether researching faculty members need equipment, student research assistants, faculty buyout time, travel support to present at conferences, or resources to build collaborations across departments and campuses, this program is designed to support those research ideas and projects.
Key details include:
• Allowable uses of funds: Research equipment and infrastructure (like lab instruments, shared computing and field equipment).
• Student research assistants and limited technical personnel support.
• Course buyout or reduced teaching load to focus on scholarship.
• Travel to conferences, symposia or collaborating institutions.
• Pilot studies and preliminary data collection for external grant proposals.
• Collaborative projects spanning UT Martin departments, regional centers or other UT campuses.
About $100,000 will be available annually to fund awards, with up to $75,000 for equipment and infrastructure expenses and up to $25,000 for activity expenses (personnel, travel or pilot work).
Projects should run six to 12 months from the award date, for one competitive cycle per year, with annual cycles anticipated through 2031.
The deadline to apply is Thursday, Oct. 15.
All full-time faculty (tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty with research or scholarly expectations) based at UT Martin are eligible to apply. Faculty teams collaborating across departments, regional centers or UT campuses are strongly encouraged to apply.
To access the application and review the full program guidelines, visit this website.
For more information, contact the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at orsp@utm.edu or call 731-881-7015.
