Faculty Research Funding Opportunities

At Columbian College, faculty take advantage of a variety of internal and external funding opportunities to facilitate research while encouraging scholarship and cross-disciplinary innovation.

The Columbian College Office of Research provides opportunities, forms, policies, events and more for CCAS faculty.

For updates on research at GW, visit the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Internal Funding Opportunities

• CCAS Facilitating Funds (CCFF)
• The CCAS Dean’s Research Excellence Award for Mentoring (DREAM)
• Nick-of-Time Impact Microgrants
• CCAS Dean's Research Chair
• Dean’s Innovative Cross-Disciplinary Excellence (DICE) Award
• CCAS Enhanced Faculty Travel Award
• Humanities Seminar Series (PDF)
• University Facilitating Fund (UFF)
• Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund (CDRF)
• The GW International Research Program

Top External Funding Agencies

• National Science Foundation
• National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Department of Energy
• Smithsonian Institution
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Office of Naval Research
• Simons Foundation
• The Wenner-Gren Foundation
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Park Services
• The Urban Institute
• William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
• Abt Associates Incorporated
• U.S. Department of Justice
• Space Telescope Science Institute
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation