Research Support

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)
• 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

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