The Office of Research administers various intramural funding competitions to support the research of eligible tenured and tenure-track faculty members. Eligibility, deadlines and requirements differ for each intramural program, so please carefully read the information and resources posted below.
Please email ORIntramural@odu.edu with any questions.
The purpose of the Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP) is to provide seed money for research and future scholarly effort primarily for non-tenured tenure track faculty. It is expected that these awards will result in external grants, journal publications, manuscript publication, or display of artistic work. Eligible applicants are tenure-track and tenured Old Dominion University faculty.
Due Date: Submit to your Dean - November 27, 2023; Deans submit to Office of Research - December 20, 2023
A new RFP for 2024-25 will be posted for the new academic year. Please refer to the previous year's solicitation for details until then.
If interested, please read and complete the Summer Research Fellowship Program 2023-2024 Solicitation
The Junior Faculty Mentoring Program (JFMP) supports ODU faculty-to-faculty mentoring, pairing a senior faculty member with a track record of extramural funding with a junior tenure-track faculty member who wants to be mentored and commits to submitting a competitive funding proposal at the end of the mentoring period. A newer program, the 2015 recipients are the first.
Due Date: March 20, 2024
Junior Faculty Research Mentoring Program 2024-2025 Solicitation and Application Packet
The goal of the Faculty Proposal Preparation Program (FP3) is to help faculty submit high-quality, competitive proposals to external funding agencies by financially assisting the colleges to release a faculty member from one course of their teaching commitment during the semester.
Due Date: February 26, 2024
Faculty Proposal Preparation Program 2024-2025 Solicitation and Application Packet
The Old Dominion University Office of Undergraduate Research, part of the Division of Research and Economic Development, offers grants to support one-year pilot projects in research and other creative work activities. These projects are designed to provide undergraduate students with authentic research and creative activity experiences as a primary objective. Eligible applicants include research faculty, tenured faculty, and tenure-track faculty.
For the next 2025-2026 academic year, this program will evolve into a more robust initiative aligned with the new offerings planned by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Stay tuned for updates on these initiatives and the upcoming launch of the new “PURS” program.
- Questions should be directed to Orlando Ayala, PhD (oayala@odu.edu)
- Due Date: January 31, 2025
- Program for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Program 2025-2026 Solicitation and Application Packet
The Office of Research no longer funds some intramural programs.
- Summer Experience Enhancing Collaborative Research (SEECR)
- Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program (MSF)
- Research Seed Funding Program (RSFP)
- Read a letter from Dr. Morris Foster, Vice President for Research, about the discontinued Research Seed Funding Program.