APPLYING FOR FRANKE FACULTY GRANTS

DATES

The Spring deadline for applications is 11:59pm on Friday, April 24, 2026. Proposals will be vetted by the Franke’s Governing Board at the end of the Spring quarter. At this Spring meeting, proposals will be considered for funding for the academic years 2026-27 and 2027-28 and beyond (for multi-year grants). 

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Proposals for Franke Faculty Grants are accepted during Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters every year. In general, we recommend applying at least two quarters in advance of the project start date (e.g., in winter quarter for a summer project).

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CONTENTS

Applications should include all information that will enable members of the Franke Board to evaluate the intention and reach of your project.  A proposal of about five pages is usually sufficient. Please include a brief account (with a project title) of the primary research question(s) that the project will address and/or modes of community engagement it will foster; a plan with a timeline for how the project will attain its objectives; a list of faculty participants (with their titles, departments, institutions, and brief descriptions of their research); and a tentative budget including an itemized estimate of costs and of any funds to be contributed from other sources at UChicago or elsewhere.  

  

The Franke Institute is eager to help in the planning and application process, and happy to look at draft proposals prior to the final application.

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Subject to availability, substantially larger awards may be available for ambitious and/or collaborative humanistic research projects, especially if they are not covered by other UChicago funding sources (e.g. the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society or the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry). Please inquire to Richard Neer (rtneer@uchicago.edu), Mai Vukcevich (mav@uchicago.edu) or Margot Browning (mb31@uchicago.edu).

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For more information, please visit the section about past and current Franke Faculty Grants.

 

Please submit your proposal to the Franke Institute’s Call for Proposals for Franke Faculty Grants on the University’s InfoReady platform. To log in to the University’s secure InfoReady portal, please use your CNetID and password.

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Please note that the ongoing program of Franke Event Grants continues as usual; the customary Call for Event Proposals will be circulated at the beginning of Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters.