Amherst College Funding/Support for the Faculty's Research, Scholarship, Creative Work, and Teaching
The Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty administers institutional grant and fellowship programs for the Faculty. Internal Funding/Support includes the following:
- External Mentoring Program for Tenure-Track Faculty
- Faculty Entertainment Allowance
- Opportunities for Faculty Exchange Abroad
- Funding for Gregory S. Call Academic Interns
- Funding for Pedagogical Innovation
- Interest-free Loans for Computer Purchases
- Relevant Forms
- Funding for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work
- Research Support Funds Spending Policy
- FRAP Online Application
- Faculty Research Award Program Guidelines(FRAP)
- Fellowships and other Sabbatic Leave Support
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Support for Faculty/Student Research
- Funds to Support Lectures
- Funding to Support Teaching and Course Development and Enrichment
- See information about the Topping Up Policy
- Funding for Research and Travel
- Insurance: Health & Emergency Medical Assistance
- Twelve-Passenger Van Available to Support Academic Class Travel
- Information about Sabbatic Leaves
- Dayton Environmental Science (funding for courses, seminars, and equipment in the area of environmental science
- Dean of the Faculty's Small Grants (up to $1,000) for Research and (up to $1,500) for Travel
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Amherst is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), an affiliation that offers the college’s faculty many benefits. The NCFDD is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students. More information is available on the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity website. Faculty who have questions about the NCFDD or its offerings reach out to Professors Solsiree Del Moral or Sheila Jaswal, faculty eequity and inclusion officers. Please contact Associate Provost Pawan Dhingra to learn more about the NCFDD Faculty Success Program ("bootcamp"). The provost's office offers full support for participation in this program.