College of Engineering
Faculty Mini-Grant Program

Revised October 2022

Program description:

Goal: To help faculty manage unforeseen or difficult circumstances that arise (COVID-19 and beyond)

Eligibility: Open to full-time TT/T and CT faculty with a primary appointment in the College of Engineering.

Amount: Up to $5000 per award

Number of awards: Depends on available funds

Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to, the following:

Criteria for selection

The expense should not have been foreseen or expected under reasonable circumstances, and/or not supported by other typical funding sources.
The expense should help the faculty member perform their job.
Preference will be given to those who have not received a mini-grant before.

Application and selection process

Faculty member completes questions 2-14 in this Qualtrics survey. Note: Pages 2 and 3 of this document lists the questions included on the Qualtrics survey. Faculty should not complete this form but instead access the Qualtrics survey to submit their request.
When Department Chair’s email is selected in question 14, an email is sent to the Department chair for their input.
The Department Chair will be able to view the responses provided by the faculty member in questions 2-14.
Department Chair completes questions 15 and 16 of the Qualtrics survey.
Review committee reviews requests on the second Tuesday of each month. The review committee is appointed by the Dean to include the ADAA, a senior faculty member, and a representative external to the College who has equity/inclusion perspective (e.g., from UD-ADVANCE).
The review committee makes a recommendation to the Dean about whether to fund, and if so, at what amount.
Dean makes final decision

Questions

If you have questions or would like to discuss a possible mini-grant proposal idea, please contact the
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at eg-acadaff@udel.edu.

Past Awardees