The University Research Foundation (URF) is now accepting grant applications for the October 14, 2022 deadline. The URF is an intramural funding program that provides up to $75,000 support for research projects and up to $3,000 for conference support. The URF provides seed funding for research activities that are expected to lead to external sponsorship...

Fall 2019 University Research Foundation Awards In the recent Fall 2019 cycle of Penn’s internally funded University Research Foundation, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced research, conference and impact seminar awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below. URF Conference and Impact Seminar Support are noted...

SPRING 2019: URF Awards In the recent Spring 2019 cycle of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation, URF, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below. Conference and Impact Seminar Support are noted with an asterisk (*). Jaimo Ahn, PSOM, Characterization...

Fall 2018 University Research Foundation Awards The Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards (Conference and Seminar Support denoted by *) for the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below. Fall 2018 University Research Foundation Awards Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano, SAS, Poetics of Empire: Literature and Political Culture at the Early...

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research manages a number of internal funding opportunities on behalf of the University as well as access to external funding opportunities.

Spring 2018 University Research Foundation Awards The Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards (Conference and Seminar Support denoted by *) for the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below. Spring 2018 University Research Foundation Awards Erol Akçay, Biology, SAS, Evolution of social and genomic complexity *Daud Ali, South...

Fall 2017 University Research Foundation Awards In the recent Fall 2017 cycle of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation, URF Conference and Impact Seminar Support (noted with *), the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below, including over $400,000 to the...