Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF)
The objective of the ERIF program is to provide seed funding to initiate innovative multi-investigator, multidisciplinary research and education programs that will use the results obtained during the project period for developing proposals seeking external funding. Proposals on new research and education concepts that are multidisciplinary in scope are solicited.
DEADLINE - yearly on March 7th- if the deadline should occur on a weekend or a national holiday, submissions will be due the following business day.
WISER CSFG Program
WISER Issues Request for Proposals for 2024 CSFG Program (formerly ISFG)
DEADLINE– Illinois Tech's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) has issued a Request for Proposals for the 2024 Cross-disciplinary Seed Funding Grants (CSFG) program. Proposals must be submitted electronically by close of business (5:00 pm, CT) on Mon., April 1, 2024, to the Office of Sponsored Research, in conformance with the WISER 2024 CSFG Proposal Submission Guidelines (download at link provided below).
Important Note: WISER 2024 Guidelines for Submission contain procedures (specifically including PI eligibility requirements and Cayuse routing form/submission instructions) that should be read closely before submission.
View WISER 2024 CSFG Proposal Submission Guidelines
All questions should be directed to Margaret Murphy (murphym@iit.edu, 708.268.1458).
PI: D. Lampert (CAEE), L. Kang PI: A. Mostafaei (MMAE), Y. Mao (Chem) Project Title: "Advanced Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Intermetallic Compounds"
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Starr Research Fellowship/Fieldhouse Research Fellowship
Eligibility is now for all Illinois Tech students currently enrolled in a Master of Science or Doctoral program.
Merit based research scholarships made possible through a generous donation from the Starr Foundation and IIT's capital campaign match to honor Mr. Irv Fieldhouse.
DEADLINE – yearly on March 14th- if the deadline should occur on a weekend or a national holiday, submissions will be due the following business day.
Click here for the application packet and additional information
Awards and Prizes
Sigma Xi/IIT Awards for Excellence in University Research
Awards will be granted in recognition of the recipients’ significant accomplishments in research, scholarship, or creative activity while teaching or studying at IIT. Full-time faculty members and full-time graduate students at IIT are eligible for consideration.
To be considered for a Sigma Xi award, the faculty member or graduate student must be nominated by an IIT faculty member.
DEADLINE – yearly on February 28th- if the deadline should occur on a weekend or a national holiday, submissions will be due the following business day.
Information on the nomination process can be found here.
Toprani Undergraduate Research Award
Subodh K. Toprani (BS ’77, MS’82) and Shraddha Toprani have provided a generous donation to Illinois Tech. The purpose of the Toprani Undergraduate Research Award is to provide financial assistance to international undergraduate students or co-terminal students for summer semester research projects. The award will provide funding to one or more undergraduate student(s) in the amount of $5,500 for the summer.
DEADLINE – yearly on March 21st- if the deadline should occur on a weekend or a national holiday, submissions will be due the following business day.