Interdisciplinary Faculty Programs

Description: 

The Interdisciplinary Faculty Program supports international, cross-campus research at Berkeley.  Proposals that bring together faculty from different departments and disciplines will be given priority consideration in funding decisions.  

Supported activities: The main purpose of the grant is to generate group conversations at Berkeley that are led by faculty who find a particular theme intellectually compelling.  Applicants should consider an approach that would bring as wide a Berkeley community into the conversation as possible, and group members must come from at least two different departments.  The maximum number of faculty members per group is four, and groups should appoint a coordinator.  IIS will support a required bimonthly meeting of the group to which three outside speakers may be invited each semester.  Speaker travel will be funded by the grant from IIS.
 
Requirements of Grantees: Grantees are expected to attend all bimonthly meetings of the group.  Grantees must submit a finalized schedule of outside speakers to IIS at the beginning of the semester.  Any events (outside speaker lectures, conferences, etc.) should be free and open to the public.  The grants to any one group will not run for more than two years.  An evaluation of the colloquia will be carried out at the end of the first year to assess whether the second year should be supported.  Proposals should mention if the culmination of the series could result in the publication of a book, an edited volume, or a special issue of a journal, which may also be supported by IIS.  
 
Application Details: 

The IIS Faculty Grant Committee will review all applications.  Proposals should include:

1.  Cover sheet (see attachment below)  with the research theme and Group Coordinator specified;
2.  A project narrative which describes the nature of the interdisciplinary project and its scholarly importance (2 pages max);
3.  A project budget, including a brief narrative (200 words max) and a detailed breakdown of costs;
4.  Faculty CVs. 
 
Submission:  Please e-mail all required application components (as detailed above) as one .pdf document to iis.grants@berkeley.edu. 
 
Interdisciplinary Faculty Program Cover Sheet.pdf
Eligibility: 
Only senate faculty and lecturers are eligible. Visiting professors may participate in the colloquia, but will not receive individual research funding.
Award Amount: 
The maximum amount available for each series will be $30,000.
Application Deadline: 
Wednesday, November 30, 2011