Funding Opportunities : College Level

College of Media and Entertainment

CME MT-IGO – College of Media and Entertainment

MTSU’s MT-IGO awards were intended originally to provide seed funding for tenured and tenure-track faculty in the preliminary stages of a larger research or creative activity agenda or program, in preparation to compete for subsequent external funding to support the continuation and amplification of their scholarship. Given the limited availability of external grant funding opportunities in the media and entertainment area, the CME MT-IGO in the spirit of the original intent of the grant, requires the use of the grant as seed money but only requires the identification and subsequent application to ONE external funding source.

For the 2024-25 transition, the program will have only one grant cycle but in subsequent years or starting with academic year 2025-2026, the program will have two grant-making cycles per year, in September and March. For both grant-making cycles, NEW submissions and RESUBMISSIONS of those not funded in September or March will be accepted. This provides applicants who have revised and wish to resubmit their proposals based on committee evaluation another chance to get grant funding.

CME Research and MT-IGO Review Committee:
Dr. Trevor deClercq
Professor, Department of Recording Industry
Dr. Jun Zhang
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Strategic Media
Prof. Allie Sultan
Professor, Department of Media Arts

Coordinator:
Dr. Zeny Sarabia-Panol
zeny.panol@mtsu.edu
615-898-2695

Accountant:
Dana Potter
dana.potter@mtsu.edu
615-898-5171

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College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

TBA

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College of Liberal Arts

The College of Liberal Arts has established the Research/Creative Activity Fund to supplement or enhance existing funding in support of CLA faculty research/creative activity. Awards up to $500 may be administered. Individuals may receive only one award per academic year.

Funds will be administered by a three-person committee appointed by the CLA Dean.  The committee will include one faculty member from each of the college pillars: arts, social sciences, and humanities.

Review of funding applications will take place three times annually:

• 3^rd Monday of the Fall semester
• 3^rd Monday of the Spring Semester
• Monday following Spring Commencement

Successful applications will demonstrate a benefit of the activity to the applicant’s teaching and/or service portfolio and will include evidence of other funding sources beyond the CLA Research/Creative Activity Fund.  Faculty must include a brief statement of support from their department chair, attached in the Supporting Documentation section of the Funding Request Application.

CLA Faculty Research/Creative Activity Fund – College of Liberal Arts

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College of Education

The College of Education is launching a new internal funding program, the College of Education Internal Grant Opportunity (COE-IGO). Proposals are due by email to ryan.jones@mtsu.edu by the end of day on November 12th, and the COE Research Committee will announce awards by November 22nd. 
 

$1,000 Seed money for a project that aims to pursue a small external grant (up to $25,000) 
$1,500 Seed money for a project that aims to pursue a medium external grant (between $25,000 and $100,000)
$2,000 Seed money for a project that aims to pursue a large external grant(more than $100,000)
*Each individual proposal can request up to the budget limit.*

$2,500 to support a collaborative, interdisciplinary project that aims to pursue a medium or large external grant. 
 
*Each collaborative proposal can request up to the budget limit OR up to 3 hours of release time for the PI to work on the project.*

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College of Basic and Applied Sciences

TBA

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University College

TBA

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