05/22/2025
By Anne Maglia

The Office of Research Development (ORD) offers several internal funding opportunities to support faculty in advancing their research and scholarship. We are now accepting proposals for the Researchers and Scholars Investment (RSI) Fund.

Starting in May 2025, the RSI fund will accept applications on a rolling basis and, while all requests for funding will be considered, we are especially interested in:

  • Applicants without any current grant funding, start-up, or Research Investment Funds (RIF) available;
  • Bridge support for ongoing research activities disrupted by federal funding cuts;
  • Early career faculty projects;
  • New projects with strong potential competitiveness for future non-federal funding opportunities (e.g. industry, state, and philanthropic funders).

The Office of Research Development will fund up to $5,000 per project for a 1-year award period.

Applications will be accepted through InfoReady on a rolling basis starting May 21, 2025 until RSI funds are exhausted. Funded projects will commence within 1-2 months of proposal submission.

On InfoReady, you may download the full solicitation under “Supporting Documents.” Please review the solicitation thoroughly for eligibility, guidelines and proposal requirements. Please also review the guidelines for all ORD-sponsored funding.

For any questions, please email RD@uml.edu. Thank you.