Barnard College provides internal grant support through its Grants Committee.
Grants Committee
The Faculty Grants Committee, comprised of six elected faculty members, reviews and recommends the recipients of the President' Research Award, minigrants, travel grants, the Special Assistant Professor Leave program, and the Gildersleeve Professorship. The Committee also advises the Provost on policies and practices related to internal grants. All questions about the Committee or the College's grant policies should be directed to the Associate Provost, Angela Haddad.
Presidential Research Award
The program provides $100,000 that is divided among three to six faculty research projects. The projects should expand knowledge, probe new ground, and have the potential for major impact; build upon a faculty member’s record of productivity and creativity; and culminate in scholarly publication(s), with broader dissemination desirable as well—connecting Barnard to New York City, the nation, the world.
Minigrants
Small grants of up to $8000 for a two year project that fund pilot projects that will eventually result in major sponsored research grant proposals and small scholarly projects that would not qualify for external grants either because of their size or subject matter. For more information see the guidelines.
Conference Travel Grants
$4,000 (plus $1,000 international supplement) available over a two year period for faculty to travel and present at scholarly conferences. For more information see the guidelines.
Special Assistant Professor Leaves
Minigrants available for Special Assistant Professor Leaves for writing and research (awardees must be demonstrably excellent undergraduate teachers in addition to showing promise of development as scholars of university stature, as confirmed by the department’s third-year review).
Gildersleeve Professorships
The Virginia C. Gildersleeve Fund was made possible by a gift fund from the Barnard Alumnae Association in 1957, on the occasion of Miss Gildersleeve's eightieth birthday. The fund is used to bring visiting scholars, preferably women from abroad, to the Barnard campus. Gildersleeve Professors may come to Barnard either for a full semester or, as has been more generally the case in recent years, for a single week in which they deliver a public lecture, attend a dinner in their honor given by the Provost/Dean of the Faculty, and engage in other activities arranged by the hosting academic department. Selection is made by the Grants Committee. Nominations are solicited from faculty members by the Provost/Dean of the Faculty in the fall through an announcement in the Barnard Newsletter.
