The IRWG Faculty Seed Grant program, established in 1996, supports disciplinary and interdisciplinary faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality. Support may be requested for individual activities, such as research assistance, research-related travel, or research materials. We also support collaborative projects, such as pilot studies or initial research efforts. While providing funds for new and … Read more
IRWG’s Feminist Research Pathway Grant is aimed at helping to disseminate completed research to a wider audience. Unlike a Faculty Seed Grant or IRWG Incubator, the Feminist Research Pathway Grant does not fund ongoing research, but rather aims to publicize or promote findings, conclusions, and recommendations generated by research. In particular, we want to support … Read more
The Joan Schafer Research Faculty Award in Sport, Fitness, and Disability supports projects investigating how living with any type of disability influences access to, and participation in, physical activity and sport. Top funding priorities are projects that have real-world application in public health and/or clinic-based settings. This award accepts proposals that address any type of … Read more
Faculty members, postdoctoral scholars, and researchers from other institutions around the nation and the world, whose work focuses on women or gender may aqcuire a guest appointment at IRWG for up to one academic year, without funding. Visiting scholars are generally on sabbatical from their home institutions (that is, the title is not designed for … Read more
IRWG provides limited financial support to other University of Michigan departments who are organizing one-time events, such as lectures, symposia, performances or exhibits that directly relate to research on women, gender and/or sexuality. As a co-sponsor or financial supporter, IRWG provides funding and cross-promotion for events. Event planning labor (e.g., venue rental, speaker travel) is … Read more
IRWG Incubators invigorate and extend interdisciplinary connections and research agendas around women, gender, or sexuality. IRWG Incubators (formerly called “Faculty Led Programs”) provide structure for a focused, collective examination of a particular area or topic related to women, gender, and/or sexuality. Priority will be given to proposals that gather faculty together around a previously underfunded … Read more