Awards and funding

Junior Faculty Development Awards

The Provost’s Office accepts applications each fall for Junior Faculty Development awards funded by IBM and R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc.

Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves

The Provost’s Office accepts applications each fall for competitive Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves funded by Kenan, Pogue, William R. Kenan, Jr., William N. Reynolds, and R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.

• The deadline to apply for Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves for Academic Year 2023-2024 has passed. Information about applying for Academic Year 2024-2025 will be posted here in Fall 2023.
• Please contact Susan Williams in the Provost’s Office at SusanT_Williams@unc.edu or (919) 962-7061 with questions or problems regarding the application process.

University Distinguished Professorships

These various professorships recognize exceptional faculty members with records of scholarly and educational distinction.

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The Nannerl O. Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship

This professorship seeks to fund proposals that allow UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University to work together to extend their capacity in specific areas.

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C. Felix Harvey Award

This award honors faculty whose proposals best embody the humanities and/or social sciences methods or approaches that directly and positively impact constituencies outside the University.

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University Teaching Awards

The University Committee on Teaching Awards strongly encourages you to nominate deserving faculty members and graduate teaching assistants for distinguished teaching awards.

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