Awards and funding

Current Opportunities

Senior Faculty Research & Scholarly Leaves
These competitive leaves are offered each fall to senior faculty.
Junior Faculty Development Awards
These competitive leaves are offered each fall to junior faculty.
University Teaching Awards
Each year, the University recognizes faculty, staff and students for outstanding teaching.
LGBTQ Funding
Applications accepted year-round - The Provost's Committee on LGBTQ Life offers financial support for speakers, colloquia, performances, and other professional activities and innovative programs.

University Distinguished Professorships
These various professorships recognize exceptional faculty members with records of scholarly and educational distinction.
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.
Junior Faculty Development Awards & Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves
These competitive leaves are offered each fall to junior and senior faculty.
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.
Performing Arts Special Activities Fund
The PASAF supports projects and activities that provide quality performing arts that enhance the creative and cultural environment of our University community and have significant impact on life and learning at UNC.

25 earn 2020 University Teaching Awards
The University Committee on Teaching Awards encourages students to nominate deserving faculty and graduate teaching assistants for the awards.
2019 Distinguished Professorships
Seven faculty members have been selected in 2019 to receive distinguished professorships.
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