The Office of Research and Graduate Studies
Chronological Calendar of Internal College and University Competitions and Awards
Award |
Deadline |
Budgets in the schools
and departments |
NO DEADLINES: AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT ACADEMIC YEAR UNTIL ALL FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED |
Budget in the Office
of Research and Graduate Studies |
|
Global Travel Fund
|
|
FALL |
|
Penn State Alumni
Society Alumni Interest Group
|
noms. solicited in fall |
OCTOBER |
|
Distinguished Professorships |
October 1 |
Team-Teaching Across
the Disciplines |
begin. of October |
College Faculty Research Grants |
mid-October |
Individual Faculty
Grant Program |
mid-October |
Distinguished Alumni Awards |
mid-October |
Tuition Grant-in-Aid |
mid-October for spring semester |
Evan Pugh Professorships |
last third of October in odd-no. years |
Eisenhower, Atherton,
and Alumni Teaching Fellow
|
late October |
NOVEMBER |
|
Resident Scholars
and Artists Programs |
begin. of November |
Graduate Assistant Award for Outstanding Teaching |
begin. of November |
Graduate Alumni Association Dissertation Awards |
begin. of November |
Graduate Faculty Teaching Award (Grad. Sch.) |
begin. of November |
Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award |
begin. of November |
Funding of Interdisciplinary
Groups |
mid-November |
Waddell Biggart Graduate Fellowships |
mid-November |
President's Award for Engagement with Students
|
late November |
DECEMBER |
|
Alumni Achievement
Awards |
December 1 |
Barash Award for Human Service |
begin. of December |
McKay Donkin Award |
begin. of December |
Award for Administrative Excellence |
begin. of December |
Staff Excellence Award |
begin of December |
Staff Support Award |
begin. of December |
Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award |
begin. of December |
Program Innovation Fund |
December 1 |
Enhancement Funds for Summer Sessions |
until December 1 |
W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Awards for Faculty, Staff, Grad. and Undergrad. Students |
beginning of December |
Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement |
early December |
Penn State Award for Faculty Outreach |
mid-December |
Honorary Alumni Awards |
mid-December |
Alumni Fellow Awards
|
mid-December |
JANUARY |
|
Graduate Exhibition (Performance Option, Visual Arts Exhibit, and Poster Exhibits) |
early January |
College Staff Award for Outstanding Service |
end of January |
College Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching |
end of January |
President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration |
early January |
Graham Endowed Fellowships |
January to early April |
Block-Grant Funds |
January to early April |
Bunton-Waller Graduate Awards Program
|
mid-Jan. to mid-April |
FEBRUARY |
|
Undergraduate Exhibition |
beginning of February |
Frisbey International
Student Award |
beginning of February |
Roy C. Buck Award |
early February |
University Graduate Fellowships |
February 1 for units |
College Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching
|
mid-February |
SELECTION MADE IN SPRING |
|
Outstanding Alumni Council Member Award
|
|
MARCH |
|
Individual Faculty
Grant Program |
beginning of March |
CELT's Fund for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (FELT) |
mid-March |
Graduate Student
Summer Residency Program |
mid-March |
Academic Computing Fellowships |
mid-March |
Tuition Grant-in-Aid |
mid-March for Summer |
Summer Tuition Assistance Program for Graduate Teaching Assistants |
before the end of March |
Penn State Educational Office Professionals (PSEOP) Award
|
end of March |
APRIL |
|
College Incentives and Innovations Fund |
April |
Penn State Alumni Chapter Awards |
end of April |
National Service
Week Project Award |
end of April |
Affiliate Program Group Achievement Award |
end of April |
Alumni Interest Group Achievement Award |
end of April |
Penn State Alumni Society PRIDE Achievement Award
|
end of April |
MAY |
|
Program Innovation Fund
|
beginning of May |
JUNE |
|
Tuition Grant-in-Aid |
mid-June for fall semester |
Generally, deadlines for receipt of applications for funding external to Penn State occur in the fall of the year. There are some notable exceptions, however:
- NEH Summer Stipends: Campus Competition at Penn State in early September to select two proposals to forward to Washington
- NEH Faculty Fellowships: May 1
- Faculty Fulbright grants: August 1 for the following academic year (e.g., August 1, 2004 for the 2005-06 academic year)
