What is the Faculty Innovation Fund?
The Faculty Innovation Fund (FIF) provides financial support for innovative projects that seek to improve the recruitment, retention, career progression, mentorship, leadership development, and/or well-being of Penn faculty. Projects may take different forms, including research and assessment, conferences and events, and faculty development programs.
Selected proposals will advance Penn’s commitment to “grow[ing] opportunity and strengthen[ing] affinity,” as articulated in our strategic framework, and:
- Be designed to improve the recruitment, retention, career progression, mentorship, leadership development, and/or well-being of Penn faculty;
- Promote collaboration across disciplines, departments, and/or Schools, and
- Generate insights that can be used to improve Penn’s faculty-related policies and practices.
Penn faculty with the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in any track are eligible to apply. Proposals must include a one-to-one match between the School and the Office of the Provost. The maximum award per grant is $10,000.
The spring 2025 application portal will open in March.