In October 2006, The Institute, along with the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, launched the sisters fund, an innovative program to support vital projects that address global health issues related to women and gender. It is the first time in U-M's history that a research fund, primarily financed by women, is being dedicated to increase our understanding of women's health and related gender concerns. Grants, varying in size from $500 to $10,000, will be awarded to University of Michigan researchers engaged in projects focused on these challenges.
Call for proposals PDF.
Call for proposals Word file.
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Global Health Program aim to support innovative multidisciplinary global health scholarship with a focus
on gender, advancing an agenda that is complementary to the University of Michigan's Global
Health and Research Training Initiative (UM-GHRT).
The Institute for Research on Women and the Gender and Global Health Program are initiating a competition
to provide seed funding of $3000 - $7000 to facilitate innovative, collaborative, and high quality
research in the field of gender and global health.
PDF with complete information.
Faculty Seed Grant application.
The Program of Faculty Support for Scholarly Activities on Women and Gender supports a range of scholarly activities on women or gender with grants ranging from $500 to $10,000. Its goal is to enhance disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship on women and gender at the University of Michigan. Support may be requested for individual scholarly activities (e.g., travel to research sites, purchase of research materials such as books, microfilms, or other items, research assistance) and for collaborative projects (e.g., pilot or initial research efforts, study groups, conference planning and implementation).
The following criteria play some role in the award process.
This program was initiated in 1996.
Application Guidelines are now
available.