Research Funding Opportunities: August 22, 2025
Category: All
First Opportunity
- Sponsor: The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Funding Opportunity Title: AEJMC Senior Scholars Program 2025 Research Grants
- Key words: Journalism, Mass communication
- Link to RFP: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77cf-ee3c-4567-8d73-3a959793d95b/UploadedImages/2025_AEJMC_Senior_Scholars_Grant_Call.pdf
- Deadline: Deadline for submitting proposals is Oct. 1, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
- Funding available: Up to 2 awards of a maximum of $5,000 each and $750 for each selected proposal to assist scholars with travel expenses to the AEJMC 2026 conference in New Orleans, LA.
- Period of performance: Proposals should be completed by February 2027
- Program Background: The AEJMC Senior Scholars Program is designed to support researchers in a wide area of study. These funds may support research assistants, travel to research centers or relevant locations, or pay for supplies and services associated with the research. This program seeks to recognize senior (typically tenured) scholars who aim to engage in extended research projects. For at least one of the two awards, priority will be given to a project that requires travel.
- Program Objective: The proposed topic should center on Journalism and Mass Communication and related disciplines. Topics in related disciplines should also include a central element within mass communication.
- NOTE:
- Members holding an endowed professorship or an endowed chair are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be current AEJMC members. Check your membership status before you submit your proposal. Proposals submitted by non-members, or members whose memberships are not current, will be eliminated from the competition.
- Only one proposal per person will be considered. (If you submit as part of a team, that is the only proposal you may submit.)
- The program is looking for proposals from senior faculty members teaching full-time (preferably tenured)
- The proposal should include a demonstration of past research success and the likelihood that this project can be completed by February 2027.
- Funds may not be used for university indirect costs or PI stipend.
Second Opportunity
- Sponsor: The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Funding Opportunity Title: AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program 2026 Research Grants
- Key words: Journalism, Mass communication
- Link to RFP: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77cf-ee3c-4567-8d73-3a959793d95b/UploadedImages/2025_AEJMC_Emerging_Scholars_Grant_Call.pdf
- Deadline: Deadline for submitting proposals is October 1, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
- Funding available: Up to 4 research or teaching proposals of a maximum of $3,500 each and $500 for each selected proposal to assist scholars with travel expenses to the AEJMC 2026 conference in New Orleans, LA.
- Period of performance: Proposals must be completed by February 1, 2027
- Program Background: The AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program is designed to develop and nurture JMC teachers and researchers by fostering an intellectually stimulating environment. This program’s mission is to identify, encourage and recognize some of AEJMC’s most promising emerging scholars by providing funding for research or teaching projects. If requested, proposals selected for funding will be matched with a recognized scholar to serve as a mentor throughout the project. The mentor would serve as a resource and sounding board for the project. Proposals should outline an individual’s own significant research or teaching project. Proposals may also be submitted by a research team, which would share the award amount if selected.
- Program Objective: The proposed topic should center on Journalism and Mass Communication and related disciplines. Topics in related disciplines should also include a central element within mass communication.
- NOTE:
- Applicants must be current AEJMC members. Check your membership status before you submit your proposal. Proposals submitted by non-members, or members whose memberships are not current, will be eliminated from the competition.
- Only one proposal per person will be considered. (If you submit as part of a team, that is the only proposal you may submit.)
- The program will not provide support for dissertation research.
- Graduate or undergraduate students are not eligible for this program.
- The program is looking for proposals from junior faculty members teaching full-time who have not yet achieved tenure, who are likely at the assistant professor level. Media professionals who have recently transitioned to full-time work in the academy are also welcomed to apply.
- Proposals for teaching projects must include a research component or be research-based. This research component must be specifically explained in the proposal.
- Funds may not be used for equipment, software, PI stipend, university indirect costs or conference travel
Third Opportunity
- Sponsor: UF Research and Strategic Research Development
- Funding Opportunity Title: 2026 Research Opportunity Seed Fund
- Key words: multidisciplinary, collaboration
- Link to RFP: https://research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026-ROSF-Call-Final-PDF.pdf
- Deadline: 11/07/25 to CJC Associate Dean of Research. If selected, final deadline is 12/09/25
- Funding available: up to $100,000
- Period of performance: All ROSF awards will be administered over a two year period
- Program Objective: The Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROSF) awards multidisciplinary, faculty- initiated research projects with strong potential to obtain future extramural support. Guided by the philosophy that diverse partnerships across the disciplines drive groundbreaking research and winning proposals, ROSF awards strive to spark research synergies that can launch exceptional long term research collaborations.
- NOTE: CJC has 1 application seat allocated for this funding cycle.
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged: collaboration Journalism Mass Communication multidisciplinary
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