BCLA Grants & Awards

The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts offers an array of internal grants to assist BCLA faculty in their scholarship/research projects and creative work.

In the 2012-13 academic year;

14 Summer Grants of $5,000 each will be offered
1 Bellarmine Award of $10,000 for a proposal that is oriented towards the submission of a major external grant application will be offered.

All tenure-track faculty members are immediately eligible to apply for internal grants. If you have received a college award/grant, you must wait one year before applying the same award/grant.

The BCLA Scholarship/Research Committee will (a) review applications for each of the awards below (with the exception of the Alternative Break and BCLA First Book Subvention) and (b) provide the Dean with recommendations for funding.

Note that according to IRS regulations, any LMU grant is considered taxable income and should be reported as such for the year it is received. It is unnecessary to provide the University with receipts of purchases related to the project. Please consult your tax advisor for further information and advice.

If you have any questions about the BCLA grants, please contact Sheryle Bush at 310.338.2716 or sbush@lmu.edu.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) facilitates external funding for faculty and staff projects to support the University's pursuit of academic excellence.

Click on each of the grant or award titles below to download an application and then save the document to your computer.

Click click here to download the BCLA Faculty Awards & Grants Timetable.

BCLA Faculty Awards	Application Deadline(s)	Total Award Amount
College Fellowship Continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible for the College Fellowship, which supports the completion of a substantial research or creative project. One (1) or two (2) fellowships are awarded each semester	Aug. 23, 2012 Spring 2013 Fellowhship Jan. 17, 2013 Fall 2013 Fellowship	2-course remission each
Bellarmine Research Award Continuing faculty may apply for the Bellarmine Research Award. One (1) award of $10,000 is available, and is intended to support external grant applications.	Sept. 21, 2012	$10,000
BCLA Summer Research Grants Continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible. Fourteen (14) awards of $5,000 each are available.	Oct. 9, 2012	$70,000
BCLA Working Scholars Grant Continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty can bring a group of scholars for a day of individual research consultation. One (1) award of up to $1,000 is available.	Sept. 28, 2012	$1,000
BCLA Conference Grant Continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty may apply for funding to host a topical conference of interest to the wider College during Spring Semester . One (1) award of up to $3,000 is available.	Sept. 28, 2012	$3,000
BCLA Summer Research Expense Grant Continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty may apply for funding to cover research expenses in their upcoming summer research project. Two (2) awards of up to $500 each are available.	Mar. 8, 2013	$1000
BCLA New Graduate Research Assistant Award This award provides a stipend for a limited period of time for highly-skilled, newly-graduated LMU student research assistants (who are no longer eligible for undergraduate-based funding). Preference will be given to faculty who have already provided specialized research training to their undergraduate assistants.	Mar. 8, 2013	$1,500
Alternative Break Award Faculty may participate in a Center for Service and Action (CSA) -sponsored Alternative Break experience during winter, spring or summer breaks, and are eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses up to $1,500. The applications are available through CSA.	Coordinate with CSA Application	Trip Subsidy up to $1,500
BCLA First Book Subvention Continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty about to publish their first book are eligible to apply for a subvention. The BCLA program supplements the funding provided by the CAO to reimburse costs of up to $1,000. That is, the CAO and BCLA subventions combined cannot exceed $1,000.	Contact Jeffrey Wilson, PhD Associate Dean	Costs reimbursed by BCLA and CAO up to $1,000

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