Grants for Faculty & Staff
Funding for Faculty and Staff
OIA is pleased to offer a number of grants to IU Indianapolis, IU Columbus, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff to advance campus priorities around international education.
Global Impact Research Grant (GIRG)
Full-time, tenure-track eligible faculty at IU Indianapolis, IU Columbus, and IU Fort Wayne are invited to apply to the GIRG. The GIRG was a grant program that provided a limited number of high-potential awards to individuals that proposed interdisciplinary mechanisms to tackle issues that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. While there are 17 distinct goals, the SDGs are also indivisible, and they require interdisciplinary and transnational research that is transformative and comprehensive.
We are no longer accepting applications for GIRG. Please review below for the 2023 recipients.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Les Etienne - Center for Africana Studies and Culture; Eric Kyere, School of Social Work; Patricia Turley, Africana Studies
- Becky Liu-Lastres - Department of Tourism, Event, and Sport Management, School of Health and Human Sciences
OIA still supports faculty through Federal grant programs, such as Fulbright and the Diplomacy Lab.
Sustainable Development Goals Grant Program
The Office of International Affairs continues its strategy of campus internationalization around the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs). OIA is encouraging faculty and staff at IU Indianapolis to commit to this agenda by advancing scholarship, teaching, and engagement that actively pursues the SDG framework within local and global contexts.
Applications are currently closed. Please review the 2023 Grant Recipients below.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Matthew Hume - Director of International Programs, International Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC)
- Sophia Abdulahi - Assistant Professor of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Shonda Nicole Gladden - Social Justice Student Specialist, Multicultural Center
- Amanda Cecil - Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Tourism, Event, and Sport Management, School of Health & Human Sciences
- Tina O’Neal - Clinical Assistant Professor, IU Indianapolis School of Education
Read more about the 2023 SDG Grant Recipients.
Virtual Global Learning Fellows Grant Program
We are accepting expressions of interest for the 2025 Virtual Global Learning Fellows (VGLF) grant program. The VGLF program is designed to prepare IU Indianapolis, Columbus, and Fort Wayne instructors (faculty and staff) to facilitate global learning for students in a virtual environment.
VGLF Fellows will each receive a $2,000 stipend to 1. learn about virtual exchange teaching methods, 2. with an international partner, collaboratively design a multi-week virtual exchange collaboration that includes a project and 3. implement the collaboration in their course between Fall 2025 and the end of Fall 2026
The 2025 VGLF program will be both virtual and in-person, taking place in May and June. It will feature the priority application theme of “addressing local matters through international teaching partnerships”. We encourage applications from instructors who will develop a virtual exchange/COIL project on the priority theme however other project topics will be considered.
If you intend to apply or are considering it and have questions, please let us know by completing this VGLF Program Interest Form.
You can learn more about virtual global learning at IU Indianapolis here and reach out to the Curriculum Internationalization Team with questions.
2024 Grant Recipients
- Cheryl L.H. Armstrong - Assistant Professor, School of Health & Human Sciences
- Karen Baldner - Visiting Lecturer, Herron School of Art & Design
- Judith Carlstrand - Visiting Lecturer, School of Liberal Arts
- Mary Ann Cohen - Senior Lecturer, School of Liberal Arts
- Amy Johnson - Lecturer, School of Health & Human Sciences
- Lingma Lu - Teaching Professor, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, & Engineering
- Otrude Moyo - Professor, School of Social Work
- Mike Polites - Teaching Professor, School of Liberal Arts
- Vincent Starnino - Associate Professor, School of Social Work
- Rosa Tezanos-Pinto - Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Read more about the 2024 Virtual Global Learning Fellows.
Grants from OVPIA
In addition to the grants listed above, IU Indianapolis faculty are eligible for grants funded through the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs (OVPIA). These grants can be used to conduct research, cover costs of international travel, professional development, and more.
