Office of the Provost

George Mason supports several competitive programs that fund faculty study
leaves and research. Those programs are administered by the Office of the
Provost and are financed largely from the Provost's portion of the indirect costs
recovered from sponsored grants and contracts.

Application deadlines and dates of award notification are shown below.
Click on each program name for details.

Program Submission
Time Frame
Award Notification Contact
Research Funding for Tenure-Track & Tenured Faculty
  • Instructions
  • Any time 4-6 weeks Tina Cipara
    Study Leave for Tenured Faculty
  • Application
  • Instructions
  • Evaluation
  • Outside Letter of Support
  • Hosting Institution Letter
  • Dean, Director or Chair Letter of Support
  • Sept. 1,2007
    thru
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Dec, 2007 Tina Cipara
    Study Leave for Tenure-Track Faculty
  • Application
  • Instructions
  • Anytime   Kimberly Ford
    Summer Research Funding for Tenure-Track & Tenured Faculty
  • Application
  • Instructions
  • Evaluation
  • Dean, Director or Chair Letter of Support
  • Sept. 1,2007
    thru
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Dec, 2007 Tina Cipara
    Undergraduate Research Funding see text   Kimberly Eby