Global Research Scholar in Residence Grant

This grant is designed to support visiting scholars for a campus visit, which is normally expected to be 5-7 days. This program aims to foster an intellectual community for international collaboration and/or collaborative research on important global/international topics, in fulfillment of the university’s commitment to global research, scholarship and education.

In addition to the collaborative work, the visiting global research scholar is expected to give a public lecture and a workshop with graduate students.

The UB Office of International Education (OIE) offers these grants on a competitive basis.

• Travel
• Housing
• Honorarium
• Other expenses
  

Grants of up to $3,500 and $5,000 will be awarded to the UB faculty member who is hosting a scholar from a U.S. institution or a non-U.S. institution, respectively. The fund will be transferred to the hosting faculty member’s home department, which will administer the grant.

Any UB tenure-track (pre-tenure and tenured) faculty is eligible to apply for a grant to host a visiting scholar. The hosting UB faculty should demonstrate a record of collaboration with the visiting scholar (e.g., publications, conference presentations, exhibitions, joint grant submissions and/or equivalent academic work with their collaborators).

The global research scholars refer to those who are based in non-U.S. institutions or others who are based in a U.S. institution with a research focus on important global/international topics. They could come from a diverse group of highly accomplished junior and senior researchers from across academic disciplines. These scholars are required to hold a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree.

Applicants need to demonstrate in measurable terms the need for a residency visit to advance a joint and collaborative research project.

• A completed application on the submission site, to include: name, title, departmental affiliation, and contact information for the UB hosting faculty
  • Name, title, departmental affiliation, and contact information for the visiting scholar
• A Collaborative Project Description of no more than 1,000 words. This document should provide the following:
  • description of the nature, objectives, and tangible outcomes of collaboration 
  • explanation of its significance in the discipline
  • specification of the elements of collaboration
  • detailed timeline for accomplishing the collaborative project (this part of the description should also detail the work plan and activities during the visit for which the funds are requested).
• A current brief Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the visiting scholar of no more than five pages.
• A current brief Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the hosting faculty member of no more than five pages. 
• An itemized Budget Report for the funding request, and a budget justification
• A signed form from the chair of the hosting faculty’s department that indicates a commitment to facilitate the global research scholar’s visit. In the form, the department chair should agree to assist with logistical aspects of the visit, including arrangements for travel, lodging, meals, public lecture and its publicity, the graduate student workshop, and if available, office space for the visitor, among other. **If the chair is the hosting faculty, the letter of support should come from an Associate Dean.

Applicants must submit all required documents as separate files (PDF or WORD) to the OIE submission site. Grants are awarded twice a year, and the application deadlines are at the close of business (5:00 pm) on February 28 and September 30.

Applications will be evaluated by a UB faculty committee convened by the OIE. Applicants will be notified of their funding decision normally within a month of the deadline.

The awardee is required to submit a written Summary Report of no more than 1,000 words specifying the delivery of outcomes, and include an Updated Budget Report detailing actual expenditure within 30 days of the residency visit. These reports should be submitted to the Office of International Education at OIEgrants@buffalo.edu. Failure to submit these reports in time may make the awardee ineligible for future OIE grants.