Grants

Support for integration of inquiry and research into the curriculum

Grants are available to plan and integrate inquiry-based learning throughout curricula at Rice:

Planning Grants - up to $5,000 for one year, non-renewable

Rice University's Experiential Inquiry and Research Fund awards competitive grants of up to $5,000 to departments/units that oversee the curriculum of a major, area major, or interdisciplinary major/minor. Grants are intended to fund evaluation of experiential inquiry and research in the undergraduate curriculum of a major, area major, or interdisciplinary major/minor. Planning Grants are for departments/units that need time and resources to evaluate curriculum and identify gaps in the scaffolding of inquiry and research.

Research Rich Courses & Curricula Grants

Rice University's Experiential Inquiry and Research Fund awards competitive grants of to individual faculty for courses or teams from departments/units that oversee the curriculum of a major, area major, or interdisciplinary major/minor. Grants are intended to fund integration of experiential inquiry and research into the undergraduate curriculum of a major, area major, or interdisciplinary major/minor.

See the Frequently Asked Questions about Grants and link to the supporting resources for grant applications.