The Division of Research & Economic Development (DivRED) Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP) deadline has been extended to Monday December 2, 2025.
The purpose of the Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP) is to provide seed money for research and future scholarly effort primarily for non-tenured tenure track faculty. It is expected that these awards will result in external grants, journal publications, manuscript publication, or display of artistic work.
- The award amount includes $6,000 in pay (total of direct pay + cost of fringe benefits) and up to $1,000 for justified expenses. Justified expenses may include travel to complete research during the period of the award, materials, supplies, student research assistance.
- Tenure-track and tenured faculty members are eligible to apply for an SRFP. Preference will be given to investigators who have been on the Old Dominion University faculty for fewer than four years and have not served as a Principal Investigator on a significant research project. Up to 20% of the funding may go to tenured faculty members who are initiating research in a new direction and who have not received any external funding for this research.
- Up to ten SRFP awards are funded each year, contingent upon the availability of funds.
Please see the attached guidelines for program details and information on how to apply.
Contact Jackie Stein, Director of Research Development, at jstein@odu.edu with any questions.