• Supports faculty travel to conferences to present research findings
• Provides travel funds for intercampus research activities

• Supports basic research expenses (field travel; research assistance; etc.)
• Maximum $l,000
• Generally routinely granted to all requests provided funding remains available, and the proposal meets the criteria

• Competitive awards over $1,000
• Geared toward tenured faculty

• Offered to assistant professors who have not exceeded three academic years in their tenure-track appointment
• Intended to assist new faculty in establishing their research program at Berkeley by providing the initial “seed” money associated with launching a major research project

• Intended to provide academic and professional development of Humanities and Social Science graduate students under the mentorship of faculty
• Offered to meet the special needs of the humanities and social science disciplines where external research funding typically is scarce

A supplemental grant cycle is held each fall for faculty appointed effective July 1, or faculty who were away from campus the previous spring semester.

• Intended to provide tenured faculty a “bridge” to explore new professional opportunities, research or creative endeavors representing a significant departure from their career fields of interest
• Up to $20,000 for a two year period

The Rennie Grant program supports epilepsy and epilepsy-related research. The Committee awards, on a competitive basis, a limited number of two-year grants. Applicants may be awarded up to $25,000