The Radford University Faculty Professional Development Leave Program provides tenured faculty an opportunity to engage in advanced study, research, and/or other scholarly and creative activities that will enhance their competencies as teachers/scholars and better prepare them to fulfill their teaching and other professional obligations to the university. This program supports traditional forms of professional development as well as alternative opportunities that would enable a faculty member to intern with a company, agency, school, or other such entity in order to enhance, reestablish, or re-energize their research, scholarship, or creative activity in their area of professional practice. Leave may be requested at full pay for one semester or at one-half pay for two semesters, according to the terms specified in the Faculty Handbook. Faculty are responsible for their own living expenses.
Leave may be requested at full pay for one semester or at one-half pay for two semesters, according to the terms specified in the Faculty Handbook. To maximize the number of awards that can be made annually, faculty are encouraged to consider leave requests of one year at (half) pay or adjustments of workload within the department, where possible. Additional salary support for faculty is not allowed.
2026 Faculty Professional Development Leave Guidelies [PDF]
2026 Faculty Professional Development Leave Application Form [Kuali]
Seed Grants are one-year grants to fund pilot or preliminary work leading to external funding for large research/creative projects by members of the faculty and staff.
Deadlines are September 15, October 15, November 15, December 15, January 15, February 15, March 15 and April 15.
SEED Grant Proposal Form [Kuali]
Resources:
SEED Grant Program Guidelines [PDF]
Writing Meaningful Goals and SMART Objectives
Logic Model [DOC]
Budget Template [XLSX]
Example of Budget Justification [PDF]
The Interdisciplinary Research Team Project Development Award aims to foster collaborative, cross-discipline research and scholarly activity in the following focus areas:
The goals of this award are to:
Deadlines for Academic Year 2026-2027 are August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1, January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, and May 1.
Request for Proposals - Interdisciplinary Research Team Project Development [PDF]
Department Research Support Accounts are restricted funds within your department and/or college that pertains to external grant awards that faculty in your unit has received where the sponsor has reimbursed the university for Indirect Costs associated with the project.
In order to incentivize research and scholarship in its institutions of higher education, the university has determined that these accounts are to be used for the enhancement of research and scholarly activities.
If you have any questions about your Research Support Account balances or how to spend them, please contact SPGM.
4-VA is a partnership between nine Virginia universities, created to foster collaborations that leverage the strengths of each university and improve efficiencies in education across the commonwealth. Thanks to 4-VA, unprecedented alliances between schools, departments, faculty, and students generate significant, innovative solutions to educational and real-world challenges. Since its inception, 4-VA has pioneered a broad range of advancements in education. These include primary research, pilot courses, redesigned courses, shared courses, online programs, STEM education, industry-focused adult degrees, new technologies, interventions, workshops, conferences, and paths to degree completion.
Radford University faculty who are listed as Co-PIs on 4-VA Collaborative Research proposals that are awarded and funded by other 4-VA institutions are eligible to receive up to $5,000 of complementary funding from the Office of Sponsored Programs.
Please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs at 831-5479 or tcruise@radford.edu if you would like to learn more about his opportunity.