You are invited to submit an application for a Professional Development Grant for Retirees (PDGR) to pursue your scholarly interests. The deadline for submitting an application for the 2017–2018 grant is December 15, 2016.  See Activities / Grants for Retirees.

Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded. All U of M faculty, professional and administrative, and civil service staff from the Twin Cities and Coordinate Campuses of the University who will be fully retired by July 1, 2017, are eligible to apply. Guidelines for the application are available on the UMRA website at Activities / Grants for Retirees.

Eligible expenses include travel and per diem costs related to research trips and conference attendance, stipends for undergraduate and/or graduate research assistants, photocopying, the purchase of books, computer software, and other relevant costs of scholarship. Ineligible expenses include salary for the applicant and institutional overhead charges. UROP, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, has agreed to fund the cost of undergraduate assistants who work with grantees. Details about the UROP opportunity are in the guidelines on the website.

Last year, awards were given to applicants from University Services, American Indian Studies, French and Italian Department, Art Department, Design, Housing and Apparel Department, Office of Equity and Diversity, Psychology Department, and American Studies Department on the Twin Cities Campus. On the Duluth Campus, applicants from the Biology Department and the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department received grants. And, a grant was awarded to an applicant in the Humanities Division at U of M-Morris. 

Questions should be addressed to the chair of the UMRA Professional Development Grants for Retirees Committee, Janice Hogan, [email protected].