Research, scholarship and creative activities are an integral aspect of California State University, Los Angeles. Campus research enhances one's field of study, educational experience and helps prepare one—whether an educator or student—for the future work environment.
Internal Campus Funding
Internal funding opportunities, also known as the Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Awards (RSCA), support faculty and student engagement in research, scholarship and creative activities through Minigrants and Assigned Time Awards.
These up to $5,000 awards allow faculty to test promising ideas. Funds can be used for undergraduate and/or graduate assistants, clerical assistance, travel and supplies necessary for the activity. Minigrants may not be used for faculty release time from teaching assignments. Minigrants must be expended by the end of the fiscal year—please ask your Resource Manager for specific dates. Additionally, a summary report of your funded project must be submitted to the Chancellor’s Office and the Office of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities. Note: If funded, proposed expenditures must be approved with your resource manager.
Online application submissions are generally due in Spring term.
Assigned time awards provide faculty with a one-course release (three units) to develop or complete research, scholarship or creative activities. These awards must be taken during the Fall or Spring term of the academic year. A summary report of your funded project must be submitted to the Chancellor’s Office and the Office of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities.
Online application submissions are generally due in Spring term.
External Funding Opportunities
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Grants.gov contains all discretionary grants offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies, including Department of Education, NSF, NASA, Department of Defense, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Department of Health and Human Services (including NIH), Department of Homeland Security, and many more.
GrantSearch is part of the Grants Resource Center. It was developed to make finding federal and private foundation grant information accessible and convenient by allowing the user to search the funding opportunity database using five criteria: academic subject, activity, funding sponsor, deadline month, and text. This is a subscription database, accessible from campus computers. If you are off campus, you may obtain the required username and password by logging in here with your NIS account and password. You may also request this information by email, using your campus email address.
Fulbright offers U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture or do research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars.
National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education.