2025 Fall CFR Research and Creative Activity Award Applications are due by noon, Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
Proposals can be e-mailed as an attachment to eiugrants@eiu.edu or can be hand-delivered to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 1102 Blair Hall by noon on the published due date. Late proposals will not be reviewed.
This internal grant competition funds quality projects for research and creative activity at EIU regardless of discipline. See the Fall CFR Guidelines and Application webpage for more details.
Amount: Up to $5,000 per grant
Eligibility: All tenured/tenure track University faculty in Bargaining Unit A as well as department chairs and associate chairs.
Duration: Each grant will carry an expiration date that coincides with the end of the fiscal year in which it is awarded.
Allowable Expenses: CFR funds may be used for commodities, contractual services, equipment, travel, and student help related to the project. No personal services dollars are available.
Required Reporting: The awardee will be required to submit a final report detailing the results of the research/creative activity project using the Fall CFR Final Report Form. Failure to complete this requirement may prohibit the researcher from future funding.
The Summer Research/Creative Activity Awards provide personal services dollars for research and creative activity projects performed during the summer months. See the Summer CFR Guidelines and Application webpage for more details.
Amount: Up to $5,000 per grant
Eligibility: All tenured/tenure track University faculty in Bargaining Unit A are eligible. Members of the Council on Faculty Research are not eligible for the awards.
Timeframe: The money is scheduled to be paid by the end of June in the year in which it is awarded.
Required Reporting: A final report detailing the results of the research/creative activity is due by October 15 of the year in which the grant is awarded using the Summer CFR Final Report Form. Failure to complete this requirement may prohibit the researcher from future funding.
Application Process: An application packet and required attachments can be e-mailed to eiugrants@eiu.edu.
The CFR Competition can be subject to the availability of annual funding.
If you have any questions about the CFR the application process or requirements, visit the relevant guidelines and application webpage or call the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at 581-2125 or email eiugrants@eiu.edu.
About the Council on Faculty Research
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Ronan Bernas | Psychology |
| Christopher Wixson | English |
| Lumpkin College of Business & Technology | |
| Toqeer Israr | School of Technology |
| Moath Jarrah | School of Technology |
| College of Education | |
| Carole Collins Ayanlaja | Educational Leadership |
| Jessica Zanton | Special Education |
| College of Health & Human Services | |
| Drew Kirkley | School of Nursing |
| Laurel Teller | Communication Disorders & Sciences |
| Library Services | |
| Bill Schultz | Booth Library |
| Others | |
| Robert Chesnut | Ex-Officio |
| Last Name | First Name | Department | Title |
| Beck | Michael | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Illuminating ester metabolism by CES3 with high throughput fluorescence microscopy assays |
| Fagaly | Sam | Music | Album recording by the EIU Jazz Faculty, Sam Fagaly, Leader |
| He | Hongshan | Chemistry | Mechanistic Investigation of Photocatalytic C-C Cross-Coupling Reactions |
| Henschen | Amberleigh | Biological Sciences | Investigating the links between male quality and male ornamentation within and between individuals in a wild songbird |
| Lim | Jinhyuk | Physics | Exploring Hydrogen Storage: Micro-Scale Hydrogen-Graphite Mixtures at Moderate Pressure |
| Reza | Md Farhadur | Mathematics and Computer Science | Accelerating Deep Learning Applications by Optimizing Neural Network Mapping on Network-on-Chip-based Computing Systems |
| Zieman | Elliott | Biological Sciences | Trypanosoma cruzi strains and pathology in raccoons and opossums |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Department |
Title |
| Beck | Michael | Chemistry | Development of methods for rapidly annotating carboxylesterase drug metabolism activity |
| Bickford | John | Teaching, Learning, & Foundations | Adolph Hitler’s Historical Representation within Textbooks and Trade Books |
| Caldwell | Melissa | English | Staging Iraq: Moral Agency, Multivocalism, and the Audience |
| Canivez | Gary | Psychology | Construct Validity of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fifth Edition: What Does It Really Measure |
| Johnson | Rebecca | Music | |
| Lim | Jinhyuk | Physics | X-ray Diffraction Study of Hydrogen Insertion and Retention in Pressurized Layered Materials |
| Lynch | Caitlin | Sociology/Anthropology/ Criminology | Policing and Mental Health: A Quantitative Analysis of Co-Responder Models and their Effects on Reducing Stigma Associated with Mental Illness |
| Meiners | Scott | Biological Sciences | Does succession lead to a broader range of species traits? |
| Nathan | Britto | Biological Sciences | Molecular Studies of a Mushroom-Derived Molecule to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Park | Julie | Music | Composing Modern Vocal Works from Traditional Sijo Poetry for Cross-cultural Music Education |
| Periyannan | Gopal | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Functional Regulation Through Protein Dimerization in GCPII: Does It Take Two to Tango? |
| Riley | James | Geology/Geography | Phenological change of hardwood trees at urban and exurban forests in the Midwest |
| Semeniuc | Radu | Chemistry | Mono and bimetallic complexes based on a ditopic ligand incorporating amide and bis(pyrazolyl)methane tectons |
| Strausbaugh | Robert | Physics | Lab and Sky Testing of New Detector for the EIU Observatory |
| Thibault Geen | Anne | Theatre | You Can Command Me: An Adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House |
| Wahl | Carly | Kinesiology Sport and Recreation | Determining external validity of the Assessment of Recovery Activities for Athletes using heart rate variability |
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