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The program awards three separate grants of $10,000 each to support scholarly, engaged, or creative research on topics related to women, sex, gender equity, and/or all intersections of gender.


The program awards three separate grants of $10,000 each to support scholarly, engaged, or creative research on topics related to women, sex, gender equity, and/or all intersections of gender.

The Carolina Women’s Center announces that it is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Faculty Scholars Program. The program awards three separate grants of $10,000 each to support scholarly, engaged, or creative research on topics related to women, sex, gender equity, and/or all intersections of gender.

Proposals are welcome from all full-time faculty (fixed-term, tenured, or tenure-track) and from part-time faculty with at least a .5FTE appointment, regardless of gender identity or expression. Applicants should have a minimum of three years of service in a faculty appointment by the start of the grant in any department, center, or school of the University. Applicants must have an endorsement from their chair, director, or dean that describes how the project will contribute to the applicant’s career development.

Applications are due Wednesday, March 18 by 5 pm. More information and application materials are available from the CWC’s website. Please address questions to cwcawards@unc.edu, with the subject line “Faculty Scholar grant question.”