NOTICE: Research & Economic Development (RED) is pausing the acceptance of internal grant applications (REF and S&C, originally due 2/14/25) until further notice. RED-sponsored internal grants are an F&A investment, and the freeze on current federal awards has resulted in reduced F&As available for investment.  We will let you know when we can restore these grant opportunities. If you have questions, please contact Liz Shanahan, Associate Vice President for Research Development shanahan@montana.edu.

Core Facilities Grant Program (CFGP)

The purpose of this RFP is to support core facilities that serve as critical infrastructure for the research and scholarly enterprise. Moreover, these core facilities often compliment the educational and outreach efforts that also underpin our land-grant mission.

Deadline: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, 5 p.m. MST
Decision: Nov. 22, 2024
Award Start: Jan. 3, 2025

Proposal Enhancement Grant (PEG) program

The PEG program aims to increase the competitiveness of research proposals submitted to external sponsors via contracted professional services, external expert review, and more. Full-time faculty and research scientists are eligible to apply. Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed on a rolling basis.

Research Collaborative Grant Program (RCGP) 

NEW! The Research Collaborative Grant is an opportunity to create research collaboratives of two or more faculty from any department/discipline to catalyze research and scholarly activities around a theme chosen by the group. Themes may be broad, such as risk, rurality, or wellbeing; or more specific, such as a cultural study, engineering problem, or bioscience innovation.

Deadline: Oct. 25, 2024
Decision: Dec. 6, 2024
Award Start: Jan. 15, 2025

Research Expansion Funds (REF) Grant Program

The Research Expansion Funds (REF) program will support new preliminary data or the development of new research methods or procedures that will be used in subsequent proposals to external funding sources. Full-time faculty at Montana State University who have earned terminal degrees are eligible to apply.
Fall deadline: Sept. 27, 2024. Spring deadline: Feb. 14, 2025.

Research Using MSU’s Animal Resource Center’s Jamaican Fruit Bats

The Office of Research and Economic Development (RED) is seeking proposals from faculty and research scientists at Montana State University (MSU) for research that utilizes MSU’s Animal Resource Center’s Jamaican fruit bats. RED seeks to catalyze research using MSU’s bat colony to advance current research or allow exploratory work in a new area of research.
Deadline: Open call through Nov. 1, 2024.

Scholarship & Creativity (S&C) Grant Program

The Scholarship & Creativity Grant (S&C) program supports scholarship and creative activity in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Full-time tenure-track faculty at Montana State University who have earned terminal degrees are eligible to apply. Fall deadline: Sept. 27, 2024. Spring deadline: February 14, 2025.

NOTICE: Research & Economic Development (RED) is pausing the acceptance of internal grant applications (REF and S&C, originally due 2/14/25) until further notice. RED-sponsored internal grants are an F&A investment, and the freeze on current federal awards has resulted in reduced F&As available for investment.  We will let you know when we can restore these grant opportunities. If you have questions, please contact Liz Shanahan, Associate Vice President for Research Development shanahan@montana.edu.

No-Cost Extension Request Form - Internal Grants (Download fillable PDF)