OFD Announces Mutual Mentoring Grant Program Call for Proposals

The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) is pleased to solicit proposals for the Mutual Mentoring Grant Program for projects to begin in 2022-23.

OFD's Mutual Mentoring Grant program provides funding to individual faculty (micro grants) or groups of faculty (team grants) for the purpose of developing mentoring networks.

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Mutual Mentoring Team Grants 
Team Grants support faculty-driven, context-sensitive mentoring projects, orchestrated by teams that conceive and carry out their own project plans. Team Grants support networks comprised of four or more faculty, and may include a mix of types and ranks of faculty, as long as the majority of the individuals meet the eligibility criteria. OFD will fund Team Grants of up to $6,000 per award.
- Mutual Mentoring Team Grant Overview

Mutual Mentoring Micro Grants
Micro Grants are individual mentoring grants that are intended to encourage faculty to identify desirable areas for professional growth and opportunity, and to develop the necessary mentoring relationship(s) to make such change(s) possible. OFD will fund projects up to $1,500 per award. 
- Mutual Mentoring Micro Grant Overview

Learn how to apply to OFD’s Mutual Mentoring Grant Program.

Eligibility: Full-time tenure track faculty, full-time non-tenure track faculty on continuing appointments, and full-time librarians on continuing appointments.

Application Deadline: Friday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the Mutual Mentoring Grant Information Session to review how to prepare your application. The session will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 2 from noon-1 p.m. via Zoom (registration required). If you are not able to attend this session, you may make an appointment

Contact  Wendy Varner, Director of Faculty Development, with any questions.

Note: Faculty may apply to both the UMass ADVANCE Mutual Mentoring Team Grants and the OFD Mutual Mentoring programs but are eligible to receive only one award. Proposals that are considered for funding which were submitted to both programs will be reviewed collaboratively and by both offices.