PRIP Overview
The VCU Presidential Research Incentive Program (PRIP) is grounded in the President's commitment to develop and enhance faculty scholarship across the institution. The Program's goal is to afford all faculty internal funding opportunities to support new, emerging, or continuing research. In part, the Program addresses three initiatives in the Virginia Commonwealth University's 'Quest for Distinction' Strategic Plan: 1) increasing and diversifying the university's sponsored research; 2) increasing productivity in high impact and translational research; and, 3) increasing interdisciplinary research.
Proposals to the Program are encouraged from all faculty regardless of their current research support. Research proposals that advance any discipline and area of research focus are appropriate for consideration. Requests for grant support may be based on a broad array of needs, from restarting an inactive research program to pilot studies that would produce preliminary results on which external grant applications could be based. Proposed work that helps advance interdisciplinary research and inter-campus collaboration as well as research that has the potential for translation to practice or market is especially encouraged.
All full-time VCU faculty regardless of rank or tenure status are eligible to apply.
PRIP Application due date is April 1, annually
Past PRIP Awardees
Spring 2011 Awardees 
Fall 2010 Awardees
Spring 2010 Awardees |
