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ILR WIDE offers four types of grants to encourage scholars to produce cutting-edge research on organizational DEI. You can find grant descriptions and application procedures below.

If you are seeking funding that does not fall neatly into one of the grant categories below (e.g. inviting a speaker, teaching materials for a course on DEI, etc.), you are welcome to reach out to ilrwide@cornell.edu. 

Fast Grant

ILR WIDE Fast Grants allow for quick access to funds for smaller expenditures related to organizational DEI research. ILR WIDE will respond to fast grant applications within 10 business days. This grant will fund up to $5000.

Eligibility:

  • At least 1 Principal Investigator for the research project must be an ILR WIDE Faculty Fellow.
  • Other PIs can include faculty, staff, and/or graduate students.

Application Procedure:

 

Seed Grant

ILR WIDE Seed Grants fund projects that will likely lead to external funding. ILR WIDE will respond to seed grant applications within 28 business days. This grant will fund up to $10000.

Eligibility:

  • At least 1 Principal Investigator for the research project must be an ILR WIDE Faculty Fellow.
  • Other PIs can include faculty, staff, and/or graduate students.

Application Procedure:

Applied Research Grant

ILR WIDE Applied Research Grants fund research projects with a substantial applied component. Projects should either collaborate with an organization or yield directly actionable outcomes for organizations. ILR WIDE will respond to applied research grant applications within 28 business days. This grant will fund up to $25000.

Eligibility:

  • At least 1 Principal Investigator for the research project must be an ILR WIDE Faculty Fellow.
  • Other PIs can include faculty, staff, and/or graduate students.

Application Procedure:

Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant

ILR WIDE Graduate Student Conference Travel Grants provides funds for ILR PhD students to present their organizational DEI research at conferences. ILR WIDE will respond to graduate student conference travel grant applications within 10 business days. This grant will fund up to $1500.

Eligibility:

  • Only open to ILR PhD students working substantially with an ILR WIDE Faculty Fellow. This faculty member can serve as your committee chair, a minor member, the PI for an RA project, a mentor you meet with regularly, etc.
    • We will reach out to this faculty member as part of the grant approval process.
  • You must submit confirmation of conference acceptance with your application form.

Application Procedure:

  • Please download and fill out this application form.
  • Completed application forms should be sent to ilrwide@cornell.edu.
  • We will prioritize funding conference travel once each fiscal year (July-June) for each student. Depending on fund availability, we may be able to fund a student for additional conferences for the fiscal year. Please reach out to ilrwide@cornell.edu to inquire about this possibility.
  • Application deadline is rolling.