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Rahina Muazu (African & African American Studies) has written a new book, “Ƙalubalen Da Mata Ke Fuskanta Dangane: Da Neman Ilimi da Kuma Aiki” or “Gender, Knowledge, and Labour: Challenges Facing Hausa Muslim Women” (Ahmadu Bello University Press) that is an act of decolonizing knowledge because it is written in her native Hausa language. The book is the product of an academic seminar she organized in 2024 in her hometown, Jos, in central Nigeria. Muazu edited the open-access book, contributing an introduction and a chapter on women's educational rights in Islam — alongside the 10 other chapters written by seminar participants. Read the full article.

College Research Product Awards
Deadline: March 1
Recognizing College faculty members for creating an outstanding research product that makes significant contributions to the scholar’s discipline. Depending on the discipline, the product can be a book, a book chapter, a journal article (or a set of journal articles on a theme), a presentation, a public resource, a piece of art, an exhibit, a play, etc. The award amount is $1,000, which can be paid as summer salary or used to support research-related activities and travel.

New Faculty Research Development Awards
Deadline: March 23
The Office of Research invites proposals for three internal funding opportunities designed to support KU faculty establishing their research programs, pivoting existing research to align with new funding agency priorities, or developing collaborative research projects that span the Lawrence and Medical Center campuses.

The awards are designed to begin building a sustainable program of research, scholarship and/or creative activity for applicants. Potential outcomes could include publications, conference papers, presentations, websites, technologies or techniques, databases or datasets, physical collections, audio or video products, or educational aids or curricula with the potential for proposal to an external funding opportunity. Applicants are encouraged to indicate the specific external funding opportunity or potential sponsor(s) in the proposal.

Eligibility: Applicants must be in their first 60 months on the Lawrence or Edwards campus as either an untenured, tenure-track faculty member or as a faculty-equivalent unclassified academic staff (UAS) member.

Amount: Up to $25,000.

One KU Collaborative Research Awards
Deadline: April 1
The One KU Collaborative Research Awards provide seed funding to launch or strengthen innovative, interdisciplinary research partnerships between KU Lawrence and KU Medical Center. These awards support projects in key research growth areas with strong potential for external funding. Funded teams are expected to generate preliminary data that establishes the feasibility of their overarching research question or hypothesis, positioning them to pursue competitive extramural grant opportunities at the conclusion of the internal funding period.

Eligibility: Any tenured or non-tenured faculty member in the KU Lawrence or KU Medical Center research community. Proposals must include at least one investigator from each campus. 

Amount: $25,000-$100,000  

One KU Research Pivot Awards
Deadline: April 1
The One KU Research Pivot Awards are designed to help KU researchers explore and align novel ideas with new opportunities and build internal capacity to maintain research momentum when their usual sources of external funding in a given topic area have become unavailable.

The proposed research is expected to generate preliminary data or investigations to support competitive proposals for extramural research grant opportunities. Recipients are expected to apply for at least one extramural opportunity within one year of the Pivot Award’s expiration date.

Eligibility: Any tenured or non-tenured faculty member in the KU Lawrence or KU Medical Center research community.

Amount: $25,000-$100,000  

2026-27 Senior Administrative Fellows
Deadline: April 6
Senior Administrative Fellows have the opportunity to meet face-to-face and learn from those with administrative roles at KU, develop their personal leadership skills and understanding, engage with challenges that leaders face in academia and consider leadership pathways in higher education.  

Faculty How To at KU: Emerging Changes for Public Access Research and Navigating Requirements
Monday, March 9 | 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Do you have a grant from a U.S. federal research funding agency? Or, are you planning to apply for one? KU Libraries and the KU Office of Research want you to know about important changes happening with public access requirements for both publications and project data in order to help set you up for success. From requiring immediate public access to eliminating a previously allowed embargo period, there will be numerous changes impacting researchers, institutions, and publishers. Join experts from both KU Libraries and KUOR to learn more in this "Faculty How To" as they provide a current overview, share resources, and answer your questions.

State of the College
Wednesday, April 1 | 4 p.m. | Berkley Room | Jayhawk Welcome Center
The Executive Dean will deliver the annual State of the College address followed by a reception. All College faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.