Pilot funding
Maximum: $10,000
Sponsor: Office of the Provost, Division of Community Engagement
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Full-time faculty or staff
Individual faculty
Maximum: $50,000
Sponsor: Massey Cancer Center
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026
Eligibility: Early career faculty
Bridge funding
Maximum: $80,000
Sponsor: School of Medicine
Deadline: Open submission
Eligibility: Full-time faculty at the School of Medicine with grant ending and favorably reviewed declined submission
Faculty research
Maximum: $50,000
Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Richmond
Deadline: Annually in April
Eligibility: Two full-time faculty members from different departments, with at least one at the CHRI
Commercialization
Maximum: $50,000
Sponsor: Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: VCU faculty with an invention disclosure at VCU Innovation Gateway
Travel
Maximum: $1,000
Sponsor: College of Humanities and Sciences - Humanities Research Center
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Full-time tenured, tenure-eligible, and term faculty in the humanities and humanistic social sciences at VCU
Development extramural funding proposals
Maximum: $4,000
Sponsor: College of Health Professions
Deadline: October 1 and February 1
Eligibility: Full-time or tenure-track CHP faculty, regardless of rank
Commercialization
Maximum: $15,000
Sponsor: School of Dentistry
Deadline: Monthly
Eligibility: School of Dentistry faculty, residents and students
Faculty research
Maximum: $10,000
Sponsor: School of Dentistry
Deadline: Monthly
Eligibility: School of Dentistry faculty members
Grad Students
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: Office of the Provost, Graduate School
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Ph.D. scholars who have completed all program requirements, including didactic courses, except for the dissertation and who will defend the dissertation and graduate by the end of the semester
Faculty research
Maximum: $50,000
Sponsor: Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Deadline: Annually on Feb. 1, Aug. 1, Nov. 1
Eligibility: Full-time, tenure or non-tenure track faculty
Multi-disciplinary
Maximum: $130,000
Sponsor: Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Deadline: Annually on May 1
Eligibility: Full-time, tenure or non-tenure track faculty from at least two different schools at VCU
Undergraduate
Maximum: $1,500
Sponsor: Office of the Provost
Deadline: Spring 2026
Eligibility: VCU undergraduates and their mentors
Undergraduate
Maximum: $5,000
Sponsor: Office of the Provost
Deadline: More instruction will be provided in spring 2026
Eligibility: VCU undergraduates and their mentors
Travel
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: Global Education Office
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: VCU faculty
Equipment
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Equipment needed for instruction and research in higher education
Professional development/research funds
Maximum: $500
Sponsor: College of Humanities and Sciences - Humanities Research Center
Deadline: Rolling basis
Eligibility: Faculty in the humanities, humanistic social sciences, natural sciences, and the arts.
Working Groups
Maximum: $500
Sponsor: College of Humanities and Sciences - Humanities Research Center
Deadline: Rolling basis
Eligibility: Have one or two co-directors; one must be a VCU faculty member (open to all tracks)
Pilot funding
Maximum: $100,000
Sponsor: Massey Cancer Center
Deadline: More information will be provided in Jan. 2026
Eligibility: Massey Cancer Center members
Individual faculty
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Deadline: Mid 2026
Eligibility: Early career faculty
Pilot funding
Maximum: $50,000
Sponsor: Massey Cancer Center
Deadline: Rolling basis
Eligibility: Massey Cancer Center members who have received a promising review from the NCI but were declined
Multi-disciplinary
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: Massey Cancer Center
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Each PI must be a full-time VCU faculty member, and at least one of the PIs must be a Massey research member.
Multi-disciplinary
Maximum: $80,000
Sponsor: Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026
Eligibility: At least one investigator each from the College of Engineering and College of Humanities and Sciences. The inclusion of at least one junior faculty member holding the rank of associate/assistant professor can satisfy this requirement, and members from other schools/colleges are also welcome to join the team.
Contact Mary Wagner (wagnermc@vcu.edu) for more information.
Travel
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: College of Humanities and Sciences - Humanities Research Center
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Full-time tenured, tenure-eligible, and term faculty in the humanities and humanistic social sciences at VCU
Individual faculty
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: College of Humanities and Sciences - Humanities Research Center
Deadline: Oct. 17, 2025
Eligibility: VCU faculty
Faculty research
Maximum: $25,000
Sponsor: Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Deadline: Rolling monthly
Eligibility: Pilot projects in digital health to enhanve participant engagement and recruitment in rural areas
Faculty research, Grad Students
Maximum: $3,000
Sponsor: School of Nursing
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Ph.D. students and faculty in the School of Nursing
Multi-disciplinary
Maximum: $150,000
Sponsor: Massey Cancer Center
Deadline: Rolling basis
Eligibility: Equal co-PIs from VCU and one other Virginia institution
Multi-disciplinary
Maximum: $200,000
Sponsor: Massey Cancer Center
Deadline: Rolling basis
Eligibility: Multi-investigator teams
Individual faculty
Maximum: $25,000
Sponsor: Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Deadline: Annually on Nov. 1
Eligibility: Employment by one of the Wright Regional CCTS academic partners
Travel
Maximum: $500
Sponsor: Office of the Provost, Graduate School
Deadline: Semesterly or rolling (there are about 5 per year)
Eligibility: Degree-seeking students enrolled in master's or doctoral programs.
Undergraduate
Maximum: $2,500
Sponsor: VCUarts
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: VCUarts full-time undergraduate students graduating after December
Faculty research
Maximum: See funding details for more information
Sponsor: School of Medicine
Deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Full-time faculty at the School of Medicine