Research Enhancement Program (REP)

Purpose of REP

The primary purpose of the Research Enhancement Program is to provide seed funding (up to $15,000) so that faculty members will be able to compete more successfully for larger research grants from external sources for continuation of their research. The REP provides support for all types of faculty research.

Award Amount:

Please contact ORSP for assistance in creating the budget for your application. Investigators may elect to submit for either a $15,000 one-year award or a two-year award in which the total $15,000 award is taken over a two-year period. For two-year awards, budgeted funds not spent during the first year CANNOT be carried forward into the second year. In no case may a grant request exceed $15,000.

PI Eligibility:

PI must be a full-time tenured faculty, research faculty, or tenure-track faculty members at TWU. Tenured and research faculty will be evaluated separately from tenure-track faculty who are not yet tenured (thus considered a "new investigator"), with funds being designated separately for each group. 

A person not meeting investigator eligibility requirements may serve as a collaborator (including non-TWU personnel). A collaborator may not receive direct funds from the REP. The awards will be made with the expectation that the faculty members will continue in service at the University for at least one academic year following the award period. Persons known to be in the terminal year of their employment at TWU are not eligible to apply.

Faculty may submit only one application per competition, and the same project may not be submitted for REP and CAHGP funding. A faculty member may serve as a PI on only one award from REP or CAHGP per fiscal year, but may serve as Co-PI or collaborator on more than one proposal.

Request for Research Faculty Status Form

Dates:

Research and Sponsored Programs is now accepting applications for the REP 2026-2027 Fall Semester. 

(All spending must be finalized in accordance with Finance and Administration's end of FY deadlines, which are usually in July.)

Submission Information:

Please read the guidelines for more detailed information about eligibility, selection process, and criteria.

Research Enhancement Program (REP) Guidelines

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Please fill out the application and email to ORSP for review. You will be sent a notification email once your application has been received.

Research Enhancement Program (REP) Application Form