The Black Mountain Institute Faculty Research Awards are designed to recognize faculty in the College of Liberal Arts who have established a record of research and creativity and whose current project intersects with Black Mountain Institute’s mission statement. In addition, this support is given to nurture the scholarship and creativity that connect with BMI’s programs and fellowships and to deepen the support BMI provides here at UNLV for its own writers and scholars.
This award is open to faculty in the College of Liberal Arts with tenure and who are at the level of Associate Professor.
- Applications open for the month of September; notifications are provided by November 1. Awards are to be used between January and June of the fiscal year.
- Awards are selected by a review-committee composed of BMI staff, faculty outside COLA, and community members.
- Awards range from $1,000 to $3,000.
- Awards may be used for projects that qualify toward requirements of promotion in the applicant’s discipline and/or program.
- Requirements: faculty are required to participate in a panel/conversation with other recipients to share their research in fall semester after receiving the award.