Momentum Fund
COMING SOON
We hope to begin accepting applications for 2nd Quarter by the end of July 2026.
The Momentum Fund is intended to alleviate small friction from active, ongoing scholarship. It is a fast and low-barrier funding to keep momentum for things like paying for copyediting or indexing, buying a software license, covering publication fees, sending a sample to a lab, or acquiring a key resource.
GRANT
Grants of up to a maximum funding of $2,000 are available within the same fiscal year for direct project costs only (personnel costs are not covered by the Momentum Fund, whether it be for students, faculty, or staff). The project timeline is determined by the dates submitted in the proposal, but it must be within the same academic (fiscal) year of the application, i.e. between July 1st and June 30th. Faculty may receive one Momentum Fund award per year. A faculty member may hold a concurrent Seed Fund grant and Momentum Fund grant, provided the two awards support different projects.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all ranks of tenured and tenure-track faculty, as well as affiliate and visiting faculty.
DEADLINES
Funds are reserved per quarter to ensure an equitable distribution throughout the academic year. Please apply in the appropriate quarter based on the first day of your project dates as shown in the table below. For example, if your project will run September 29 - January 15, this is a first quarter project with a deadline of June 1.
Applications will be reviewed together after the deadline. Notifications will be sent within 2–3 weeks of each deadline.
|
Quarter |
Project Date(s) |
DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|
|
1st |
July 1 – September 30 |
June 1 |
|
2nd |
October 1 - December 31 |
August 15 |
|
3rd |
January 1 - March 31 |
November 15 |
|
4th |
April 1 - June 30 |
February 15 |
TERMS & CONDITIONS
FINAL REPORT
A final report must be submitted and approved before funds are reimbursed to the department and before the recipient may apply for any FRIC internal grant again.
BUDGET INFORMATION
Each grant recipient is allocated a budget of up to $2,000 for their project. This budget is determined by the application process and varies depending on the needs of the research or creative project. Grantees are responsible for monitoring their budget and initiating any payments/reimbursements. We do not order supplies, make travel arrangements, etc.
FRIC will reimburse the faculty grantee's department from the project's budget. Please work with your Department Coordinator to initiate a department transfer request (a.k.a. Budget Amendment for Organization for general funds, Department Journal Entry for non-general funds) through Workday. Reimbursement requests must be made within the same fiscal year the expenses were incurred. GVSU's Workday system should allow faculty to make purchases via department Expense Cards, etc., so that the faculty do not need to have out-of-pocket expenses.
HOW TO WORKDAY
Your project may require that a lab order supplies, your department purchase equipment, the grantee have out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed, etc. You will need to process your expenses through your department's Worktags. Your department will request reimbursement from FRIC using the following process:
- Go to Workday Help Center and follow the appropriate Help Article (FRIC's FDM is a General Fund):
- If the FDM your department is using is a General Fund, then see the How to Create Budget Amendment for Organization in Workday (Internal Faculty or Student Grants) process.
- If funding needs to be transferred to a non-general fund, please see the How to Create a Department Journal Entry Request process.
- Use the following Worktag/FDM information:
- FUND: FD100
- COST CENTER: CC0195
- PROGRAM: P22200
- DESIGNATION: DS0297
- Please use the "DESCRIPTION" or "MEMO" field to include the faculty member's first and last name, the specific grant, and the grant cycle/year. Use the following formatting example:
- Bruce Wayne FRIC Momentum Fund FY 2026-2027
- Attach copies of the award notification and processed receipts (i.e. expense reports, invoices, department purchases, etc.) to the department transfer request.
Per GVSU policy, any services performed (editing, page publication, transcription, etc.) MUST be paid directly by a GVSU department via an invoice or purchased using your department p-card. Purchase of services using personal credit cards will not be reimbursed.
PLEASE NOTE ALL GVSU PURCHASING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MUST BE FOLLOWED, INCLUDING: