Faculty Research Opportunities

• Bridgewater’s Faculty Research Grant program – intended to promote faculty scholarship by providing funds to support small faculty research projects. The amount available per project varies depending on the funding budgeted in a given year and the number and quality of proposals submitted. Proposals should clearly present well-developed research projects with sufficient detail to allow for an informed review. All proposals should include a description of the project and research methodology as well as an itemized budget.

• Bridgewater Faculty Conference Funding – often available to fund travel and presentation at conferences.

For more information, contact the provost and vice president for academic affairs or visit the Faculty Research Grants section on MyBC.

The Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges (VFIC) Mednick Memorial Fellowship: $2,300
Recent awardees:

• 2022: Martin Kalb (History and Political Science), Wildlife Protection in German Southwest Africa
• 2021: Jennie Carr (Teacher Education Program), Math Matters Too! – A virtual math mentorship project between a math methods course and a rural Title 1 elementary school designed to strengthen students’ foundational mathematical understanding through movement and manipulatives.
• 2020: Mwizenge Tembo (Sociology), Investigating the Mwizenge Sustainable Model Village in Zambia
• 2019: Brandon Marsh (History and Political Science), Last Post: Britain, Pakistan, and Decolonization
• 2018: Mahan Ellison (World Languages and Cultures), The Human Equation: a Theoretical Model for the Economy of War

Research funding is available from a variety of sources such as charitable foundations, professional organizations and government agencies.

The following is a list of organizations that have supported Bridgewater faculty research in the past. Please coordinate your efforts with the grants officer prior to requesting grant funding.

• American Astronomical Society
• Fulbright Scholar Program
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Science Foundation
• Virginia Academy of Science
• Virginia Commission of the Arts
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

For more information visit the Resources for External Research or Program Grants section on MyBC.