Start-up funding

New Faculty Start-Up Grant (assistant professors) and Faculty Recruitment Grants (associate professors and professors) are available to equip new continuing faculty members with the start-up funding to assist them in getting their research started at Simon Fraser University. Instructors pending receipt of their PhD are entitled to these grants, but cannot apply until receipt of their Doctorate and appointment as an assistant professor.

Please submit the claim form for internal approvals via Kuali Research.

For more information on each of these programs and their application forms, please see: New Faculty Start-Up Grants And Faculty Recruitment Grants.

Note: For SFU NFSG/FRG submission to Kuali approval workflow please choose:

• Activity Type: Funded research
• Lead Unit: Search for and select your department
• Sponsor Name: SFU New Faculty Start-Up Grants or SFU Faculty Recruitment Grants
• Funding Program: NFSG or FRG
• Attachments: Proposal and Budget are mandatory, if you have no budget document, you need to upload the claim form again or a supporting document to satisfy system requirements
• Help: ata26@sfu.ca