Internal Funding Opportunities

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Competitive funding to advance research, scholarship, and creative activity for WKU faculty and for WKU undergraduate and graduate students.

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Faculty Opportunities

Secure seed funding and proposal support to launch or advance your research, scholarly, and creative projects.

Programs

• Research & Creative Activities Program – RCAP– up to $16,000 / $8,000 

• FY28 RCAP cycle opens December 1, 2026

• Proposal Development Support – Up to $3,000 

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Undergraduate Student Opportunities

Gain valuable hands-on experience through faculty-mentored research and creative projects, and scholarly activities.

Featured Program

• Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement – FUSE –$3,000 | $4,000 International

• Applications open September 4, 2026

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Graduate Student Opportunities

Access research support and travel funding as well as a fellowship for first-generation students, to advance your scholarly and creative work.

Featured Programs

• Graduate Student Research Grants

• Graduate Student Travel Grants

• Applications open August 20, 2026

• Distinguished First-generation Research Fellowship (DFF) 

• Applications open in January 2027 with a deadline to submit of April 15, 2027 

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