SUCCEED
(Supporting Careers and Cultivating Excellence, Engagement, and Diversity Grant)
Program Overview
The SUCCEED (Supporting Careers and Cultivating Excellence, Engagement, and Diversity) Faculty Grants fund a range of activities aimed at improving the environment for career satisfaction and success of a diverse faculty. In particular, we seek to identify needs outside of regularly funded channels that will have a high impact on the career success of individual faculty or diverse groups of faculty. Women and other members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
Award Range
Funds of up to $10,000 may be requested, depending on the scope and needs of the project.
Deadline
[CLOSED UNTIL WINTER 2024] Applications are typically accepted January through mid March. Decisions are announced in April, with award funds available in May.
Eligibility
U-M Ann Arbor faculty with appointments on the tenure track in arts, humanities, and social science fields; lecturer, clinical, and research faculty may apply if they are working toward a shift onto the tenure track; recipients of an ADVANCE Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Faculty Grant are ineligible to apply.
Application Process
The online application can be accessed by clicking the “Apply Now” button on the InfoReady site. It includes the following components:
- Questions collecting basic information (primary affiliation, rank, time in rank, contact information for you and your department financial administrator, etc.)
- Questions about your proposal
- Project title
- Amount requested
- Provide an overview of the needed resources and their relationship to increasing the career satisfaction, climate, and/or success of a diverse faculty in your field (up to 500 words)
- What are the goals for the project to be supported by the award funds and how will the award funds be used to further these goals? (up to 500 words)
- Describe the roles of any collaborators on the project (up to 250 words)
- Why/How will funds from this grant program make a difference: why will funds from this source, in particular, address this need, including unique needs as a result of the impact of COVID-19? (up to 500 words)
- Upload required documentation
- Budget and Budget Justification (Must provide an explanation of each component of your budget, including how each item is necessary to achieve the goals of the project and how the estimated costs were calculated; also identify other funding sources. See Budget and Budget Justification Template.)
- Applicant CV (abbreviated)
- (Optional) Collaborator CVs
Review Process
All applications will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel of faculty
Review Criteria:
Applications will be evaluated on the quality and significance of the proposed work to be supported, the potential impact of the award on career development, and the degree to which the award will enhance the climate for and success of a diverse faculty.
Priority will be given to:
- Funding requests that cannot be covered by existing funds (e.g., other grant funding, start-up funding, or school/college funds)
- applications for funds that can be used in the 12-month period following award disbursement (Applicants are encouraged to carefully consider the timeline and feasibility of their projects in relation to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic activities.)
- applicants who did not receive an ADVANCE SUCCEED grant in the last two years
Review and Notification Timeline:
Applications will be reviewed in late March and early April. Decisions will be made in mid April. Notifications will be sent out in late April, with funds for awardees available May 2023. Applicants will be notified via email if there are any changes to this timeline.
Examples of Possible Funding Requests/ Ineligible Expenses
- Graduate or undergraduate student research assistance
- Editorial assistance
- Travel to laboratories, field sites, collaborators, archives, museums, etc.
- Support for child/dependent care and/or travel to allow applicant to travel for the purposes of research, teaching, or professional development
- Supplies and equipment for scholarly activities
- Development of a symposium/conference
- Development of an online US or international network to support diverse faculty in particular subfields
- Community engaged projects/public scholarship
- Development of digital archives, databases, websites, and other electronic sources and media
Faculty may submit requests that fall outside of this list and are encouraged to use the application to explain unusual circumstances and/or unique needs.
Ineligible Expenses
- Applicant salary or other tenure-track faculty salaries
- Local childcare when the applicant is in town
Questions?
Email the ADVANCE Grants Team at ADVGrants@umich.edu
SUCCEED Recipients
2022-23 SUCCEED Recipients
- Su’ad Abdul Khabeer – LSA American Culture
- Retika Adhikari – LSA American Culture
- Umayyah Cable – LSA American Culture
- Nachiket Chanchani – LSA History of Art
- Luciana de Souza Leão – LSA Sociology
- Sherina Feliciano-Santos – LSA Anthropology
- Marc Hannaford – SMTD Music Theory
- David Jackson – SMTD Winds & Percussion
- Charles Lwanga – SMTD Musicology
- Yasmin Moll – LSA Anthropology
- Laura Motta – LSA Classical Studies
- Sheila Murphy – LSA Film, Television & Media
- Savithry Namboodiripad – LSA Linguistics
- Alyssa Paredes – LSA Anthropology
- Swapnil Rai – LSA Film, Television & Media
- Seda Saluk – LSA Women’s & Gender Studies
- Ying Xu – Education Educational Studies
2021-22 SUCCEED Recipients
- Samer Ali – LSA, Middle East Studies
- Adriene Beltz – LSA, Psychology
- Fernanda Lima Cross – Social Work
- Gabriela Cruz – Music, Theatre & Dance, Music
- Jaclynn Hawkins – Social Work
- Murad Idris – LSA, Political Science
- Raevin Jimenez – LSA, History
- Charlotte Karem Albrecht – LSA, American Culture & Women’s and Gender Studies
- Barbara Koremenos – LSA, Political Science
- Heidi Kumao – Art & Design
- Ashley Lacombe-Duncan – Social Work
- Alaina Lemon – LSA, Anthropology
- Victor Román Mendoza – LSA, Women’s and Gender Studies
- Kelly Murdoch-Kitt – Art & Design
- Cyrus Peñarroyo – Architecture and Urban Planning
- Niloofar Sarlati – LSA, Comparative Literature
- Natalie Tronson – LSA, Psychology
- Mariah Zeisberg – LSA, Political Science
2020-21 SUCCEED Recipients
- Charli Brissey, Music, Theater, and Dance
- William Calvo-Quiros, American Culture, LSA
- Amy Chavasse, Music, Theater, and Dance
- Odessa Gonzalez Benson, Social Work
- Nicholas Henriksen, Romance Languages & Literature, LSA
- Holly Hughes, Art and Design
- Annette Joseph-Gabriel, Romance Languages & Literature, LSA
- Nancy Khalil, American Culture, LSA
- Joy Knoblauch, TCAUP
- Petra Kuppers, English, LSA
- Christi Merrill, Comparative Literature, LSA
- Susan Najita, English, LSA
- Janet Richards, Middle East Studies, LSA
- Magdalena Zabrowska, American Culture, LSA
2019-20 SUCCEED Recipients
- Sophia Brueckner, Art and Design
- Lorraine Gutierrez, Psychology, LSA
- Carol Jacobsen, Art and Design
- Ishani Maitra, Philosophy, LSA
- Sarah Murray, Film, TV, Media and Digital Studies Institute, LSA
- Sun Young Park, Art and Design
- Megan Sapnar Ankerson, Communication and Media, LSA
2018-19 SUCCEED Recipients
- Samer Ali, Middle East Studies, LSA
- Naomi Andre, Women’s Studies, LSA
- Sophia Brueckner, Art and Design
- Edward Chang, Psychology, LSA
- Clare Croft, Music, Theatre & Dance
- Guarav Desai, English Language and Literature, LSA
- Harley Etienne, Architecture; Ebbin Dotson, Public Health; William Calvo-Quirós, American Culture, LSA; Jose Casas, Music, Theatre & Dance; Myles Durkee, Psychology, LSA; Kevin Jones, Medical School; Jason Young, History, LSA
- Bethany Hughes, American Culture, LSA
- Shanna Kattari, Social Work; Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Social Work
- Inderjit Kaur, Music, Theatre & Dance
- Joy Knoblauch, Architecture
- Diana Louis, Women’s Studies, LSA
- Massy Mutumba, Nursing
- Mara Ostfeld, Political Science, LSA
- Ana Sabau, Romance Languages and Literatures, LSA
- Katie Schultz, Social Work; Sandra Momper, Social Work; Abigail Eiler, Social Work
- Omar Sosa-Tzec, Art and Design
- Camille Wilson, Education
- Mariah Zeisberg, Political Science, LSA
Summer Writing Grant* Spotlight
Petra Kuppers, Summer Writing Grant recipient 2016-17
English Language and Literature,
Women’s Studies,
Art, and Theater and Drama
*The SUCCEED Grant is an adaptation and expansion of the former Summer Writing Grant (SWG) and Faculty Leadership in Professional Societies (FLiPS) Grant. Former accounts of SWG and FLiPS awardees demonstrate potential uses of the SUCCEED Grant, but endeavors are not limited to these examples
Magdalena Zaborowska, Summer Writing Grant recipient 2017-18
American Culture,
Afroamerican and African Studies
