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Sponsored Programs

Department Overview

Sponsored Programs connects Swarthmore College and its faculty with government agencies, foundations and other philanthropic institutions that have a shared interest in the research, scholarly, and creative activity of individual faculty members.

Our office reports directly to the Provost and Dean of the Faculty and works closely with departments across campus. Sponsored Programs supports the College in pursuing its mission to provide learners of diverse backgrounds a transformative liberal arts education by fostering innovative research and creative production.

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Swarthmore Faculty Earn Numerous Grants and Awards During 2020-21 Academic Year

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Sociologist Daniel Laurison ’99 Named 2021-22 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Watch: Linguist K. David Harrison describes his field work documenting endangered languages for the Talking Dictionary. Learn more about his grant-funded work with Tri-Co faculty.

Cacey Bester, Eva-Maria Collins, Dawn Carone, Amy Graves, Kathleen Howard

Five Women in the Sciences Receive Major Federal Grants

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Mathematician Victor Barranca to Explore Brain Function with NSF Grant

Performance of Chopin without Piano

Barbara Milewski and Allen Kuharski brought the North American premiere of Chopin Without Piano to Swarthmore with a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Watch a video from the performance.

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Synthetic Chemist Chris Graves Receives NSF Research Grant. The grant was awarded as a Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials (SusChEM) Funding Opportunity, through the NSF’s Chemical Synthesis Program.

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NSF Grant Will Measure Impact of Physics Course Built for Life Science Majors. Learn about the course taught by Catherine Crouch and Benjamin Geller.

Professor Art McGarity, Lang Center Scholar-in-Residence Arto Woodley, Jonathan Cohen ’17, and Alexandra Philyaw ’17

From Scrub, New Growth. Read about Professor Art McGarity's grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lead water projects for Philadelphia’s storm-water runoff.

Melissa Lineburg and Hannah Joo '16 in The Kind of Thing That Would Happen, choreographed by Assistant Professor of Dance Olivia Sabee.

Assistant Professor of Dance Olivia Sabee Receives Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant

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Geneticist Dawn Carone Awarded Grant to Research Uncontrolled Growth in Cancer Cells

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Theater Professor Allen Kuharski Receives Fulbright Grant

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Chemistry Professor Liliya Yatsunyk Receives Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Fusing Energies: Professor Mike Brown and the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX) lab receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy ALPHA project

Swarthmore Faculty Earn Numerous Grants and Awards During 2020-21 Academic Year

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Events

Past virtual events may offer recordings of online sessions

CUR Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Symposium 2021 - Monday, October 25, 11:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration - Monday, November 1 - Thursday, November 4

 

 

 

Faculty members who wish to register for grants training sessions or conferences may be eligible for funding from Sponsored Programs, subject to availability. For more information, please contact sponsoredprograms@swarthmore.edu. 

 

 

 

Policy Updates & News

The National Science Foundation has released its updated Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), effective for proposals submitted on or after October 4, 2021. A summary of significant changes and clarifications is available. Proposals submitted prior to October 4, 2021 should refer to the current PAPPG. 

 

Sponsored Programs Reporting Shift to Provost's Office

Sponsored Programs: COVID-19 Grant Impact Form

Community messages regarding COVID-19

Swarthmore College IRB: Research and COVID-19

Administrative Relief for Federal Recipients & Applicants Impacted by COVID-19

Institutional and Agency Responses to COVID-19 and Additional Resources (COGR)

NIH New and Updated COVID-19 FAQs

NIH Extramural Response to Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies

NSF Coronavirus Information

Fulbright Scholar Program - COVID-19 Update

NSF Rapid Response Research (RAPID)

Federal Funding Status Alert

NSF Funding Status Alert

NEH Funding Status Alert

NIH Anti-Sexual Harassment Statement

Spring 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference

New NSF Guide for 2020 - Summary of Significant Changes

New NSF Policy on Sexual Harassment, Effective October 21, 2018