News for CHSS Researchers (New!)

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty to seek nomination to participate in the NHC's summer residency program that will be held June 1-26, 2026. Interested scholars must submit required information to CHSS by November 7 to be considered for nomination.

The National Humanities Alliance will be hosting a virtual advocacy training at 3 p.m. on November 13 that will review the appropriations process, give a funding overview of humanities policy priorities, and examine key ways on how you can have an advocacy impact for the humanities.

The updated National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy (NOT-OD-25-047) officially went into effect on July 1 (NOT-OD-25-101), for all applicable manuscripts, reflecting NIH's commitment to advancing public access to its funded research.

Due to the university's Thanksgiving closure, the CHSS internal deadline is November 12 for proposals that are due November 26–28. OSP plans to submit all proposals due over Thanksgiving break by November 24.

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans provides merit-based funding for new Americans, immigrants and children of immigrants, who are poised to make significant contributions to United States culture, society, and academia.

Effective October 10, all faculty who plan to submit grant proposals to the NSF must complete research security training modules before submitting a proposal. The Research Security Training is designed to raise awareness of, and protect against, external threats and risks to U.S.-funded research that supports research activities at George Mason.

As we start a new year, we want to remind faculty to please use the CHSS Pre-Award Request for Proposal Assistance Form to start your proposal process.

Are you looking to elevate your research but struggling to find the right funding opportunities—or not sure where to start? Don’t let funding challenges hold back your innovative ideas! Fill out our Finding Funding Opportunities Meeting Request Form or check out our website to start working with our Pre-Award Research Administrators today.

Study leaves for term instructional faculty support professional development initiatives designed to advance scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity, including the development of innovative teaching approaches and methods. Applications for the 2026–2027 academic year must be submitted by October 10 at 5 p.m.

Study leaves for tenured instructional faculty, funded by the provost, provide paid leave during one semester or academic year to support scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity. Applications for study leave for the 2026–2027 academic year must be submitted by October 10 at 5 p.m.

We are pleased to announce that the Dean’s Office will offer an Introduction to Research Administration for faculty who are new to grants or are seeking a refresher about CHSS grant procedures. The session will take place via Zoom on February 11 at 11:30 a.m.

Faculty Research and Development Awards (FRDA), funded by CHSS, are short-term awards that are designed to help tenured and tenure-track faculty initiate new programs of research and scholarship or enhance existing ones. NEW in AY 2024-25, FRDA applications will be submitted online using Mason's new internal grants platform from WizeHive. Applications must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on February 14.

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) from the Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (ORIA) has announced a new initiative to populate records in RAMP called "RAMP Transition by IRB." This new process, created based on feedback from researchers, involves the RAMP/ORIA team automatically transitioning the most recently approved documents from IRBNet on behalf of PIs.