Faculty Grants

The 2025-2026 grant application is now closed. Please check back in the spring to see the 2026-2027 application. 

The SNF Agora Institute is dedicated to encouraging and supporting the scholarly work of Johns Hopkins University faculty through our faculty grants program.

This could take the form of scholarship, convenings, policy briefings, and more. SNF Agora seeks to support and amplify this work through its institute and foster faculty collaboration across the university on ideas and efforts that can reinvigorate global democracy and the civic spaces that fuel it.

Available Funding

The SNF Agora faculty grants program typically provides smaller grants (less than $5,000) to support faculty work, but may also provide one larger grant per year with up to $20,000 in funding.

Timing of Awards

Our grant cycle opens in February, seeking proposals for projects that would begin on or after July 1 of the next fiscal year and would be completed on or before the end of the next fiscal year.

Eligibility

Full-time faculty from across Johns Hopkins University are eligible to apply. Priority will be given to faculty from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

How to Apply

During the application period, applicants should email their written proposals and any related questions to [email protected].

Selection Criteria

Applicants can propose new projects or seek funding to supplement ongoing projects that are closely connected to SNF Agora’s mission.

Each proposal will be evaluated on four factors:

  • Relevance to SNF Agora: The proposal must be for a project that supports the mission of SNF Agora. Ideal proposals draw a clear line from the project’s aim to the SNF Agora mission.
  • Feasibility: The proposal must be implementable within 12 months from the start of the grant.
  • Innovation: The proposal should offer an innovative or under-explored approach for addressing the issue it is taking on or seek to amplify uncommon perspectives on that issue.
  • Public Impact: The proposal should articulate how the project will engage with public problems and include how its public impact will be examined.