The purpose of the SNF Agora Faculty Grants Program is to encourage and support work of Johns Hopkins faculty, particularly faculty from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS), that is complementary to SNF Agora’s mission. This could take the form of scholarship, convenings, policy briefings, and more. SNF Agora wants 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.
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. The grants run on an annual fiscal year with a start date of July 1, 2024 and an end date of June 30, 2025.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty from across Johns Hopkins University are eligible to apply: Berman Institute of Bioethics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Carey Business School, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Peabody Institute, School of Education, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, Whiting School of Engineering. Priority will be given to faculty from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
Applicants can propose new projects or seek funding to supplement ongoing projects that are closely connected to SNF Agora’s mission.
Selection Criteria
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.