Rutgers Research Council Awards
Applications are now closed.
The winners will be announced in April 2026.
About the Program
The Research Council Awards program offers six annual award opportunities to support faculty research and especially to encourage scholarship in tackling challenging disciplinary problems in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts. The council has proudly provided internal awards to the Rutgers faculty for the past 80+ consecutive years.
The Individual Fulcrum Award is tailored to individual researchers and those in the creative arts who are testing out new ideas to accelerate their scientific inquiry, program of research and scholarship, or creative production.
The Social Justice Research Award supports academic research on social justice in all domains of intellectual, social, and environmental life. It provides awards to faculty conducting innovative and impactful research on social justice issues, research with community-based organizations whose mission focuses on advancing social justice, and/or research responsive to pressing social concerns.
The Collaborative Multidisciplinary Award offers the opportunity for a group of faculty members across disciplines to work together on a new, shared problem or line of research.
The Climate Action Award is designed to support faculty whose work addresses the global climate crisis and its solutions at a variety of scales.
The Subvention Award for the Publication of Scholarly Books provides partial subsidies to university and other highly regarded scholarly presses to cover a portion of the cost of publishing a scholarly book.
The Manuscript Review Award helps faculty members publish authoritative, thought-provoking, field-changing books.
Do you need more information?
Visit our FAQ to learn more about the program and to find details and requirements for the individual awards.
Need inspiration? Check out the 2025 Rutgers Research Council Award Recipients
We are proud to recognize the exceptional faculty selected for this year’s Rutgers Research Council Awards. Check out the complete list of winners and their exciting projects.
A special thank you to our outstanding Research Council Co-Chairs, Dr. Antoinette Farmer and Dr. Michael Palis, for their leadership, dedication, and invaluable service in guiding the awards process.
Congratulations to all the recipients!
