ERFA Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award

The SJSU Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award was created in 2014 to support scholarly research and creative activity that advance the careers of faculty applicants. The award, now in its tenth year, is intended to support research, creative activity, virtual conference attendance, and/or acquisition of equipment related to scholarly and creative endeavors.

Faculty eligible to apply include tenure-track faculty, tenured faculty and lecturers with more than 6 years of continuous service to SJSU.

Application materials:

Application Process: Please submit and attach all appropriate application materials via our Fall 2024 ERFA grant application [docx]

Application Deadline: Proposals are due by Wednesday December 4, 2024 at 5PM  

**For more information about the ERFA Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award, please contact Lucy McProud, Co-Chair of the ERFA Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award AY 2024-2025, at [email protected]

If you need assistance with your electronic submission, please contact Angelica Camino in the Center for Faculty Development at [email protected] 

Current award recipients:

2024-2025: 

Coming Soon!

Past award recipients:

2023-2024:

  • Saili Kulkarni. Special Education
  • Hiu Yung Wong. Electrical Engineering

2022-2023:

  • Janet Bang. Child and Adolescent Development
  • Anil Kumar. Industrial and Systems Engineering

2021-22:

  • Elisa Mattarelli. School of Management                          
  • Susan Ross. Department of Public Health & Recreation

2020-21:

  • Daryl Eggers. Chemistry
  • Ryan Skinnell. Department of English & Comparative Literature

2019-20:

  • Gilles Muller. Chemistry
  • Wesley Maciejewski. Mathematics
  • Melinda Simon. Biomedical Engineering

2018-19:

  • John Gieng. Department of Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
  • Yoon Chung Han. Department of Design

2017-18:

  • Ruma Chopra. Department of History
  • Alan Soldofsky. Department of English & Comparative Literature
  • Ningkun Wang. Department of Chemistry

2016-17:

  • Nicole Dubus. School of Social Work
  • A.J. Faas.  Department of Anthropology

2015-16:

  • Faustina DuCros. Department of Sociology and Intedisciplinary Social Sciences
  • Katherine Harris.  Department of English & Comparative Literature

2014-15:

  • Patricia Albers. Department of Art and Art History
  • Emily Chan, Christina Mune and Kathryn Blackmer ReyesMLK Jr. Library