The Summer 2026 Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IDRG) offer recipients time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication. IDRG groups work at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies for two weeks, usually in July and/or August. Applicants propose work on a project with colleagues from across the UI, across disciplines within their own department, or with colleagues from other parts of the country or the world. Projects are intended to result in an important scholarly or creative work. Each collaborator is awarded $3,000 in research funding for a 2-week residency. 

Please see the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Interdisciplinary Research Grants website to learn more and apply by Oct. 8th.