CIS Dean Impact Fund

In celebration of the College of Integrative Studies' launch, the Fund is established to galvanise and focus resources on meaningful research and teaching initiatives.

The purpose of the Fund is to welcome support from the broader SMU community, including staff and faculty, in making contributions, including but not limited, to the following:

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Curriculum development
• Student research 
• Student welfare
• Support unpaid internships 
• Exchange programmes
• Emergency grants

GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT

• Graduate conferences
• Field trips
• Graduate Research

RESEARCH AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

• Research grants for faculty
• Collaborative faculty research projects
• Conferences and seminars
• Visiting professors
• Faculty welfare