Scholarship
Resources and Contacts
The Assistant Provost of Scholarship and Creative Activity can help answer questions about or find internal support for your research and creative activity as well as external funding for research, teaching, or other projects.
Elon Teacher-Scholar Statement
What does it mean to be an excellent faculty member at Elon? What are the values of the faculty? To collectively answer these questions and communicate its shared values, in 2003 the Elon faculty crafted “The Elon Teacher-Scholar” statement, a cornerstone of the university. Faculty at Elon embrace the ideal of the teacher-scholar, and have defined that ideal, its values, and its expectations in this statement.
Elon Teacher-Scholar Statement
Faculty funding
Visit the Faculty Funding website to learn about internal and external funding opportunities to support full-time faculty in their research and development as teacher-scholars.
Office of Sponsored Programs
The Office of Sponsored Programs at Elon University promotes and facilitates research and scholarly activities for full-time faculty and administrative staff by helping them locate and secure external funding.
Institutional Review Board
On behalf of Elon University, the Institutional Review Board’s (IRB) major role is to safeguard the rights and welfare of all human subjects who participate in research projects conducted by Elon.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) provides oversight for Elon’s commitment to the respectful treatment, care, and use of animals involved in research and teaching, to ensure this treatment and care is an ethical and scientific necessity, and the use of animals in research and teaching contributes to the advancement of knowledge and the acquisition of understanding.
Belk Library
Elon’s Carol Grotnes Belk Library is a rich resource for teacher-scholars. If you have questions for a librarian before you arrive at Elon, contact Patrick Rudd.