ERFA Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award

The SJSU Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award was created in 2014 to support the scholarly research and creative activities of senior lecturer faculty, FERP faculty, tenured and tenure track faculty applicants.  The award is intended to support research and creative activities by, but not limited to hiring student assistants, acquiring equipment related to scholarly and creative endeavors, and providing funds to enable the ability to give presentations at professional conferences.  

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

Application materials:

Application Process: Please submit and attach all appropriate application materials to the ERFA grant application form. 

Application Deadline: Proposals are due by Wednesday December 2, 2026 at 5PM  

**For more information about the ERFA Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award, please contact Lucy McProud, Chair of the ERFA Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award AY 2025-2026, at lucy.mcproud@sjsu.edu

If you need assistance with your electronic submission, please contact the Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation at cfeti@sjsu.edu.

Current award recipients:

2025-2026: 

Dr. Edward Cohen. School of Social Work
Dr. Ismaila Diallo. Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
Dr. Scott Shaffer. Department of Biological Sciences

Past award recipients:

2024-2025:

Laura Miller Conrad. Department of Chemistry 
Marie Haverfield. Department of Communication Studies 
Marco Meniketti. Department of Anthropolgy 

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 Reyes. MLK Jr. Library