The University Committee on Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences administers, on behalf of the President, a fund established by the Board of Trustees to support the scholarly activities of regular tenured and tenure-track members of the Faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Committee is composed of three department Chairs in the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions, appointed to three-year terms by the Dean of the Faculty. It acts to advise the President on awards made to provide funds for research assistance, travel, and publication of results in connection with the scholarship of the faculty in these two Divisions.

       Limited research funds are available to the Faculty and Professional Research Staff of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. These funds are composed of several small industrial, foundation, and government grants, and a University allocation, and are intended primarily to facilitate inception of new research by Assistant Professors, in areas not readily supported by external agencies. These funds are allocated on recommendation of the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, based on advice from the Executive Committee or other appropriate advisers.