The goal of Enhanced Mentoring Program with Opportunities for Ways to Excel in Research (EMPOWER) is to help junior faculty members improve grantsmanship skills to become productive, externally funded researchers. To this end, EMPOWER provides support to faculty from historically underrepresented groups on all IU campuses to increase success in externally sponsored research and scholarly activity. Applicants must identify a willing mentor with proven success in garnering external funding for research and/or creative activity. Based on the availability of funds, IU expects to make 42 awards annually across IU.
