Departmental Enhancement
Forecasted
Departmental Enhancement supports academic, research, and agricultural units with equipment, curriculum, and graduate student resources to strengthen education, research, and workforce capacity.
Funder: Louisiana Board of Regents
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: Comprehensive: multi-year projects; Targeted: short-term projects
Summary: Supports departmental infrastructure, curriculum, equipment, and graduate student resources to strengthen educational, research, and workforce capacity.
Key Information: Discipline eligibility rotates every other year; multidisciplinary projects must include an eligible discipline.
Description
Departmental Enhancement is a competitive infrastructure-building program administered by the Louisiana Board of Regents through the Board of Regents Support Fund. It strengthens educational and research infrastructure and capacity in formally recognized academic, research, and agricultural departments and units. Supported activities include equipment purchases, curricular redesign, and graduate student support through fellowships, scholarships, or assistantships.
The program supports both broad, sustained improvements and smaller, focused projects, including multidisciplinary work. Across its competitive programs, the Support Fund emphasizes clearly defined benefits for Louisiana higher education and economic development, alignment with campus role, scope, mission, and strategic priorities, and plans to sustain or grow benefits after short-term funding ends.
