Welcome to Arkansas State University!

Faculty Research Awards Committee



New Policy Update, June 2025

Standard Operating Procedure for Combined Fellowship and Off-Campus Duty Assignment Support

Program Applications & Deadlines


FRAC Applications will only be electronically administered through InfoReady. InfoReady is found in the MyCampus Portal and requires Duo sign-in. Login for InfoReady is through Single Sign On (SSO) Banner, which is your network ID and password.


Applying to FRAC through InfoReady (PowerPoint - Notes included)

  • Compensated Leave Applications
    Deadline for 2025 submissions: October 17th, 5pm CDT

  • Faculty Development Endowment Funds (Travel)
    Deadline for 2025 submissions: October 17th, 5pm CDT

  • Faculty Research Fund
    Deadline for 2025 submissions: October 17th, 5pm CDT 

    2025-2026 Committee Members 

    Koushik Biswas
    Science and Mathematics

    Vicent Moreno
    CLAC - World Languages and Cultures
    Chair Council Representative

    Ibrahim Duyar
    Education & Behavioral Science

    Drew Fleming
    Engineering & Computer Science

    Pankaj Nagpal
    Business

    Sarah Scott
    CLAC - Humanities & Social Sciences

    Binoll Balachandar
    Nursing and Health Professions 

    Jianfeng "Jay" Xu
    Agriculture

    Ex officio:
    Travis Marsico, Ph.D.
    tmarsico@astate.edu 
    Vice Provost for Research, Innovation, and Discovery