The Intramural Funds Desk handles the administration of research funding available from internal University sources.

Each year, the University allocates considerable funds for financing researcher activities. These funds are distributed to active researchers in the regular track, for the purpose of fulfilling one or more goals:

• Support for researchers whose proposals to external agencies were rejected but with a high score
• Assisting researchers in cases where external funding is unavailable
• Encouraging applied, interdisciplinary and innovative research
• Assisting new researchers in the process of establishing themselves at the University
• Establishment of research centers in academic units
• Chair management

Decisions on the distribution of internal funding are the responsibility of the Vice President for R&D, according to criteria set by ad hoc committees, and in accordance with the University's objectives and the scope and nature of the researcher's academic activity.