Application
Procedure for Research Council Funds
(Small Grant Program; Over $1000 Requests; PI Research Investment
Program)
Application Form for Research Council Funds (Word)
(PDF)
Proposals received without all of the items listed below, will be returned without review.
1. COMPLETE THE APPLICATION COVER SHEET
2. SUBMIT A PROPOSAL NARRATIVE (not to exceed
5 double-spaced typewritten pages, excluding
appendices; for proposals of $1000 or less, not to exceed 2
double-spaced typed pages.) The proposal will be evaluated by
a diverse group of faculty, most of whom will have no background
in your field. Therefore, please submit a clearly written proposal
and keep jargon and acronyms at a minimum. Your narrative should
include the following items:
a. A statement of the basic purpose or goal
of this research project and its primary objectives. Indicate
how this project fits into your overall scholarly program.
b. An explanation of your project plan and an
overview of your research procedures, supplemented with references
to support the proposal and assist the referees. c. A description
of the results you expect the project to yield, their significance
to your scholarly program and to your discipline and details
concerning how you intend to disseminate them (e.g. publications,
presentations).
d. For the PI Research Investment Program, if funds are being requested to strengthen a proposal that has been previously
submitted to an external funding agency, then copies of the critiques must be provided.
NOTE: As a general rule funding will be provided
to perform the research/creative activity and not for its presentation
and/or publication.
Proposals which have been rewritten may be
submitted for reconsideration without prejudice one time each
fiscal year.
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3. SUBMIT A LINE ITEM BUDGET. If you expect
to receive additional support from another source, list each
source and the amount of funds anticipated from each source.
(Budget should not exceed $6,000 for
over $1,000 requests and $10,000 for the PI research investment
program.)
A clear justification of the budget must be
included in each proposal. When requesting funds for personnel
assistance, a compelling justification should be given including
specific tasks to be performed, the qualifications of the individual(s)
to be supported and why such assistance could not be supported
through other sources. Appropriate documentation of costs (e.g.,
price quotations) will greatly enhance the review process. Requests
for support for the purchase of computing equipment, hardware
and software must be adequately justified as essential for the
performance of the work proposed.
Travel support will be for research purposes
only. These can include faculty development in research areas.
Travel to professional meetings may not be included. Grants
for travel will normally be for the cost of transportation plus
total per diem of no more than TEN days. Per
diem beyond 10 days will be considered only in exceptional cases,
but must be justified.
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4. INCLUDE A SHORT RESEARCH VITA AND
OTHER INFORMATION. It is important to attach an up-to-date
short research vita (limited to 2 pages) and publication list
to the proposal. For requests over $1000 include a complete
funding history for the past five years, including successful
and unsuccessful efforts to obtain external funding. If you
have received support from the Office of the Vice President for Research and/or
Research Council within the past three years, include a short
paragraph on each award which includes the funding amount and
the benefits of the funds to your research/creative activity
program.
5. OTHER POSSIBLE REVIEWS.
If the project will involve human subjects, laboratory animals,
rDNA and/or radioactive materials or biohazards, you must also
provide information that the appropriate University Committee
has reviewed and approved the project materials. The appropriate
committees are: Human Subjects-Institutional Review Board; Laboratory
Animals-Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and Radioactive
Materials-Radiation Safety Committee and the Biosafety Committee.
PLEASE SUBMIT THE ORIGINAL AND 17 COPIES OF THE COMPLETED
APPLICATION AND ALL ATTACHMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES,
ROBERTSON HALL, ROOM 134, BY THE 1ST DAY OF THE MONTH IN WHICH
YOU WISH THE REQUEST CONSIDERED. FOR REQUESTS OF $1000 OR LESS,
ONLY THE ORIGINAL AND 1 COPY ARE NECESSARY AND PROPOSALS ARE
REVIEWED WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED. OMISSION OF ANY ITEM MAY DELAY
REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION.
