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Projects can cover a wide range of activities such as, but not limited to:

• research travel
• training in new skills
• building new collaborations
• hosting convenings
• hiring editing or indexing support

Please also see the new FAQ’s on research funding expenditures.

Faculty Eligiblity:

• Faculty that are tenured, tenure-track, and CNTT are eligible to apply. 
• Faculty may not have external grant funding greater than $5,000 available to them on a similar project at time of award.
• If faculty have more than $10,000 in internal research funding available, they must provide an additional justification for protecting those funds and making this request for additional College funds.
  • These include start-ups, research funds and endowed chairs for example. 
  • Service funds are excepted from this requirement
• Applicant cannot have an active internal research grant at the start of this award.
• Must have completed all required elements related to any previous internal funding (such as submitting a final report).

Project funding is up to $5,000 over 1 year.

Extensions considered with appropriate request in writing to Director, OSR.

1. A final report submitted to OSR within one month of project completion.
2. Output of the project should be shared with the community, as appropriate.
3. Acknowledgement of the support received from 91��ý, naming the appropriate fund, in any publication of the supported work or other public documents. Upon the publication of their research, they should notify the Director, OSR and provide a complete bibliographical reference

Submit your application via the . This form includes basic coversheet information and allows for upload of the application materials.

Required application materials:

• Proposal narrative (3 pages max)
  • Please write to a general faculty audience. Recommended elements to include:
    • A statement of the research problem and/or goals of the project
    • The scholarly significance of the work
    • The specific tasks this grant will support, including a timeline
    • Brief explanation of outcomes of any previous FA&G funding received in the last four years and whether or not related to this project.
• Future plans (1 page max)
  • Next steps for the project and how they contribute to your research, scholarship, professional development, or future plans
  • Plans for future publications and for external support, as appropriate
• Budget (2 page max; 1 for form; 1 for justification)
  • Please use the provided to list costs by line item
  • Budget justification – detailed explanation for each line item
• Biosketch (no more than 2 pages; funder forms (NEH, NSF, etc, accepted)
• Selectively required:
  • Bibliography/References (no page limit)
  • Justification related exceeding funding thresholds described under eligibility (1 page max)
  • Publication subsidy documentation (1 page max; see budget section for details)
  • Equipment documentation (1 page max; see budget section for details)

All proposals should conform to the following format. Failure to adhere to the format and total maximal length of the proposal will result in Administrative Withdraw of the application without consideration by the Review Committee.

• Use one of the following fonts: Arial (font size 10 or more) or Times New Roman (font size 11 or more).
• Line spacing: Single spacing is acceptable
• Margins (all sides): ¾” or more.

All eligible expenses must be allowable per the College expense policies.  Please refer to the related FAQs on allowable expenses and reach out to OSR with any questions. The Committee expects budgets to be carefully detailed and to reflect a reasonable effort to minimize expenses.

Other budget notes for this mechanism:

• The Committee does not fund travel to conferences, per diem or meals, faculty salary, and/or retroactive payments. 
• The Provost Research Pool should be exhausted before membership fees or books are requested.
• Publications Subsidies: These will only be awarded for books. Applicants are expected to share the costs of publication with the College on a 50-50 basis. applicants must provide a letter from the publisher explaining (a) the co-payment formula used by that press, and (b) the procedure of that press for seeking objective peer review. Awards will be made only when a publisher has a declared policy requiring co-payments from authors, and when it is appropriately refereed.
• Equipment acquisition: Applicants must certify that the equipment to be purchased is essential and not reasonably available and accessible to the project. As a rule, the Committee expects equipment required by on-going research and teaching needs to be funded through other sources. Please describe where the equipment would be located. Provide vendor quotes or catalog pricing if available.

Proposals for these grants will be evaluated by a Review Committee, which will be composed of the FA&G Committee and may also include Ad Hoc faculty members if needed. Therefore, it is recommended to write your application for a general, faculty level audience not necessarily to experts in your field. The Review will be moderated by the Director, OSR.