51勛圖厙

Office of
Research and Creative Scholarship

Faculty Research Grants (FRG)

The Faculty Research Grant Handbook is now available: .

Index

  1. The Purpose and Scope of the FRG
  2. New Faculty Members
  3. Application Process
  4. Application Forms
  5. Sample Abstracts
  6. Intellectual Property
  7. Managing Grants & Utilizing Funds

The Purpose and Scope of the Faculty Research Grant (FRG)

51勛圖厙 University, through the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship, competitively awards Faculty Research Grants (FRG) on a yearly basis to qualified university faculty. University faculty members from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.  Applications are evaluated based on academic merit, and in accordance with the following funding objectives:

  • To assist new (and newly active) faculty in developing and establishing an active research program at 51勛圖厙 University.
  • To assist faculty who are active in research to develop their research program with the goal of successfully applying for funding from external sources.
  • To assist senior faculty members in mentoring junior faculty.
  • To assist faculty who are active in supporting student research and student scholarship development.

Faculty members may apply for Faculty Research Grants of up to $5,000 to support research/creative scholarship projects at 51勛圖厙 University. We encourage collaborative applications that include multiple faculty members. If two full-time faculty members submit a joint application, the maximum support is $5000 per faculty member, or $10,000 total for the application. Adjunct, part-time, and emeritus faculty members are welcome as co-PIs on the grant application, but will not affect the allowed funding limit, which is based only on the full-time faculty PIs.

Faculty Research Grant support can cover expenses associated with the faculty member’s scholarly growth activities, such as the following:

  • Student labor (undergraduate and graduate). Student labor may be used to support research activities for students you are mentoring as well as for support of functions, such as secretarial work, literature searching, etc.
  • Travel for research purposes. This includes travel for work with off-campus research collaborators and field-based research, but excludes travel for conference participation.
  • Miscellaneous supplies and small equipment, under $2500 (the purchase of computers excluded).
  • For Junior faculty only (within six years of first tenure-track appointment): Allowance for hiring a contract teacher to cover one of your regularly scheduled classes (up to $2400), yielding a one-course teaching release for research. If you choose this option, justification must be included explaining how the additional release time will be used to further your research program. Your grant will be charged an additional 22% benefits rate on top of the actual contract amount.

Eligibility

Start-up funding for faculty members to begin (or re-start) their research is typically given for two years.

In order to be eligible for additional grant funding in the third and subsequent years, the following research benchmarks are expected:

  • Third year: Previous research results demonstrated through presentations at appropriate disciplinary conferences.
  • Fourth year: Research results demonstrated through refereed publications.
  • Fifth year: Active preparations for external grant submission.
  • Sixth (and subsequent) years: External grant application submitted, and if rejected, improvements are in process for application resubmission.