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Internal Funding Opportunities

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Faculty Research & Creative Endeavors (FRCE)*
Faculty Insight Teams*
Funds Available Through Colleges*
Grant Development Reimbursement Award*
President's Research Investment Fund (PRIF)*
President's Award for 
       Outstanding Research & Creative Endeavors*
Provost's Award for 
       Outstanding Research & Creative Endeavors*
Research Excellence Funds (REF)*
Research Incentive Award (RIA)*


*Information is subject to change.  Please contact ORSP for current information.

Faculty Insight Teams
This grant program provides support for teams of faculty and students to identify problems of mutual interest and to jointly study these problems in informal environments outside the classroom.

Application & Guidelines (Word file)


Faculty Research & Creative Endeavors (FRCE)
The FRCE program provides funding for research grants (direct project costs up to $7,500), presentation and publication (up to $1,000 per year), and page charges and reprints.

Page Charges/Reprints Grants
     Application & Guidelines*
    

Premier Display Grants
     Application & Guidelines*
     Committee 
     Deadline
     Example

Research Grants
     Application & Guidelines*
     Committee
     Deadlines
     Termination Form (PDF file)
     Sample Research Proposal (Dannenhoffer - Biology)
    Sample Research Proposal (Niec -  (Psychology)

 

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Funds Available Through Colleges
       
College of Communication & Fine Arts
College of Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences


Grant Development Reimbursement Award
Grants that cover a variety of expenses related to developing a proposal for external funding.

     Application  (Word file)

 

President's Research Investment Fund (PRIF)
Grants that provide up to $25,000 to support research and creative activities.  They are intended to encourage faculty and staff in their efforts to obtain additional external funding for sponsored projects.

    Application & Guidelines   (Word file)
    Committee Members
    First Interim Report
    Second Interim Report

    Award Recipients
    Sample Application (Oh-Lee -Psychology)
    Sample Application (Jackson - Physics)


President's Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Endeavors
Award provided to 2 senior faculty; recipients are given a faculty development award and their names are engraved on a permanent plaque.

     Program Description (Word file)
     Nomination Form
(PDF file)
     Award Recipients


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Provost's Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Endeavors
Award provided to 2 faculty in the early years of their careers; recipients are given a faculty development award and their names are engraved on a permanent plaque.

     Program Description (PDF file)
     Nomination Form
(PDF file)
     Award Recipients

 

Research Excellence Funds (REF)
Funds used to support basic applied research and center/institute development projects.

Guidelines for Concept Paper and Full Proposal (PDF)

Progress Report (PDF)
Award Recipients

 

Research Incentive Award (RIA)
Award given to any faculty member receiving an external grant with a total value in excess of $50,000/year which carries with it one month or more of summer support for the faculty member, that returns indirect costs, and that directly involves students in the project.

          Guidelines (PDF file)
          Award Recipients

 

Research Professorship Guidelines, Application & Checklist

          Committee 
          Award Recipients

 

     

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