Guidelines | >Application Instructions | Instructions for Chairs and Deans
A complete application consists of:
a completed Application Cover Page;
a completed REG Application form including a one-page budget;
a list of the applicant's prior publications; and
an Evaluation Form from the relevant department chairperson or dean.
To facilitate processing, the REG Application and Budget should be typed single-spaced.
Application Cover Sheet: Instructions for completing the Application Cover Sheet is located at the bottom of these instructions. If the application is being submitted by two or more faculty jointly, check "Joint" in Item 2 on the Application Cover Sheet. Submit one complete Application Cover Sheet with the name of one applicant. Submit additional Application Cover Sheets for each additional applicant, but only complete Lines 1 through 8 and Line 10 for each additional application.
Research Expense Grant (REG) Application: Since most of the reviewers will not have a specialized knowledge of your field of study you should describe the proposed project in plain English. The completed two-page REG Application includes the following:
1. The proposed research and its scholarly significance.
2. The research objectives for the period of the proposed work.
3. The relationship to longer-term goals of the applicant's research and to the present state of knowledge in the field.
4. The methodology and means for collecting research data.
5. The relationship to other work in progress by the applicant.
6. The potential for later extramural support and efforts made to identify potential extramural funding.
Include a one-page budget indicating specifically the amount being requested for each category of expenditure, and give a brief explanation and justification for each category.
Brevity, clarity, and directness will facilitate effective review by the Committee. Please do not exceed the three-page limit (two-page Application and one-page Budget).
Please enclose a list of your publications for the prior three years.
Recommendations: Department chairpersons in Arts and Sciences and the School of Management, and the deans of all other schools, are to provide an assessment for Research Expense Grant applications. At the back of these Guidelines is an Evaluation Form for this purpose, together with instructions for its completion.
Please complete the applicant's information on the Evaluation Form and send it with a copy of the Evaluation Instructions and a copy of your completed application to your departmental chairperson in Arts and Sciences and the School of Management or to your Dean in other schools. Please request that your chairperson or dean forward his or her evaluation to Susan Hynes, Office of the Provost, Waul House.
Submission of Application
Applications for the Research Expense Grants Winter/Spring must be received by Susan Hynes, Office of the Provost, Waul House no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, October 3, 2008.
Applications for the Research Expense Grants Summer/Fall must be received by Susan Hynes, Office of the Provost, Waul House no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2009.
Submit the original and three copies of your application. A complete application will include all the necessary endorsements and recommendations, as applicable.
In order for departmental chairpersons and deans to have sufficient time to evaluate applications, you should submit your completed application to your chairperson or dean at least one week prior to the application deadline date, as follows:
Winter–Spring; no later than Friday, September 26, 2008.
Summer–Fall; no later than Friday, March 27, 2009.
Guidelines | >Application Instructions | Instructions for Chairs and Deans
Application Cover Sheet Instructions
Item 1. Individual Applicant or Project Director:
a. Self-explanatory
b. Please give your academic rank.
c. Please indicate dates with numerals, e.g., 6/04 for June, 2004
d. See item c
Item 2. Type of applicant: If an individual is submitting alone, check Individual. If submitting with two or more colleagues, check Joint.
Item 3. Self-explanatory
Item 4. List exact amount requested
Item 5. List the primary expense categories for which funds will be utilized, for example, travel or printing or student assistance, etc.
Item 6. Self-explanatory
Item 7. If you have received one or more Research Expense Grants in the past, please list year(s) received. Also, attach a brief statement describing the results of previous REG Awards.
Item 8. Descriptive Title of Project: Enter a brief title that clearly identifies the project and its content. This title should be informative to a non-specialist and should not exceed the space provided.
Item 9. For Research Expense Grant Applications in excess of $1,000 please indicate if extramural funding has or will be sought.
Item 10. Sign and date.
