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2/3/2018 Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Office Competitive Scholarly Research Grants Purpose  Scholarly Growth of Faculty – Disciplinary & creative activities that keep faculty members abreast of developments in relevant fields of knowledge – Aids in development of new areas of scholarly competence needed within the campus – Generates knowledge to inform public policy 1

2/3/2018 Purpose  Scholarly Growth of Students – Supports faculty-led research and creative activity involving students – Must focus on students’ scholarly development and participation in discipline level inquiry, and – Must foster their achievement levels of competence in particular discipline areas Three options  Summer track May 17, 2018 - Aug. 17, 2018  Academic year track Aug. 20, 2018 – May 15, 2019  Year-round track May 17, 2018 – May 15, 2019 2

2/3/2018 Summer track:  Projects already underway that you could complete with concentrated time and attention in the summer  Research that you typically cannot do during the regular school year Academic year track  More students are available for participating in research  Longer term projects 3

2/3/2018 Year-round track  Longer term projects  Seasonal projects  Hire summer student Proposal Guidelines  Guidelines posted under “Faculty” tab at http://www.uis.edu/research/  Basic Information  Narrative (3-5 pages)  Budget  Bibliography  CV (2 pages) 4

2/3/2018 Budgets  Up to $5,000 – Contractual – Student support base rate of $8.25 per hour – Higher rate must be justified – may require department/college approval – Travel – must be itemized & based on current state rates – Commodities or supplies – Detailed with costs identified – Faculty Stipend ( only for summer work involving students) – Cannot exceed the hourly rate for researcher’s salary – Cannot be duplicative of stipend or salary already being earned for same period of time – Equipment – Itemized list with accurate prices Proposals Must Include – Research references (if applicable) – A two-page vita • List recent publications & activities most relevant to the proposed project 5

2/3/2018 Funding  Funding support comes from the general fund  Limited funds available  The UIS Research Board reviews the applications and recommends funding of projects up to a maximum of $5,000  Not all proposals will be funded to the full amount Research Board – Composed of individuals from various disciplines – Present information in terms understandable by colleagues from other disciplines – Do not assume Research Board is familiar with your scholarly history • Document your scholarly history 6

2/3/2018 Submission Process  Electronic submissions • Must be sent as a single document in an email attachment (Word or PDF) to ora@uis.edu  Deans will review proposals for approval purposes  Research Board will review proposals for final recommendation  AVCRIE makes awards, as funds are available Submission Timeline – Submission deadline to ora@uis.edu • March 23, 2018 by 4:00 pm – Dean submission deadline to Research Board • April 4, 2018 – Notification of awards • April 27, 2018 7

2/3/2018 Award Timelines 1 st spend Track Mid-year Final Final date report spend date report Summer June 30 Aug. 17 Dec. 1 Academic Dec. 1 May 15 Jun. 1 Year-round June 30 Dec. 1 May 15 Jun. 1 Questions? Keenan Dungey Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Institutional Effectiveness PAC 515, kdung1@uis.edu, 206-8112 Donald Long Interim Assistant Director of Research Administration PAC 522, dlong7@uis.edu, 206-7409 Webpage http://www.uis.edu/research/ Submission deadline to ora@uis.edu • March 23, 2018 by 4:00 pm 8