Internal Funding

Faculty Development & Research Committee

FD&R Committee Members: Swarna Basu, Josh Davis, Doug Powers, Alex Wilce, Linda McMillin, ex-officio, and Matt Rousu, Chair.

• There is approximately $40,000 available in the FD&R account this year. You are encouraged to submit proposals for consideration.
• The Guidelines are available on Blackboard. Go to "Community," then "The Office of the Provost." Go to "Documents" at the left, then "2005-2006 Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs," then "Committee Information." Finally, click on "Faculty Development and Research Committee."
• Copies of the Guidelines, as well as examples of successful Grant Proposals, are also on file in a binder on Reserve under "Faculty" -- in the Library.

Guidelines in Brief

(Refer to Blackboard for complete Guidelines)

Research grants are intended to "stimulate, encourage, and support faculty research."

1. University Research Grants

• $5,000 Maximum Award
• Due February 1
• Requires 2-3 external reviewers
• Must be completed within 24 months

2. Faculty Research Grants

• $2,500 Maximum Award
• Due March 1
• Must be completed within 12 months

3. Instructional Innovation Technology Grants

• Maximum Awards: $3,000 (1); $2,000 (2); $1,000 (3).
• Due April 1
• Must be completed within 12 months
• To support faculty innovation in instructional use of IT in the classroom

4. Mini-Grants

• $1000 Maximum Award
• Due anytime up to May 1
• Must be completed with 12 months
• A Form is available for Mini-Grants Proposals
• For Creative Activities, Instructional Innovation, Publication, or Workshops

Examples of Funded Proposals 2000-2001

• Initiation of Summer Research Program on Self-Assembled Monolayers at Penn State.
• Environmental Interpretation & Identification of Early Vascular Plant Root Traces: Sherman Creek Member (Catskill Formation), Newport, PA
• Local Culture & Political Change in Germany: Gottingen, 1900-1950
• Uncovering 19th Century Accounts of Travel in Ecuador
• Expressions: Patterns of Sea Urchin Primary Mesenchyme cell Genes
• Soil Chemistry and Quality Changes in Responses to a Burning Mine
• Development of a Genome Analysis & Bioinformatics Computer Laboratory
• Understanding the Socio-
• Cultural Dynamics of Globalizations: The Case of Bananas in St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
• The Sky is Nice, the Sky is Blue: Ethnicity & Class as Factors in Language Socialization
• Becoming a People: Freedom, Rights, and Early Black Political Writing

For more information on internal grants and deadlines, please contact Matt Rousu at x4186 or rousu@susqu.edu.