CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Faculty Senate Development Awards
All faculty at the rank of
assistant professor and above are invited to submit applications for the
Faculty Senate development awards.
Since funds are limited,
priority will be given to proposals that would not be funded from other
sources, i.e., the Research Council. Simultaneous submissions to the Faculty
Development Fund and the Research Council will not be considered. Also, we
request that faculty submit proposals only if departmental and college funds
are not available to support the activity. However, proposals that have
matching funds from these sources are acceptable. Projects should support the personal
development of the faculty member submitting the application. Awards are given for special rather than routine
activities.
Application guidelines are
provided below. We make awards twice during an academic year, once each
semester. Award recipients must wait two years before reapplying.
Application
information.
I. Title page: Please format the title page to include the following information:
1. Title of the proposed activity.
2. Applicant information: Please provide your name, title, department affiliation, phone number and email address and this information if there are any faculty co-applicants.
3. Provide the departmental account number (122-7____) to which the funds will be transferred if awarded.
4. Amount requested.
5. State whether the project does or does not involve any of the following: human subjects, laboratory animals, biohazards, or recombinant DNA technology. If so, IRB, IACUC or biosafety committee approval will be required to receive funding, but approval letters do not have to be submitted with the proposal.
6. Provide your signature, those of faculty co-applicants, and your departmental chair. Your signature affirms that you will not seek duplicate funding from other university sources (e. g., from the Research Council). The signature of the chair affirms that departmental/college funds are not available to support this activity.
II. Proposal format:
Provide a summary of the project and requested budget information, not to exceed 2 double-spaced pages (use normal formatting for margins and font size and style). Remember that your proposal will be read by a diverse group of faculty, most of whom will have no background in your field. Therefore, please submit a clearly written statement that keeps jargon and acronyms to a minimum. Your narrative should include the following items:
a. A statement of the basic purpose or goal of the project and how the project contributes to your professional development.
b. An explanation of what you plan to do if you are funded.
c. A description of the results or outcomes that you expect from the project. How will you benefit? What will be the significance of the project to your individual efforts, those of your department, and /or those of your discipline?
d. An explanation of how the funds will be spent and why they are needed. Since funds are limited, briefly state why such activities cannot be supported by other sources. This portion of the proposal should be no more than one paragraph in length.
III. Biographical information:
Provide an up-to-date
curriculum vita (2-pages maximum) that lists recent publications/creative
activities.
IV. Report of activity:
Within two months of completing your project, you should submit a one-page report of the activity undertaken to the Faculty Senate office, with a copy to your chair/director.
Please submit six (6) copies of your proposal to the Faculty Senate office in Jacobson Hall, room 206, by March 4, 2008.
Consideration of proposals by a committee with representatives from across the university will begin immediately after this date. If there are further questions, please contact Sonya Fallgatter at sfallgatter@ou.edu or telephone (405) 325-6789.