Professional Development Opportunities: Research and Scholarship Support

Research Grant Programs

Grants are available to support expenses associated with a research projects conducted by faculty members May 2008 through June 2009. Two separate competitions exist: General Faculty Research and New Faculty Research. General faculty is defined as faculty in their third year or more at the university. New faculty is defined as faculty in their first or second year with the university. Awards include:

Summer Graduate Research Assistantships

Supplemental Assigned Time

Supplies, Expenses, Equipment, and Travel (S.E.E.T.)

Summer Salary (not available in New Faculty competition.)

Any combination of the above may be requested through the research proposal. Guidelines are online at http://www.bsu.edu/research/media/pdf/06-faculty-ig-guide.pdf

General Faculty Proposals Due: November 6, 2007
New Faculty Proposals Due: January 10, 2008
Contact: Office of Academic Research and Sponsored Programs
Contact person: Jackie Davis, ext. 5-1607

Creative Arts Program

Proposals to this program must produce a creative end product such as a work of art, an exhibition or performance, or a creative publication. Project dates are for the May 2008 through June 2009. Two separate competitions exist: General Faculty Creative Arts and New Faculty Creative Arts. General faculty are defined as faculty in their third year or more at the university. New faculty are defined as faculty in their first or second year with the university. Awards include:

Supplies, Expenses, Equipment, and Travel (S.E.E.T.)
Summer Salary (not available in New Faculty competition)

Guidelines found online at www.bsu.edu/research/media/pdf/06-faculty-ig-guide.pdf
CampusDeadlines:
General Faculty Proposals Due: November 6, 2007
New Faculty Proposals Due: January 10, 2008
Contact: Office of Academic Research and Sponsored Programs
Contact person: Jackie Davis, ext. 5-1607

Research Fellows Program: CERES

Research Fellows are awarded academic-year funding through their home departments to enable their release from other academic obligations or as a supplement to their academic year salaries. This program attempts to lay the foundation for nontraditional colleague participation through a cross-disciplinary fellowship and critique while shaping individual research activity and fostering faculty/student mentoring. Proposed research must have a demonstrable energy emphasis, component, relationship, or effect.
Eligibility: Full-time, regular faculty.
Submission: One- to two page single-spaced description of the research/activity/focus and the anticipated benefit gained by conducting this work in an interdisciplinary context. Targeted external funding sources for soliciting support beyond the academic year should be identified, and a current vita should be included.

Campus deadline: January 15, 2008
Contact: Center for Energy Research, Education, and Service
Contact person: Robert Koester, ext. 5-1135

Intellectual Property Development Program

Awards of up to $1,200 are available to faculty members and professional personnel who are developing a project that will result in an item of intellectual property--typically a copyrightable of patentable work. Funding may be used for supplies and materials, personal time, or other associated expenses. Guidelines are online at www.bsu.edu/research/media/pdf/06-faculty-ig-guide.pdf

Campus deadline: January 10, 2008
Contact: Office of Academic Research and Sponsored Programs
Contact person: Kristi Koriath, ext. 5-5003 or
Jackie Davis, ext. 5-1607

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend

This stipend supports research that contributes to the scholarship, the public's understanding, or the advancement of teaching of the humanities. Projects may be completed during the award period or may be part of a longer-term undertaking. Recipients' work often results in articles, books, databases, or other scholarly tools. Universities may nominate two faculty proposals.
Further information can be found at: http://www.bsu.edu/research/article/0,1894,307590-18797-52325,00.html

Campus deadline: September 4, 2007
Contact: Office of Academic Research and Sponsored Programs
Contact person: Kristi Koriath, ext. 5-5003