Fred Wert Grant App 2013

Fred Wert Grant for Collaborative Sustainability Research

APPLICATIONS DUE February 1, 2018, 11:59pm

Project Title: Applicant's Name: Graduation Date: Faculty/Professional Sponsor: Funding Amount Requested: If available funds are not sufficient, would you accept partial funding? Y / N

A completed application consists of this form, your research proposal, a current unofficial transcript, and a letter of recommendation from your faculty/professional sponsor. The sponsor recommendation must be submitted separately by the sponsor via email, using the form below. More information can be found at: http://willamette.edu/about/sustainability/sustainability_institute/fred_wert_grant/index.html

Applications must be submitted prior to the deadline via email to Joe Abraham at [email protected]. Incomplete or late applications may not be considered.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL Your proposal should be single spaced with reasonable margins, up to a maximum of four pages, and include the following sections. Students may work with their sponsor on the research proposal.

1. Project Description: Explain the purpose of your project. Be specific and direct. Include your anticipated arguments/hypotheses, and references to literature relevant to your discipline. Clearly articulate how your research addresses environmental sustainability, social justice, equity, or related issues.

2. Methods: Describe, as specifically as possible, your research methods (how you will accomplish your project's goals). For example, if your project includes a survey, indicate how you will select a sample population and the ways in which you will analyze your data. If you are conducting a study of literature, provide an annotated bibliography of your principal sources and specify your critical/theoretical approach. For science projects, indicate what lab techniques you will employ and the methods of analysis.

3. Schedule: Provide a specific timetable for implementing the various steps of your research project.

4. Budget: Include a budget that itemizes costs associated with your research, as well as cost of living expenses that funding may cover. Provide an explanation or justification of budget items as you feel appropriate.

5. Student Background: Identify your academic courses, extracurricular activities, or other experiences that have or will prepare you to be successful. Be thorough. The information you provide should convince the review committee of your interest in and ability to carry out the proposed project. If there are inconsistencies or gaps in your academic record, or additional causes for concern, you should also address those here.

6. Importance to Student: Explain why this project is important to you, and the role it plays in your personal, academic, and/or professional development.

7. Broader Impacts/Outcomes: Describe anticipated outcomes and impacts of your work that will go beyond your academic development, such as benefits to the community or improvements to broader understanding of systems and issues. Annual Fred Wert Grant for Collaborative Sustainability Research

Required Faculty/Professional Sponsor Form DUE February 1, 2018, 11:59pm

Project Title: Applicant's Name: Graduation Date: Faculty/Professional Sponsor:

Students applying for funding must submit a research proposal and current unofficial transcript, and work with a faculty/professional sponsor to submit a recommendation using this form. Student may work with their sponsor on the research proposal, but the recommendation is to be independently developed by the sponsor. Thank you for providing thoughtful responses to the following questions and submitting as a word document or .pdf file. More information can be found at http://willamette.edu/about/sustainability/sustainability_institute/fred_wert_grant/index.html

A sponsor recommendation form must be submitted by the sponsor, via email, and prior to the deadline to Joe Abraham ([email protected]). Incomplete or late application materials may not be considered. If you need to provide additional information, please attach to the email with the sponsor recommendation form.

SPONSOR RECOMMENDATION QUESTIONS

1. How long, and in what capacity, have you known the applicant?

2. How would you describe the applicant’s academic, intellectual, musical, or artistic abilities? Do you recommend that we fund this project?

3. In your opinion, is the applicant’s proposal feasible? Can it be accomplished as indicated, and is the applicant capable of accomplishing the project with appropriate supervision?

4. How is this project significant to the applicant’s educational development? Does the project represent a contribution to the applicant’s field of interest?

5. The Grant Committee will evaluate the proposal, in part, on whether the sponsor’s background is appropriate to the project. What aspects of your academic background or experience will assist the student in his or her proposed research?

6. Describe your role as sponsor, should the project be funded. Be as specific as possible.

7. Please provide any additional information or comments that you feel would help the Grant Committee to make its decision.