Research Enhancement Grant Application Packet

NOTE: Please submit your application and narrative electronically by emailing it to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Administration ([email protected].) Print and mail a hard copy with a Routing Sheet Form (found on our website) with appropriate signatures to P.O. Box 10119. IF SUBMITTING BY EMAIL, THE OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS MUST HAVE AN ORIGINAL HARD COPY AS WELL. Research Enhancement Grant Application Packet

The application shall consist of the following: • Application • Title Cover with Abstract • Narrative description (addressing the items outlined below in A & B) • Budget • Budget Justification Form

On the Cover Sheet with Abstract page of the application you will have the option of choosing “Research and Creativity Proposal” or Proposal Writing”. Depending upon which you select, you should complete a narrative accordingly. If you choose “Research Project”, you will follow the guidelines under “A”. If you choose “Proposal Writing”, you will follow the guidelines under “B”. Please complete the narrative in Microsoft Word and attach it separately with your application when you electronically submit it. A. Research and Creative Activity Project:

Narrative Description Outline (six page limit)

1. PLAN AND SIGNIFICANCE: Description of the project. Experimental plan, research design, or description of creative project. Discuss significance of the project and include pertinent literature references. Be especially clear about your methods.

2. WAYS IN WHICH THIS PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE / BENEFIT STUDENTS: Describe student participation in gathering and analyzing data, writing reports, presenting papers, etc. Discuss ways in which this project would benefit students (i.e., budget contains funds for student assistants, project will be part of course, project will yield information valuable to student support, etc.) If a project is not conducive to direct student participation, the researcher should explain why and emphasize the indirect advantages to teaching / students.

3. EXPECTED FOLLOW-UP PLANS: Indicate how the proposed project will form the basis for any professional presentations, publications, exhibitions, and / or lead to an external grant proposal.

4. PREVIOUS GRANTS: Give dates and titles for all previous grants received in the last 5 years. List the grants, exhibitions, presentations, and / or publication resulting from such grants.

5. PROFESSIONAL RECORD OF SCHOLARSHIP: May use abbreviated vitae. Do not list abstracts, informal talks or performances, or other professional activities which are not refereed by peers. B. Proposal Writing:

Narrative Description Outline (five page limit)

1. EVIDENCE OF POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE(s): List and briefly describe the most likely sources of external funding.

2. CAPACITY OF THE INSTITUTION: Demonstrate that the proposed project can be conducted feasibly at Lamar University with facilities and equipment already in place or allowable as expenses in the proposed RFP (Request for Proposal).

3. CAPACITY OF THE INVESTIGATOR: Demonstrates that the PI is prepared to undertake the proposed project.

4. EXPECTED RESULTS AND DISSEMINATION: Explain briefly the product or conclusion of the project and the means of presenting it to the academic world.

5. PREVIOUS GRANTS: Give dates and titles for previous LU Research Enhancement Grants. List the grants, exhibitions, presentations, and / or publications resulting from such grants. In a separate list, give dates, titles, and amounts of external grants received by the principal investigator during the past five years. RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT GRANT

APPLICATION

Principle Investigator: Co-Principle Investigator (if applicable): Name: ______Name: ______College:______College: ______Department: ______Department: ______P.O. Box ______P.O. Box: ______Phone Extension: ______Phone Extension: ______Email: ______Email: ______

Project Title: ______

Amount of this request: $______Period Covered: ______to______Amount of total project: $______Period Covered: ______to______

Type of Sponsored Project: Research& Creativity Project Proposal Writing

Will you receive a stipend from this grant? Yes No

Did you become a full-time faculty member at LU within the last three years? Yes No

Have you received a grant (internal or external) of $5000 or more in the last five years? Yes No

Does this project require: Yes No Humans in Research Animals in Research Additional Building Space If “Yes”, person authorizing space commitment: ______

Maintenance Cost If “Yes”, source of funds (e.g., account#): ______IT Support & Maintenance Cost If “Yes”, source of funds (e.g., account#): ______

Signature Date Principal Investigator ______

Co-Principal Investigator (if applicable) ______

Department Chair ______

College Dean ______RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT GRANT

COVER SHEET WITH ABSTRACT

Date: ______

Title of Proposal: ______

Principal Investigator: Co-Principal Investigator (if applicable):

Name: ______Name: ______Academic Rank: ______Academic Rank: ______

Education and Employment: Degrees, Previous Professional Appointments (dates and locations).

Abstract: Brief description, 100 words or less, understandable by one not an expert in the field.

Check One: New Researcher Returning Researcher Had no Funded Research in Past 5 years Hired after 2012 RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT GRANT

BUDGET SUMMARY REQUEST Please provide a brief summary of your proposed budget plan. RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT GRANT

BUDGET WORKSHEET

A. SALARIES

FACULTY SUMMARY SALARY STIPEND $______Maximum request allowed: $2500, stipend for one summer season. May be split between two or more investigators but may not exceed $2500. If included you must include fringe benefits also.

ACADEMIC YEAR RELEASED TIME $______($2000 per course)

TOTAL SALARIES REQUEST: $______

B. STUDENT ASSISTANTS

GRADUATE STUDENTS $______UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS $______

TOTAL STUDENT ASSISTANTS REQUEST: $______

C. FRINGE BENEFITS $______

D. EXPENSE ITEMS

SUPPLIES $______POSTAGE $______TRAVEL (required to conduct research) $______OTHER $______OTHER $______OTHER $______

TOTAL EXPENSE REQUEST: $______

E. CAPITAL (On separate page, list each item and amount, and explain.)

TOTAL CAPITAL REQUEST: $______

F. TOTAL BUDGET REQUEST $______LAMAR UNIVERSITY

Release Time Research Award Request

The Research and Sponsored Programs Department will award two Release Time Research Awards to faculty members who wish to have a reduced load to support their research. These requests are entirely separate from REG proposals submitted for consideration. Faculty may not submit proposals for both an REG and a release time request. These awards will be decided by the Research Council along with the semester’s REG’s.

Only one class reduction will be allowed per person. No other compensation will be provided. Recipients are not allowed to teach overloads during the semester of the award. Final reports must be submitted by August 31, 2016.

Faculty members requesting a Release Time Research Award must submit the following information:

1. Faculty Member: Name, Academic Rank, Department, Phone

2. Education and Employment: Degrees, Previous Professional Appointments (dates and locations).

3. Scholarship or activities related to the field of research: Previous grants, publications, etc.

4. Reason for request: Plans during release time, including brief description of research activity or project.