Application Deadline: To School or College by November 3, 2008
Purpose
The Hoppe Research Professor Awards are made to SIUE faculty members in order to recognize and support individual programs of research or creative activities. These Awards recognize faculty members whose research or creative activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their fields of study. Recipients are expected to produce published scholarly works and externally sponsored grants.
Eligibility
All SIUE faculty on continuing, full-time appointments are eligible to apply for this award.
Nature of Award
The Hoppe Research Professorship Awards are designed to support a significant and discrete portion of a faculty member's larger research agenda. The Hoppe Research Professor will be appointed for a two-year period, during which he or she will receive 50 percent assigned time for research each academic year (cost is shared with unit), the services of a one-quarter time graduate assistant (for nine months per year), and $1,000 in support lines. Recipients must wait one year after completion of the appointment before applying again for the Hoppe Research Professorship.
Application/Nomination Procedures
Applications for a Hoppe Research Professorship must be submitted through the applicant's School/College Research Committee. Each Committee will review the applications from its unit and submit to the Graduate School a narrative evaluation of the each application along with a ranking of the proposals. The proposals, along with the Committees' evaluations, will be reviewed by the Graduate School's R&D Committee.
Complete applications are due in the school/college deans' office by November 3rd. The Committees' evaluations and the applications are due by 4 p.m. on November 21st in the Graduate School, Campus Box 1046, or Room 2202 in Rendleman Hall. School/College Committee Evaluation Form.
Proposal Format
Applications must address the individual's overall agenda for research or creative activity and the proposed work and objectives for the two year award period. Each application must be supported by a narrative of no more than ten (10) pages (excluding Bibliography, Vitae, and Appendices) that addresses (a) the significance of the research or creative activities, (b) the potential for external funding , and (c) the specific role that a two-year appointment to a Hoppe Research Professorship could play in advancing the applicant's work on that agenda. The narrative should be written in a manner that is understandable to a non-specialist. Support for the narrative should include:
Hoppe Research Professor Cover Sheet 
- Problem Statement
- Define the overall goal and significance of the long-term research/creative activity
- State the specific scope of work and objectives of the two-year project within the broader research agenda
- Related Literature
- Procedures
- Describe the design and methodology of the specific study
- Describe special needs of the methodology, e.g. sources of data, equipment, facilities, travel, etc.
- State the timetable for completion of the study in the next two years and how this work will continue the overall research agenda.
- Bibliography
- Vitae (two page limitation)
- Appendices
Selection Criteria
The Graduate School's R&D Committee will make its recommendation for the Hoppe Research Professorship recipient to the Graduate Dean. The focus of the selection process will be on identifying the applicant for whom a Hoppe Research Professorship could make the most significant contribution in furthering research or creative activities in the applicant's discipline. The R&D Committee's evaluation will include, but is not limited to, consideration of the following factors:
Definition of Research
Research is broadly defined as all creative, critical, scholarly, and/or empirical activity that expands, clarifies, reorganizes, or develops knowledge or artistic perception. This definition of research includes the demonstration, implementation, application, and dissemination of research results and those grants designated as research by the granting agency. This definition of research does not include departmental curriculum development, faculty development (learning an established technique, a language, or a methodology; dissertation research), institutional research (studies related directly to the operation of the University), and public service and consulting activities.
Terms and Conditions
Recipients must submit a progress report at the end of the first Academic Year of the appointment. The second year's appointment is contingent upon satisfactory progress.
A Final Report is required within ninety (90) days after the completion of the appointment. Recipients of the award are expected to produce published scholarly works and externally sponsored grants. Recipients will not be eligible for additional support from the Graduate School until these conditions are satisfied.
Timetable