Application Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2008 (to your Dean's office)
Purpose
The New Investigator Awards are made to tenure-track 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, their respective school/unit, and to SIUE in general. Recipients are expected to produce published scholarly works/products and externally sponsored grants/contracts.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must have earned appropriate terminal degrees in their disciplines and have regular full-time tenure track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level. Eligible junior faculty may apply any time after successful completion of their first year at SIUE and before promotion to Associate Professor (recipients must be at the Assistant Professor level throughout the duration of their New Investigator award). Previous recipients of the New Investigator Award, or recipients of external awards over $30,000 while at SIUE, are not eligible to apply.
Nature of Award
Up to two Lindsay New Investigator Awards will be made per year. These awards are designed to support a significant and discrete portion of a faculty member's larger research agenda. College/school cost sharing is required. Each recipient of the New Investigator award will receive a total of $12,500 for a one-year period (this amount includes funds from both the Graduate School and the faculty member's unit) during the regular academic year. Summer funding is not included in this award. Funds may be expended for:
New Investigator Award recipients must submit a grant proposal for external funding within one year of receiving the award.
Application/Nomination Procedures
Applicants must have the endorsement of their Department chair and dean. Applications for a New Investigator Award must be to the school/college dean’s office. Department Chairs and the dean will provide an assessment of the applicant’s scholarly potential and ongoing contribution to the school/unit. Those evaluations along with the proposals will be submitted by the school/college Dean's office to the Graduate School. The proposals, along with the Evaluations from the Department Chair and School/College Dean will be reviewed by the Graduate School's R&D Committee.
There are no formal guidelines for formatting the evaluation documents from the Dean or Department Chair. The evaluations should address the criteria enumerated below under "Selection Criteria," and provide an overall assessment of the applicant’s scholarly potential and ongoing contribution to the school/unit. The evaluation should also clearly state the level of cost sharing committed by the college/school.
Complete applications are due in the school/college deans' office by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2008 to allow sufficient time to prepare a thorough evaluation.
The final proposal materials (including the Dean's and Chair's evaluations) are due by 4 p.m. on April 10, 2008 in the Graduate School, Campus Box 1046, or Room 2202 in Rendleman Hall.
Proposal Format and Instructions
1. Cover Page and Checklist (Required) Download Form
2. Narrative
Applications must address the individual's overall agenda for research or creative activity and the proposed work and objectives for the one-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
The narrative should be written in a manner that is understandable to a non-specialist. The document must be formatted using at least 1.5 line spacing and at least 11 point font with 1 inch margins.
3. 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 year and how this work will continue the overall research agenda.
4. Budget and Budget Justification
5. Bibliography
6. Vitae (two page limitation)
Selection Criteria
The Graduate School's R&D Committee will make its recommendation for the New Investigator Award recipient to the Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Dean. The focus of the selection process will be on identifying the applicant for whom a New Investigator Award 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
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. At least one external grant proposal must be submitted within one year after completing the New Investigator Award. Recipients will not be eligible for additional support from the Graduate School until these conditions are satisfied.
Timetable for Academic Year 2009-2010
Friday, March 20, 2009: Applications are due by 4 p.m. to the applicant's School/College Research Committee.
Friday, April 10, 2009: The Committees turn in the applications, the Committee evaluations, and the Committee rankings to the Graduate School, Rendleman 2202, Box 1046, by 4 p.m.
Thursday, April 30, 2009: Awards announced.