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Hoppe Research Professor Award

This competition will not be conducted in FY 23.

Purpose

The Hoppe Research Professor Award is made to SIUE faculty members in order to bring recognition to 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 funding.

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), or public service and consulting activities.

Award Description

The Hoppe Research Professor Award is designed to support a significant and discrete portion of a faculty member's larger research agenda. Pending availability of funds, the Hoppe Research Professor will be appointed for a two-year period. A Hoppe recipient on a 9-month appointment will receive two course buyouts each academic year (up to 6 credit hours total), services of a graduate assistant at 25% effort for nine months per year, and $1,000 total in support lines. If the Hoppe recipient is on a 12-month appointment, that awardee will receive services of a graduate assistant at 50% effort for 12 months and $4,000 total in support lines.

The cost for the course buyouts is shared with the school/college; the Graduate School will fund up to one three-hour course buyout per year at a cost of no more than $4,000. In order to develop an appropriate scope of work, applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss the intended release courses with the school/college before submitting an application. Additional course buyouts above the two funded by the award is a negotiation point to be discussed between the applicant and the school/college. With the 12-month appointee recipient, the Graduate School will fund the 50% graduate assistant and the school/college will support the $4,000 in support lines. Recipients must wait at least two years after completion of the appointment before applying again for the Hoppe Research Professor Award.

Eligibility

Tenured faculty are eligible. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, including minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and protected veterans.

All applicants must have submitted completed final reports and fulfilled the terms and conditions, including submission of an external proposal, for projects previously funded by the SIUE Graduate School at least 5 business days before this program deadline in order to be eligible for this program.

How to Apply

Applicants submit their full proposal by completing the Hoppe Research Professor Award form in Kuali Build. You can access this form on the Graduate School's Forms page. Faculty with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at (618) 650-2333.

Timeline/Dates

An information session via Zoom will be offered on the first Wednesday in September. To sign up, complete the ORP Workshop Registration Form. Registrants willl be sent a Zoom link to access the webinar no later than the day prior to the webinar. A recording of the webinar and powerpoint will be posted under Program Materials below shortly after the meeting.

Applicants must submit their full proposal by completing the Hoppe Research Professor Award form in Kuali Build by 4:30pm on the first Monday in October.