Funding

Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award

History

Dr. Stephen Hansen, Graduate School Dean Emeritus, established the Lindsay Research Professorship Endowment that funds the award in honor of Dr. Vaughnie Lindsay, who served as graduate dean from 1973 until 1986 and was responsible for creating much of the infrastructure that supports faculty research and scholarly activity. Faculty and the emeriti faculty at the time of the award's conception donated the funds to endow the award.

Those wishing to help support new investigators through the Vaughnie Lindsay Award may make a donation to the Graduate School section of the endowment at: http://www.siue.edu/give/.

The Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Awards are made to tenure-track SIUE faculty members 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/department and to SIUE in general. Recipients are expected to produce published scholarly works/products and externally sponsored grants/contracts.

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.

Nature of Award

Up to two Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Awards will be made per year, pending availability of funds. Awards will fund projects that will start on July 1 and end on June 30 of the fiscal year following awarding. These awards are designed to support a significant and discrete portion of a faculty member's larger research agenda. A cost-share equaling 20% of the total award is required from the applicant’s school/department. Each recipient of the Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator award will receive $10,000 from the Graduate School and $2,500 from their unit for a total of $12,500 for a one-year period. Summer salary funding is not included in this award.

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. Recipients must be at the Assistant Professor level throughout the duration of their Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator award. Preference is given to applicants who have completed the midpoint evaluation with a strong research record.  Previous recipients of the Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award, are not eligible to apply. Preference will be given to faculty who have received less than $250,000 in external awards while as SIUE. All applicants must have submitted completed final reports and fulfilled the terms and conditions, including submission of an external grant proposal, of 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.

Timeline/Dates 

An information session will be offered in September.  To sign up for the information session, please register via the Kuali Build form. 

How to Apply

Applications must be completed in Kuali Build no later than the last Thursday in October. Please ensure you follow all directions for the application materials attachment.  A link to the required Cover Page is below.  Please contact siueresearch@siue.edu with any questions.

Program Materials

• Vaughnie Lindsay Guidelines
• Application Cover Page
• Workshop Registration Form
• Workshop: Information Session Powerpoint
• Vaughnie Lindsay Scoring Rubric
• Vaughnie Lindsay Unit Ranking & Submission Process Guidelines
• General Reviewer Guide for Graduate School Internal Grant Programs
• Final Report webpage

 Program Contact

Office of Research & Projects at siueresearch@siue.edu, 618-650-3010.

Previous Awardees