<h2>Competitive Grants</h2>
<h3>Summer Research Fellowship</h3>
<p>This program has been phased out. Future SRF and FUR funds will support the new <a href="/orp/internalgrants/step.shtml">STEP</a> program.</p>
<p><a href="/orp/internalgrants/pdf/SRF_Final_Committee_Decision_2009.pdf">2009 Summer Research Fellowship Winners</a></p>
<p>Download the <a href="/orp/internalgrants/pdf/SRFFinalReport2009.doc">Final Report Form</a> due by <strong>November 1, 2009</strong>.</p>
<p><span class="bodytextbolda">Program Deadline: The deadline for this program has passed.</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="textbold1b">PURPOSE</span></strong><span class="text1"><br />The Summer Research Fellowship (SRF) provides research support as a seed grant or bridge funding to faculty during the summer in order to pursue promising research.<br /></span> <span class="textbold1b"><br /><strong>ELIGIBILITY</strong></span><span class="text1"><br />All tenured and tenure-track members of the SIUE faculty are eligible for this final SRF competition. A researcher can compete for and receive a Summer Research Fellowship and have other research support (both internal and external), during the same year as long as that other research support does not overlap with or compromise the SRF effort commitment.<br /></span><br /><strong><span class="textbold1b">AWARDS</span></strong><span class="text1"><br />SRF awards are individual grants. Awards may not be divided among co-investigators. If a project involves multiple investigators, each must submit their own SRF proposal.</span></p>
<p>Up to 30 research fellowships, each in the amount of $4,000 will be awarded to faculty members who agree to devote 33% effort during the summer term to their proposed research projects. Recipients may accept other remunerative assignments during the term as long as the recipient does not exceed 100% effort during the summer term. Faculty members may not have summer research support in excess of one month’s salary from any other external and/or internal source of funding.</p>
<p><strong><span class="textbold1b">AWARD CONDITIONS</span></strong><span class="text1"><br />As a condition of the award, recipients of a SRF must submit a proposal for external funding through the Graduate School’s Office of Research and Projects within one year after receipt of the SRF award. Failure to submit a proposal for external funding will make the researcher ineligible for further Graduate School support. SRF recipients must remain on a continuing faculty appointment throughout the academic year following the summer of the award.</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="textbold1b">DEFINITION OF RESEARCH</span></strong><span class="text1"><br />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. Studies of curriculum and of pedagogy that are generalizable and that have implications that extend beyond the researcher's class may be considered research.</span></p>
<p><span class="text1"><strong>INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES</strong><br />Proposals ineligible for a Summer Research Fellowship include:</span> <span class="text1a">DEPARTMENTAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT</span> <span class="text1">- activities such as curriculum development, preparation of curriculum materials, curriculum revisions, student interest surveys;</span> <span class="text1a">FACULTY DEVELOPMENT</span><span class="text1">- includes activities such as learning an established technique, a language or methodology; thesis or dissertation research;</span> <span class="text1a">INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH</span> <span class="text1">- activities such as studies related directly to the operation of the University; and</span> <span class="text1a">PUBLIC SERVICE AND CONSULTING ACTIVITIES</span>.</p>
<p><strong><span class="textbold1b">APPLICATION PROCEDURES</span></strong><span class="text1"><br />The proposal must be submitted electronically (email PDF) to the Graduate School by 5:00 pm, Friday, September 26, 2008. Recipients of the SRF will be announced by November 2008. Funds must be expended by June 30, 2009.</span></p>
<p><span class="textbold1a"><strong>PROPOSAL FORMAT</strong> (required--format must be followed)</span></p>
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<li><a href="/orp/internalgrants/pdf/SRF4KCOV2009.doc">COVER PAGE</a><br />Download and c<span class="text1">omplete the cover page. Be sure to obtain all applicable signatures (and scan Cover Page as part of the entire proposal) before submission to the Graduate School.<br /></span></li>
<li>CV. Please attach your CV (three page limit).<br /></li>
<li><a href="/orp/internalgrants/pdf/SRFPrevFunding.doc">PRIOR FUNDING</a><br />Please use the above link to download and complete the Prior Funding Form. <span class="text1">If the prospective Project Director (PD) or Co-PD has received support from the Graduate School's SRF or FUR programs in the past three years, briefly describe the earlier project(s) and its outcomes in sufficient detail to permit a reviewer to make an informed conclusion regarding the value of the results achieved. Include the title of the project, amount, period of support, a summary of the results of the completed work, a list of related publications and presentations, and a list of external grant proposals submitted (do not submit copies of publications or grant proposals). If you have not received any SRF or FUR funding in the past three years, please indicate that by typing "N/A" in the project summary portion of the form.</span><br /></li>
<li>P<span class="textbold1b">ROPOSAL NARRATIVE</span><span class="text1"><br />Each proposal must consist of a narrative no longer than <span style="text-decoration:underline">ten double-spaced pages</span>, not including bibliography and appendices, describing the endeavor to be undertaken during the grant period. Since these proposals will be reviewed by a cross-disciplinary review panel, great care should be taken in preparing a narrative that is understandable to the non-specialist. The proposal must be prepared using the following format. Subheadings within the proposal should be clearly labeled.</span></li>
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<p><span class="text1a">Introduction and Background</span><span class="text1"><br />Provide a brief overview of your research project or creative activity, including a clear statement of the problem and the objectives of the proposed project. Describe, in detail, the background to the project, including an appropriate review of the literature. Clearly explain the significance of the research or creative activity to the discipline.</span></p>
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<li><span class="text1">P</span><span class="text1a">rocedures or Project Plan</span><span class="text1"><br />Provide a detailed description of the methodology used to conduct this research or creative activity. The description should reflect the nature of the project. Research projects that are experimental in nature should clearly describe the design of the experiment and the methods for acquiring and analyzing data. Non experimental projects, such as those in the humanities and fine arts, may wish to describe the works to be examined, research sources, (library collections, etc.) and an appropriate plan for carrying out their scholarly activity.</span></li>
<li><span class="text1">T</span><span class="text1a">imeline and Anticipated Results</span><span class="text1"><br />All projects should include a tentative timetable and a description of the anticipated results. The narrative should also describe how the results of your research fits into any larger long-term research plan, including the identification of possible sources of external support for the continuation of the project.</span></li>
<li>B<span class="text1a">ibliography</span> <span class="text1"><br />Include a short, selected bibliography (one-page maximum) showing your familiarity with pertinent literature. (For some creative projects, this type of bibliography may not be applicable. Please indicate if this is so.)</span></li>
<li>A<span class="text1a">ppendices</span> <span class="text1"><br />Include additional information only if it is necessary to the reviewers' understanding of the research or of previous related research.</span></li>
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<p><em><strong>Please forward complete proposal to Teri Gulledge (<span style="text-decoration:underline">tgulled@siue.edu)</span> or Christa Johnson (<span style="text-decoration:underline">cjohnaa@siue.edu</span>) , Rendleman Hall Room 2202, or to Campus Box 1046 by 5:00 pm - SEPTEMBER 26, 2008.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><span class="textbold1b">EVALUATION CRITERIA</span></strong> <span class="text1"><br />The primary criterion is merit of the proposal. Using this criterion, each review panel will be asked to evaluate each proposal based on the following:</span></p>
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<p class="text1">1. The originality/creativity and significance of the proposed research (35%);<br /><br />2. The clarity and appropriateness of the research design and procedure (35%);<br /><br />3. The feasibility of the project as proposed (15%);<br /><br />4. As appropriate, the researcher's prior publication and external funding record, the current research proposal’s potential for external funding, and/or the updated summary of the outcomes of previous internal awards (15%).<br /></p>
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<p class="text1"><strong><span class="textbold1b">EVALUATION PROCESS</span></strong><br />Each proposal will be assigned to one of four review panels for evaluation. Each review panel is composed of members of the R&D committee and other faculty. All proposals and the recommendations of the review panels will be reviewed by the Research and Development Committee based on the above criteria. The top proposals will be recommended to the Dean of the Graduate School for funding. A summary critique of each submitted proposal will be prepared by the review panels and will be forwarded to the researcher who submitted the proposal.</p>
<p><br /><strong><span class="textbold1b">REPORTING</span></strong><span class="text1"><br />A detailed report on the research project is required by November 1 (or the nearest working day thereafter) after completion of the summer of research funded by the Summer Research Fellowship (use the Final Report Form link below). Final Reports are submitted to Teri Gulledge (<a href="mailto:">tgulled@siue.edu</a>) in the Graduate School's Office of Research and Projects.</span></p>
<p class="text1"><img height="20" width="20" alt="" src="/orp/researchpolicies/img/docicn.gif" /> <a href="/orp/internalgrants/pdf/SRFFinalReport2009.doc">SRF Final Report Form</a></p>
<p><span class="textbold1b">TIMETABLE</span> <span class="text1">for Summer Research Fellowship for Summer 2008 (FY2008) Awards</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="30%" class="text1a">September 26, 2008 </td>
<td valign="top" width="70%" class="text1">Proposal submitted electronically to Graduate School (via email to tgulled@siue.edu)</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30%" class="text1a">October 26, 2008</td>
<td valign="top" width="70%" class="text1">Reviews completed and recommendations to the Graduate Dean</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30%" class="text1a">1st Week of December</td>
<td valign="top" width="70%" class="text1">Announcement of awards</td>
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<td valign="top" width="166" class="text1a">November 1, 2009</td>
<td valign="top" width="380" class="text1">Final Report Form due</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30%" class="text1a">May 1, 2010</td>
<td valign="top" width="70%" class="text1">Deadline for submission of external grant</td>
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