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Guidelines

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Eligibility

FRG dollar values for 2012-13

Kinds of proposals

The Elements of a Proposal

Criteria for Successful FRG Proposals

Electronic Submission

 

Eligibility

  • All full-time, tenure-track faculty are eligible.
  • If you have not completed and filed an FRG report from your most recently completed grant you are ineligible.
  • Faculty are encouraged to apply for external sources of funding. Outside grants will not reduce or increase the chances of receiving an FRG (except as an indication of well-received scholarship).
  • An FRG for reassigned time may be used in the same semester as other forms of reassigned time (e.g. for preceptorials or phase retirement) at your Chair’s discretion.
  • Department Chairs and Directors may receive FRG reassigned time at the Dean’s discretion.

 

FRG dollar values for 2012-13

  • Maximum FRG: $6,625
  • Maximum LFRG: $10,000
  • 3 units of reassigned time costs: $5,625
  • 2 units of reassigned time: $3750; 1 unit of reassigned time: $1875
  • Summer stipend: $5,130. The dollar value of the summer stipend may vary slightly depending on future costs of benefits.

 

Kinds of proposals

Reassigned Time

  • You may apply for one course of reassigned time per year.
  • You may apply for reassigned time plus funding for travel or supplies, up to $1,000. The FRG maximum is $1,000 over the cost of reassigned time.
  • You may apply for 1 or 2 units of reassigned time (for those with units already banked from other sources).

Travel for specific research purposes

  • Travel may be to attend a conference, to visit libraries, and to conduct research.
  • Travel funding includes transportation, food, lodging, and conference registration.

Research materials, or other support to advance a project

  • Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to, scientific and art supplies, books, and research assistance.

Summer Stipend Support

  • In lieu of reassigned time, applicants may request funding for summer research, up to $5130.
  • Applicant may not teach in the summer school sessions in the summer in which FRG funding is granted.
  • Please indicate whether you will take August or June funding.  Because the fiscal year begins in July, this effects which summer you will take the stipend.

Large FRGs

  • LFRGs are intended to support larger-scale projects of particular excellence. We expect to fund a small number in the upcoming academic year.
  • LFRGs are intended to support projects with high expenses for materials or other costs. Applicants may not request LFRG funds for reassigned time or summer stipends. Otherwise, eligibility and criteria are the same as above.
  • Grants are available up to $10,000. 
  • You may apply for an LFRG and an FRG simultaneously, but will only receive one.
  • Recipients of an LFRG are not eligible to apply for another LFRG the following year.

 

The Elements of a Proposal

Your proposal must include the following:

  • An abstract
  • A research plan, not to exceed three pages. The research plan must include the following sections:
      • A description of the project
      • A summary of FRG proposals and awards over the past 3 years. See "Record of research achievement" below.
      • A detailed budget
      • An abbreviated cv, no more than 2 pages in length. Please emphasize education and research, rather than teaching and service.
  • Department Chair's supporting letter (submitted independently by the Chair)

Criteria for Successful FRG Proposals

Proposals will be evaluated according to 4 criteria:

Academic merit

  • Demonstrate the intellectual value of your research.
  • Indicators of merit include: book contracts, accepted publications in peer-reviewed journals, shows and other kinds of creative work, conferences, outside sources of funding, awards and other forms of recognition from experts in the field, strong connections to teaching.

Record of research achievement

  • The research plan and cv should indicate a strong research agenda in the past and at present.
  • Describe recent FRG funding received, and the specific outcomes. Demonstrate that you have taken full advantage of past FRG funding.

Organization of the overall project

  • A strong proposal will articulate goals that are specific and achievable in the period of the FRG.
  • If the project is part of a larger whole, provide detailed descriptions of the entire project (e.g. the book or the larger research project). Describe how the specific goals of this FRG fit into the whole.

Clarity of proposal

  • A strong application will be clearly written and organized, will have a detailed and reasonable budget, and will have all of the elements listed under "The Elements of a Proposal."
  • Please note that your proposal will be read by members of the faculty who are not specialists in your field - write for the non-specialist.

 

Electronic Submission

  • Submit your proposal electronically by clicking here.
  • Fill out the forms as directed. It is recommended that you upload your research plan as a pdf document, as this preserves the layout. You may write your proposal on a word processing program and paste it into the appropriate text boxes. See directions on the submission page.
  • Upon submission, your department chair will be automaticaly notified, and will submit the letter of support electronically.
  • Upon submission, you will receive an automatic email confirmation.
  • Please hit the submit button only once.
  • For questions or problems regarding the submission process, contact Noelle Norton, norton@sandiego.edu

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