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APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2010 March 31, 2010 |
Academic Senate: San Diego Division General Campus Subcommittee on Research | |
TO: |
MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE - GENERAL CAMPUS |
RE: |
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO FUND RESEARCH PROJECTS -- FY 2009/10 |
| The General Campus Subcommittee on Research is pleased to solicit applications for research support for funds beginning April 1, 2010. |
THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS IS 2:00 P.M., JANUARY 15, 2010. |
 Research Grant Applications received after this date will be returned--no exceptions. |
RESEARCH SUPPORT |
ELIGIBILITY: |
| 1. Members of the Academic Senate in all fields are eligible to apply for individual grants. 2. Individuals who are not members of the Academic Senate but are established investigators may seek support through: a) joint applications with members of the Senate, orPriority is generally given to junior and new faculty with no extramural support, and Academic Senate members will be given priority over non-Senate members. Second applications in the same fiscal year will receive low priority. |
GUIDELINES: |
| 1. General |
| Project descriptions should be written in general terms and comprehensible to non-specialists.
Priority will be given to original projects, especially by junior and recently arrived faculty with no extramural or intramural support (including start-up funds). Research grants funded by the Subcommittee generally do not exceed $15,000. Since the Subcommittee is particularly interested in promoting new projects that will lead to extramural support, applicants should indicate when such funding is likely. |
| 2. Supplies and Expenses/Salaries/In-Field Travel/Equipment |
| Funds may be awarded for supplies, field work, research assistance, general assistance, travel for research purposes (written quotation from agency required), and equipment (vendor price quotation required). For graduate student support, identification of the graduate student is required. Salary support for postdoc fellows, PGRs, or other appointments in academic series is not allowed. |
| 3. Manuscripts |
| Limited funds are available to support the final preparation of manuscripts for publication. Manuscripts must exceed 200 double-spaced, typewritten pages. Application must include the title, number of pages, and a detailed price quotation. Funds will not be awarded if a publisher's advance has been received. |
| 4. Computer Equipment |
| Applications for computer equipment/software must be justified on a research basis. (Vendor price quotation required). Applicants must indicate what kind of computer equipment they currently use. |
| 5. Audio/Video/Photographic Equipment |
| Requests for funding of Audio/Video/Photographic equipment (price quotation required) should be accompanied by a letter from the Department Chair justifying the request in view of already existing equipment in the department. The award will be made to the academic department, not to individual faculty. The department is obligated to make certain that the equipment is accessible to the entire faculty. |
| 6. Unallowable Expenses |
| The Committee does not award funds for: books; curricular, administrative and teaching aid studies; individual subscriptions or periodicals; professional society dues; honorariums; stipends; reprints; publication costs; telephone charges; postage; typewriters, calculators, office furniture; minor office and computer supplies (paper, pens, pencils); maintenance and repair of equipment. |
| 7. Human and Animal Subjects |
a. Research involving the use of human subjects (including the use of questionnaires, body fluids, and tissues) must be approved by the Human Subjects Committee before funds can be allocated. Approval number and date must be provided to the subcommittee. Application forms are available in the Human Subjects Committee Office. |
USE OF FUNDS: |
| Funds are not discretionary; justification of all items requested is essential. Funds will not be provided for expenses incurred prior to submission deadline date. Awards which would result in cumulative support beyond $45,000 over a ten year period are unlikely. The cumulative total will be taken into consideration in establishing priorities on future applications. Expenditures of research grant funds must conform to the Subcommittee allocations by categories and purpose. Savings in any category cannot be redirected and must be returned for redistribution; grantee's 10-year cumulative total will be credited. The grantee is responsible for the administration of the grant, including overdrafts, and must review the budget and promptly return any funds that will not be spent before the grant expires. Any unexpended funds remaining on the expiration date will automatically revert to the Subcommittee for redistribution. Any equipment purchased from an Academic Senate research grant becomes the property of the University upon acquisition and is retained by the University upon completion of the project for which the funds were awarded. All expenditures are subject to applicable University regulations. Policy and Procedure Manual References: General Policy: 150-75 through 150-79; |
| ANY UNEXPENDED BALANCES RETURNED PRIOR TO THE ENDING DATE OF THE GRANT WILL BE CREDITED TOWARDS GRANTEE'S TEN-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL. |
HOW TO APPLY: |
Submit the original copy of the completed Research Grant Application, including any attachments. Also, submit your c.v. listing your publications covering the last three years, as well as earlier most important papers -- maximum two (2) pages). Send documents to:
General Campus Subcommittee on Research |
APPLICATION FORMS: |
| The Research Grant Application form is available on the web in Microsoft Word Format or Adobe Acrobat PDF Format. Applications must be typewritten and completed in full. Incomplete or undocumented applications will be deferred to the next meeting. |
| Please contact Michelle Null mnull@ucsd.edu, ext. 42130 if you have any questions. |
| Eduardo Macagno, Chair General Campus Subcommittee Academic Senate, Committee on Research |
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