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Type of Award
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Description
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Eligibility
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Award Amount
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Letter? |
Deadline
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| Fall Competitive Grant-in-Aid |
Provides support for expenses relating to a new or ongoing research project |
Main Campus Ordinary Faculty (MSB Faculty not eligible) |
$500-$2,000 |
No |
September 26, 2008 |
| Summer Academic Grants |
Provides two, consecutive summer months support for work on a research, creative arts or curriculum development project |
All full-time and continuing members of the Main Campus teaching faculty
(MSB Faculty not eligible)
|
$9,500 |
Yes: chair or program director |
October 3, 2008 |
| Research Infrastructure Awards |
Provides support for the acquisition of tools/resources that contribute to the research of collaborating faculty |
Departments or Research Groups on the Main Campus
(MSB Faculty not eligible)
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$45,000 per competition: one in the sciences and a second in the arts, humanities and social sciences |
No |
October 10, 2008 |
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Provides junior faculty with a semester free from teaching and service responsibilities in order to enable the substantial completion of a research project, which will contribute to the tenure decision
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Non-tenured, tenure track members of the Main Campus Ordinary Faculty at the Assistant Professor level
(MSB Faculty not eligible)
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One semester of leave at full pay; department receives $15,000 for course coverage
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Yes: chair or program director |
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Provides faculty at the associate and full professor levels with a semester free from teaching and service responsibilities in order to enable the substantial completion of a research project
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Tenured members of the Main Campus Ordinary Faculty at Associate and Full Professor levels (MSB Faculty not eligible)
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One semester of leave at full pay; department receives $15,000 for course coverage
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Yes: chair or program director |
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| Spring Competitive Grant-in-Aid |
Provides support for expenses relating to a new or ongoing research project |
Main Campus Ordinary Faculty (MSB Faculty not eligible) |
$500-$2,000 |
No |
February 6, 2009 |
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Provide faculty with resources that will allow them to engage in research related activities directly connected to the submission of a proposal (or proposals) for external research support
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Main Campus Ordinary Faculty (MSB Faculty not eligible)
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$10,000
|
Yes: chair or program director |
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Provides support to cover minimal research-related costs
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Main Campus Ordinary Faculty (MSB Faculty not eligible)
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$300 (maximum per year)
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No |
Through June 29, 2009 as funds permit
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