Fall Award Deadlines for:

• Hemingway Adjunct Faculty Grants
• Hemingway Faculty Vitality Grants
• Hemingway New Faculty Grants
• Instructional Improvement Grants
• Research Grants

SCHEDULE:

• October 14, 2013: Submit your proposal to an RSPG representative to check for completeness and appropriateness. Departmental and college signatures are not required at this point, but no proposals can be accepted after the deadline. There is, however, a seven-day period before the next due date which proposals can receive final editing and receive signatures.
  
  
• October 15-21, 2013: After revisions have been made, obtain the signatures of your RSPG representative, the department chair and the dean.
     
• FINAL DEADLINE - Monday, October 21, 2013: One hard copy of the final proposal with original signatures is due in the committee chair's office (Dr. Azenett Garza, SS328D, MC 1202, EXT 6249). Proposals lacking any of the required signatures identified above will NOT be considered. An electronic copy in pdf or rtf format must also be submitted by email to the chair agarza@weber.edu. Your electronic application and appendices should be named as Lastname application.pdf (e.g., Smith application.pdf; Smith appendix A; Smith appendix B; etc.).

HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT PROPOSALS

Proposals that include cost sharing from departments, colleges, off-campus agencies and/or faculty personal funds are viewed more favorably than are proposals that do not include cost-sharing.

RSPG grant amounts typically range from a few hundred dollars to $3000.00. Hemingway Collaborative and Faculty Excellence awards may receive higher levels of funding. RSPG will provide no more than $1250/person for travel to conferences within the United States. The committee will consider larger requests for foreign travel.

Proposals that request retroactive funding will NOT be reviewed. For more information on funding criteria and eligible expenses, go to http://www.weber.edu/RSPG/funding_criteria.html.

For more information on how the committee evaluates and scores proposals, go to RSPG Guidelines & Scoring 2013. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Chair, Azenett Garza at agarza@weber.edu.

HUMAN SUBJECTS/PROTECTED ANIMALS

Any research involving human subjects and/or protected animals must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate committee (Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use Committee) prior to submission to RSPG. Submit the required forms to either:

• Dr. Theresa Kay, Chair of the IRB, MC 1202, SS 366, EXT 6812
• Dr. Brian Chung, Chair of the ACUC, MC 2505, SL 406, EXT 6191

CATEGORIES OF PROPOSALS

AWARDS

1. Hemingway Collaborative Awards (Spring Semester)

Hemingway Collaborative Projects involve two or more WSU faculty; priority will be given to proposals that focus on two or more separate disciplines.

2. Hemingway Excellence Awards (Spring Semester)

Hemingway Excellence Projects have the potential to positively and significantly impact a broader community, and the potential to bring regional, national or international attention to WSU. Excellence proposals may lead to larger scale projects and the possibility for outside funding. Proposals must clearly specify how the benefit goes beyond individual faculty and impacts a broader community (community may be defined as an academic department or college, or an off-campus agency).

GRANTS

1. Research Grants  (Fall and Spring Semesters)

This category encompasses faculty activities that promote original scholarship, research, and artistic expression, including the acquisition, application, and dissemination of knowledge, and the facilitation and exhibition of artistic expression. The Committee has received special funds to support student research assistants. This funding is available to students provided they have not received undergraduate research funding in the past.

2. Instructional Improvement Grants  (Fall and Spring Semesters)

This category includes those proposals that focus on the development of student-centered pedagogical approaches; augmentation of existing curriculum; assessment of new skills for students; development of classroom support materials and activities, excluding consumables or materials that are part of normal operating expenses; and development of interdisciplinary programs or courses.

3. Hemingway Faculty Vitality Grants  (Fall and Spring Semesters)

Hemingway Faculty Vitality Grants are provided for projects that support individual faculty research, presentation of papers or serving in an official capacity at a professional organization meeting, attendance at a meeting or short workshop, development of a new course, or acquisition of new skills or expertise.

4. Hemingway New Faculty Grants  (Spring Semester)

New Faculty Grants are provided to tenure track faculty within their first two years on tenure track at WSU.

5. Hemingway Adjunct Faculty Grants (Spring Semester)

Grants are provided specifically for Weber State Adjunct Faculty to support research, presentation of papers or serving in an official capacity at a professional organization meeting, attendance at a meeting or short workshop, development of a new course, or acquisition of new skills or expertise. Adjunct faculty members can apply for these funds as principle investigators with or without the involvement of a full-time faculty member.