Deadlines for research-fund applications are quickly approaching. Here is a list of opportunities for tenure-track faculty, full-time continuing administrative staff and undergraduate students who must be endorsed by a tenure-track faculty member.
Baker Awards
Deadline: Jan. 16
All tenured and tenure-track members and full-time continuing administrative staff at all Ohio University campuses are eligible to submit proposals in any field of study. The scholarly, technical or artistic merit of the proposed project is the primary criterion for evaluation.
All projects on which progress has been made are eligible for consideration. Requests for funds to initiate projects are more appropriately directed to the Ohio University Research Committee. Awards will not exceed $10,000.
Current guidelines must be followed when preparing a proposal to the Baker Awards Committee. Guidelines can be obtained at www.ohiou.edu/research/baker.htm.
For additional information, please contact Roxanne Male'-Brune, projects coordinator, at 597-1227 or male-bru@ohio.edu, or Bonita Biegalke, Baker Awards Committee chair, at 593-2377 or biegalke@ohio.edu.
Ohio University Research Committee Awards
Deadline: Jan 31
Faculty and contract administrative staff at all Ohio University locations are eligible to submit proposals in any field of study.
Research committee awards are primarily for Group I and Group II faculty and full-time permanent contract administrative staff. The committee will consider grants to Group II and Group IV faculty in exceptional cases. Contact the committee chair prior to submission.
Funds are available as seed money for new projects and support of other projects where no other funding is available or where a special funding need has developed. Priority is placed on supporting faculty who are new to Ohio University. For projects on which progress has been made, investigators should consider an application to the Baker Awards Committee. Awards will not exceed $8,000.
Current guidelines must be followed when preparing a proposal to the awards committee. Guidelines can be obtained at www.ohiou.edu/research/ourc.htm.
For additional information, please contact Roxanne Male'-Brune, projects coordinator, at 597-1227 or male-bru@ohio.edu, or Andre Gribou, Ohio University Research Committee chair, at 593-1827 or gribou@ohio.edu.
Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund
Deadline: Feb. 1
The Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund provides up to $50,000 annually to enable students to pursue research projects. The program provides money for research-related travel, materials and supplies. A limited number of awards can support apprenticeship positions.
The awards are available to undergraduate students enrolled on the Athens campus to support original research, scholarship and creative activity.
Students must be endorsed by a tenure-track faculty member, who will serve as a mentor and oversee the research. Applications must be submitted by Feb. 1 to be considered for awards that will be announced March 1.
Forty-nine undergraduates received grants last year. Funded projects ranged from a study of human rights in Indonesia to research on southern flying squirrels to a proposal to create a student-run college sitcom.
To apply, students must submit a proposal describing the research project and its budget. Application forms are available from the Honors Tutorial College office at 35 Park Place, in all deans' offices or on the Web at www.ouhtc.org.
A committee with representatives chosen from each college will decide what research projects will be funded. The money will be available spring quarter.
