DEADLINES
For work to be carried out during the remainder of the 2023-2024 academic year (completed before June 30), applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, September 29, 2023. For work that will be completed in the spring of the current academic year (before June 30) or the summer of 2024, applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2024. For work to be carried out in the summer of 2024 or during the 2024-2025 academic year, applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2024. Reminders of this second and third deadline will be sent during the Easter semester.
APPLICATIONS
The call for funding proposals will be sent via email to all members of the College and School of Theology faculty. Faculty members seeking funding for a project must fill out the electronic form by the deadlines set by the Committee. This form must be filled out accurately and completely, or the proposal will be denied. A complete form must include:
- A detailed, itemized, and justified budget is necessary (please use the downloadable Research Grants Budget Justification Template). If you are applying for work to be done during the summer, and your budget is going to be split between two fiscal years, please indicate in your budget how you would like the money divided by telling us how much you would like from each budget. For example: if your expenditures start in June and continue into July, your budget spans two fiscal years. The Committee caps awards at a maximum of $5000 per faculty member per fiscal year (July 1 through June 30).
- A 1-3 page description of your proposal, using 12-point font, detailing how the particular trip (or expense) will support your research and/or your development as a faculty member. You must specify particular outcomes (an article, a book chapter, a performance or exhibit, etc.), which should also be addressed in the final report you will submit upon reimbursement. Aim for a straightforward and clearly articulated description suitable for an intelligent reader who is likely outside your field. Complex literary analyses, math equations, and chemical formulas are far less helpful than a precise and jargon-free description.
- A short recent CV (no more than four pages, please).
- If you have been funded by Faculty Research Grants in the last ten years, please include a copy of the report from your most recently supported project. Please use the Research Grant Final Report Template or submit a copy of your most recent online Final Report Submission Form.
These documents together with the electronic form will be sent automatically to all members of the Committee and to the Office of the Dean of the College. Tenured and tenure-track faculty members, as well as research professors, will have priority over the funds, but the Committee will review all applications.
