The University Central Research Scholar Grants Program is intended to encourage original, innovative scholarship of the highest quality by faculty conducting research in areas in which opportunities for extramural funding are limited. A faculty member may submit a proposal as principal investigator for an award in only one of the first three categories, but may in addition be listed as a co-investigator on one interdisciplinary research grant. A faculty member may make a proposal for the Lectures and Symposia category in addition to the above.
Awards are normally for a single year.
The program will consider a proposal for an Interdisciplinary Research Grant or a Faculty Development Grant that requests two consecutive years of funding, but a compelling case for needing two years of support must be made. These examples are meant only to be illustrative and to encourage faculty members to propose creative new ideas for cross-disciplinary research. The program also will consider in this category requests for support of a traditional research project of the very highest quality. Faculty members will be expected to propose a project for which school support is not available. Research Scholar Fellowships will be awarded to provide partial salary support for a second-semester, extended leave for a faculty member granted a leave with pay for one semester.