West Georgia attracts grants, gifts and contracts from federal, state, and local government agencies, corporations, and foundations. This external funding and other revenue enable the University to fulfill its official mission to emphasize creative teaching, encourage research, and promote the development of human resources through educational programs. To monitor the Faculty Research Grant Program in compliance with established institutional policies and procedures. To assist principal investigators in efforts to comply with federal and state statutes and University System policy. To seek increased support for University activities from the corporate and foundation sources.
Amounts exclude awards for student financial aid.
In certain cases, those periods included only a portion of FY99. In a number of cases, only the portion of the total amount awarded was actually received or spent during FY99. In addition to resources acquired from external sources, the University budgets state-allocated funds to assist faculty research efforts through the Faculty Research Grant Program. Established in 1967, the Faculty Research Grant Program provides limited funding for approved faculty research projects. Each fiscal year, faculty members submit formal proposals to the Learning Resources Committee of the Faculty Senate requesting University support.