Eligibility is restricted to those who have not received seed grants or new investigator awards from internal or external sources. The intent is to provide modest start-up funding to enable new investigators to establish meaningful research, creative and scholarly programs . Projects which demonstrate potential for the investigator s future growth with increasing impact in future years are especially sought.
Awards are non-renewable, and project duration is limited to two years.
Receipt of an award carries an obligation to provide a written report to OSP, to the academic dean and to the department chair. Such reports are due within three months of the completion of the project, shall be attached to a copy of the original proposal, and shall describe actual accomplishments in four pages or less. The Research Council will review all proposals and will make recommendations on funding to the Associate Provost for Research. The number of projects to be supported will depend upon available dollars.