The second phase of an effort to support faculty research or teaching projects using information technologies and electronic resources is now underway. The first five projects funded by the Faculty Support Program were recently completed, according to Scott Bennett, University librarian, and Daniel Updegrove, director of Information Technology Services ITS, whose departments jointly sponsor the initiative. Now faculty from every corner of the campus are being invited to submit proposals for the second round of the Faculty Support Program. The program offers both professional and staff assistance and financial support for graduate student assistance, training, equipment and other resources. See related story, below.
Funding is for one year.
It should also include a statement of purpose, a description of the project and its significance, a project schedule, a list of equipment and other resources needed, and a project budget. Proposals should also indicate how the department or school plans to assess the results of the project and incorporate them into its ongoing programs of teaching and research. They must be submitted to the Office of the University Library by Monday, March 31. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Updegrove, working with an advisory panel of faculty and staff, will select proposals for funding by April 14. There will be a meeting of the selected participants in late April, and principal investigators must provide interim reports by Oct. 31, participate in an informational forum next March for the third round of projects, and submit final reports in May of 1998.