A broad range of strategies to achieve these objectives will be considered. Enhancement of efforts to obtain multi-year funding from external sources will be important but not critical. Funding requests might also be made for the acquisition of library collections upon which research and scholarship are to be conducted, or the purchase of collections of specimen materials for research purposes. Other possibilities would include attendance at or organization of workshops and conferences that provide individuals with critical expertise and the promotion of activities that encourage the formation of interdisciplinary groups. These examples, however, in no way are intended to restrict the nature of the proposals received.
Innovation is encouraged.
Successful proposals will include strong academic programmatic endorsements and appropriate offers of cost sharing on the part of the academic unit and college from which the proposal comes. Those proposals that fail to meet these criteria will be rejected. These criteria will be applied in the context of the appropriateness of proposed costs. Faculty salary support or supplements will not be considered appropriate. Continuation of this program in subsequent years is not assured, and thus, priority will be given to those proposals that show evidence of the attainment of the desired objectives within the 2002 calendar year.