This may include travel, payments to human subjects, purchase and care of animal subjects, research software, minor equipment, materials and supplies, student or non-student research assistants, books and other printed source material, and data which must be purchased from external sources. Travel must be directly related to the specific project and funds may not be used to attend conferences. Granted funds may be expended at any time during the 2001 calendar year. No portion of the funds may be held over beyond December 31, 2001. The RCSG awards are designated as New Faculty awards and Senior Faculty awards.
Faculty are eligible for only one category of award.
The purpose of the seed grants for new tenure track faculty below the Associate Professor level is to assist them in the initiation of research. The RCSG awards in this award category are awarded to faculty members new to the University defined as those whose faculty appointments were effective since August 16th four years or fewer prior to the date of application. A new faculty member can receive up to three awards. The purpose of the seed grants for senior investigators is to provide financial support to encourage initiatives in research and other scholarly activities by senior faculty members. A senior investigator who received awards in a given year is not eligible to apply for the following four years.