Conflict of interest . The applicant should explicitly make a statement whether or not the application involves any potential conflict of interest, and any such conflicts should be described. For instance, if the research could forward the interests of a company in which the applicant has a pecuniary interest, this should be disclosed. Ten hard copies of the complete application should be submitted. All applications are reviewed by one of four faculty committees, in the four disciplinary areas mentioned above.
Every attempt is made to spread funding equitably across the major disciplines.
Since meritorious requests exceed available funds, reviewers often reduce budgets to extend the number of applications that can be supported. Decisions will be made shortly after review committees have met and should be distributed by email within 10 weeks of the date of submission.