As with the Large Grants, the fundamental goal of the Small Grant program is to help faculty move into a better position to apply for and receive extramural funding, and recipients of Council awards are expected to be actively engaged in submitting proposals to extramural sponsors. In addition, small supplements to an active Research Council grant may be requested when a research project develops in an unexpected way and it becomes necessary to follow a new direction or to overcome unanticipated obstacles. Because there are limited funds for the program, it may not be possible to make commitments to all applicants. The request will be reviewed and, if necessary, further negotiated with the investigator. Wednesday, October 17, 2001.
Preference is given to instrumentation that includes matching funds.
The application must include a written quote from the preferred vendor. Review procedure and criteria. The requests are reviewed by an ad hoc committee that reports its recommendations to the full Council. Wednesday, October 24, 2001. The program is designed to bring three to four distinguished visitors to campus each year for an intensive period of scholarly exchange with faculty members and graduate students.