URC Faculty Research Fellowship Award
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Source of Funding:
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University Research Committee
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Funding Amount:
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Up to $10,000
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Next Deadline:
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Second Monday of October
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Application:
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Faculty Research Fellowships have been established to promote and foster the research endeavors of Oakland University bargaining unit faculty members. Untenured faculty members may receive Fellowships no more than once every two years, and tenured faculty may receive Faculty Research Fellowships no more than once every three years. The on-line application may by found at www2.oakland.edu/research/gcsram/login.cfm.
Please refer to the section entitled "University Research Committee Guidelines" for instructions on proposal preparation. Applicants preparing a collaborative proposal should clearly identify a single, lead investigator, who will be designated the awardee if the proposal is funded. The URC is not favorably disposed toward a proposal that is a continuation of an earlier, incomplete project.
The award may be used in any combination of stipend and research expenses, such as supplies, minor items of equipment, project assistant wages, technical services, and travel expenses. Equipment and travel requests, in particular, must be carefully justified. University regulations on travel reimbursement are to be followed; equipment purchased with expense funds is subject to university property guidelines. There are income tax implications implicit in this allocation.
- Recipients have two options for the execution of their projects, both of which obligate the recipient to a 15-week period of full-time research: (1) Traditional full-time research during the Summer term. (2) Full-time research during a Fall or Winter semester. This second option is designed for faculty members who teach multiple courses during Spring and/or Summer terms in exchange for released time from teaching during the academic year. Applicants seeking support for 15 weeks of full-time research during the academic year are responsible for making the appropriate arrangements within their academic unit. Fellowship recipients who choose this option may not be receiving more salary support than they would be entitled to during the academic year.
- The recipients of faculty fellowships will not have conflicting commitments with other research grants and will not receive other compensation from other grants during this time period beyond the maximum allowable by Oakland University if the fellowship fund is being used as a stipend.
- Awards will be announced within eight weeks after the closing date for this competition. Each award recipient will be required to file a final report within 90 days of the conclusion of the fellowship period, indicating specific publications, presentations, and other accomplishments that were achieved as a result of the fellowship. The report should be submitted to the Office of Research Administration.
- The focus in evaluation of fellowship applications is on the specifics of the methodology, the feasibility and probable success of the research, and the potential to foster future scholarship by the faculty applicant. In cases of substantially equal merit, the URC reserves the right to give preference to those who have not previously held fellowships. Among those who have received previous fellowships, priority may be given to those who have applied for external funding after they have received the fellowship. Applicants will not receive written feedback on their proposals. Those applicants who are denied funding can get feedback from the chairperson of the URC within one month of notification of the decision.
- Award recipients are notified by e-mail that an account has been established for expenses related to their projects or programs. After one year, the account will be closed and the remaining funds will revert back to the URC. A final report of the project must be submitted within 90 days of the completion date of the project.
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