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APPLICATION DEADLINES: |
Academic Senate: San Diego Division Marine Sciences Subcommittee on Research |
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Oct 15, 2008 Jan 16, 2009 |
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TO: |
MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS - MARINE SCIENCES |
RE: |
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO FUND RESEARCH PROJECTS -- FY 2008/09 |
| The Marine Sciences Subcommittee on Research is pleased to solicit applications for research support for funds beginning December 1, 2008. | |
THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS IS 2:00 P.M., OCTOBER 15, 2008. |
Applications received after this date will be returned--no exceptions. |
RESEARCH SUPPORT |
ELIGIBILITY: |
| Academic Senate members or Research Scientists in all fields are eligible to apply for individual research grants. Project Scientists are eligible for Travel to Scholarly Meetings only, subject to exception of policy. |
GUIDELINES: |
| Grant Amounts |
| Research grants funded by the Marine Sciences Subcommittee on Research generally do not exceed $8,000 and proposals should not exceed $10,000. Joint proposals should not exceed $10,000 per qualified applicant. Funds are not discretionary; justification of all items requested is essential. Awards which would result in cumulative support beyond $30,000 over a ten year period are unlikely. |
| Selection Criteria |
| Priority is generally given to junior and new faculty with no extramural support, and Academic Senate members will be given priority over non-Senate members. Since the Subcommittee is particularly interested in promoting new projects that will lead to extramural support, applicants should indicate when such funding is likely. Second applications in the same fiscal year will receive low priority. All research grants are awarded for a one-year period and expire one year from inception date. |
| 1. | Priority will be given to original projects, especially by junior and recently arrived faculty with no extramural support. | ||
| 2. | Consideration will be given to a small number of larger proposals which fall within the following categories: | ||
| (a) | bridge funding for faculty who after several years, lost extramural research grant and have new proposals in the review cycle (detailed documentation is required), | ||
| (b) | essential seed money for new projects by junior faculty, and | ||
| (c) | novel interdisciplinary research programs for groups of faculty. | ||
| Proposals should not exceed $10,000. | |||
| 3. | Funds may be awarded for supplies, field work, research assistance, general assistance, travel for research purposes (attach quotation from agency), and equipment (attach vendor price quotation). [NOTE: Due to limited funds, salary support for graduate students cannot be provided. "Research assistance" is for work that aids but does not substitute for the scholarly work of the faculty member; support of post-doctoral salary is therefore inappropriate.] |
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| 4. | Limited funds are available to support the final preparation of manuscripts for submission to publishers. Manuscripts must exceed 200 double-spaced, typewritten pages and include the title and number of pages. Funds will not be awarded if a publisher's advance has been received. | ||
| 5. | The Subcommittee does not award funds for: PI salary; books; curricular, administrative and teaching aid studies; individual subscriptions or periodicals; professional society dues; publication costs; reprints; telephone charges; postage; typewriters, calculators, office furniture; minor office and computer supplies (paper, pens, pencils); maintenance and repair of equipment, photocopying (unless grantee is on field travel). | ||
| 6. | Human and Animal Subjects | ||
| (a) | Research involving the use of human subjects (including the use of questionnaires, body fluids, and tissues) must be approved by the Human Subjects Committee before being initiated. Protocol number and date of approval should be indicated on the research grant application. Application forms are available in the Human Subjects Committee Office. | ||
| (b) | Research involving the use of animals must be approved by the Animal Subjects Committee. A copy of the approval or protocol number should be indicated on the application. Animal Use Protocol forms are available from the Animal Subjects Committee Office. | ||
USE OF FUNDS: |
| Expenditures of research grant funds must conform to the Subcommittee allocations by categories and purpose. Savings in any category cannot be redirected and must be returned for redistribution; grantee's 10-year cumulative total will be credited. |
| The grantee is responsible for the administration of the grant, any overdrafts, and must review the budget and return to the Subcommittee promptly any funds that will not be spent before the grant expires. Funds not expended by the end date will automatically revert to the Subcommittee for redistribution. |
| Any equipment purchased from an Academic Senate research grant becomes the property of the University upon acquisition and reverts to the University upon completion of the project for which the funds were awarded. |
All expenditures are subject to applicable University regulations. Policy and Procedure Manual References:General Policy: 150-75 through 150-79; |
| ANY UNEXPENDED BALANCES RETURNED TO THE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE GRANT WILL BE CREDITED TOWARDS GRANTEE'S TEN-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL. |
APPLICATION FORMS: |
| Application forms are available in Microsoft Word Format or Adobe Acrobat PDF Format. Applications must be typewritten and completed in full. Incomplete or undocumented applications will be deferred to the Subcommittee's next regularly scheduled meeting. |
HOW TO APPLY: |
Submit the completed Research Grant Application, including any attachments, to:The Marine Sciences Subcommittee on Research |
| Please contact Michelle Null, mnull@ucsd.edu, Academic Senate Office, ext. 42130, if you have any questions. |
| Duncan Agnew, Chair Marine Sciences Subcommittee Academic Senate, Committee on Research |
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