TBA (last known deadline was October 12, 2012)
This program was initiated to recognize the service contributions that untenured faculty members, especially women and members of minority groups, are asked to make to the University. Such service promotes the University's interest in having a broad range of perspectives represented on important committees. It also helps increase the involvement of non-tenured faculty in University governance. The consequence for the faculty members involved, however, is that they have less time to satisfy the individual research requirements for promotion to tenure. This is unfair to them and clearly contrary to the University's best interests.
To take account of the consequences of substantial commitments to University service, the University created the Research-Service Grant Program. Under this program, assistant professors and instructors who are in the first five years of tenure-track service at UW-Madison are eligible for summer salary (2/9ths of the academic year salary or equivalent) to pursue worthy research projects.