TBA (last known deadline was April 2, 2010)
The universities encourage faculty and academic staff to initiate projects that will lead to productive intercampus interactions and promote partnerships in many areas, including water/energy, health care, advanced manufacturing, biomedical engineering, K-12 education, social sciences and the humanities. Successful grant proposals should lay the groundwork for future federal or state grant submissions, or funding from private foundations. Budgets with a recommended maximum of $50,000 for a term of one year will be considered. Overhead costs should not be included. Funding levels for successful proposals will depend on the budget request, the reviewers’ evaluation of budgetary need, and the ranking of the proposal. Proposals will be evaluated for their synergistic potential and possibility of future outside funding. Reviewers will consider the quality of the proposal together with the demonstrated records of scholarly achievements and promise. Senior faculty will be judged on their scholarly activities, junior faculty on the promise of their individual research programs and the role they will play in the collaboration.