1. Faculty Research Awards
Deadline: January 11, 2019 at 5pm

2. Funding Goals
Support faculty research activities across all disciplines
Examples of eligible projects
Book projects
Performances in major national or international venues
Creative work for exhibition
Research to obtain pilot data, demonstrate feasibility of an approach/method, contribute to prototype development
Travel to conduct fieldwork or research at archives/special collections
List of prior awardees and their project title on RDS website

3. Eligible Applicants Faculty from all disciplines
Assistant, Associate and Full Professors
NTTF with 1.0 FTE and research responsibilities who have been employed by UO for 3 years and will hold appointment AY
Note: 1 application per faculty per cycle

4. Ineligible Applicants
Emeritus, Courtesy, Visiting, and Adjunct Faculty
Recipients from last 3 years
Those who have not filed final reports from prior award

5. Scope of Award Maximum of $5,500
12 month project period, 7/1/19-6/30/20
Final report due 7/30/2020

6. Budget: Allowable Expenses
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Contractual services
Core/shared facility use
Graduate or undergraduate student effort
Summer stipend (subject to OPE)

7. Budget: Unallowable Costs
Replacement or funding of tenure-line faculty salary during the academic year
Stipend during the academic year
Instructional release
Construction or facility renovation
Curriculum or career development

8. Application Components
Completed application form
Statement of work (3 pages)
Line item budget & justification (1 page)
Curriculum Vitae (2 pages)
Relevant attachments
List of prior institutional support (including start-up funds) from past 5 years
Letters re: matching support (if applicable)
Formatting: Times New Roman 11pt; 1” margins

9. Statement of Work Project description Timeline & Milestones
Expected outcomes
Expected future research, scholarship, or creative work that will result from this project

10. Review Process Initial review: compliance with guidelines
Primary review: faculty committee appointed by the Faculty Senate
Notification of awards in Spring 2019

11. Critical Information Deadline: 5pm, Monday, January 11, 2019
Review committee consists of faculty across disciplines; write for a sophisticated, scholarly audience, but not your disciplinary peers
Develop strong argument for your project
Reach out to RDS with questions