DRC申请资料
申请表格
Dedman College Dean’s 研究 Council (DRC) Grant
重要的日子
- 申请截止日期: 2024年2月7日
提交的应用程序 materials as 一个 bookmarked PDF through the web portal using the 提交 Application button below.
- Department Chair Letter of Support Deadline: 2024年2月7日
Applicants should arrange for a confidential letter of support written by their department chair. The chair must submit the letter of support directly to the Associate Dean’s office (medominguez@julihui168.com). Review meeting(s) to identify the proposals of highest merit will be held in February/March.
- Applicants for the highest-ranked proposals will present a summary of their proposed research to the Dean’s 研究 Council review panel members on 2024年2月29日.
- 提供的资金 4月
目的
To enhance faculty research by providing 奖助金 to support the development of new ideas and areas of research, establish cooperative and interdisciplinary research, and facilitate successful competition for external support. To compete successfully, applicants must demonstrate strong potential to attract external support (e.g.、助学金、研究金).
资格
Tenure-track faculty members who will have completed their 3rd year review in Spring 2024 are encouraged to apply. 所有终身教职员工均可申请.
申请人只可申请 一个 在以下类别中.
A. 实证科学研究
DRC 奖助金 in this category are intended to support research that will strengthen a planned application for external funding. 最高预算:4万美元
B. 人文与图书项目
DRC 奖助金 in this category are designed primarily to assist faculty in the humanities. Faculty in closely related disciplines whose scholarship utilizes humanities research methods may apply as well. The grant is designed to support scholars whose research requires travel to archives or who need summer support to advance or complete writing projects. Proposals at any stage of research development are allowed (i.e., DRC 奖助金 are not limited to early-stage projects). 在理想的情况下, the proposed project would also help position the applicant to compete successfully for external fellowships, 奖助金, 或奖励. 最高预算:2万美元
授予条件
- Funds must be expended within twelve months of the award. A six-month extension can be requested no later than 4 weeks before the expiration of the grant.
- Awardees must agree to present the proposed research at a reception held for the members of the Dedman College 研究 Council. The reception will be held in the spring semester, following the announcement of the award.
预算的条件
- Grant funds may be used for research-related travel, 设备, 供应, 软件, 夏天的薪水, a 一个-course buy-out (with chair and dean approval), 博士生津贴, 以及其他直接支持. Travel to present research at conferences 不是 allowable (the University has other mechanisms to support such travel).
- Interdisciplinary research including faculty collaboration across SMU schools is encouraged, but DRC salary support is restricted to Dedman College faculty.
- Proposals for new 设备 that would be of value to several research programs will also be considered.
审查小组
刚果民主共和国的成员. The grant review panel will include members of the DRC. 由院长决定, additional members from the roster of the DRC may be invited to serve on the panel.
教师评论者. One faculty member from each division of Dedman College will serve on the review committee.
评审过程
The Associate Dean for 研究 and Academic Affairs will chair the review process. The review panel members will meet in February to review the applications. The applicants for the highest-ranked proposals (as rated by faculty reviewers) will be invited to make an oral presentation of the proposed research to the full review panel. The quality of the oral presentation and its accessibility to a lay audience is important to the evaluation process. 口头报告结束后, the review panel will make final recommendations for award(s) to the Dean, 谁将作出最终的裁决. 获奖名单将于4月1日公布.
审查标准
The proposals will be reviewed along the following dimensions, which are derived from review criteria of federal agencies that fund extramural research (e.g.， neh, nih, nsf). Applications that are strong in each of these are more likely to be scored highly.
- Intellectual merit of the proposed research
- Significance and broader impacts of the proposed research
- The quality of the applicant’s previous work and the feasibility of the proposed project
- The rigor and quality of the research methods (i.e., 概念, 定义, 组织, 研究设计, and measurement and proposed statistical analyses when relevant).
- Overall Impact: An assessment of the application as a whole, after considering all of the above review criteria together
除了, applications that also contribute to accomplishment of college or institutional strategic objectives are viewed favorably.