Provost’s Post-Tenure Fellowship2016-2017

Purpose: This competitive, merit-based fellowship enables tenured faculty to cover expenses associated with substantial scholarly endeavors in their home disciplines.

Eligibility:

Full-time tenured faculty:

  • Priority given to highly qualified faculty applicants without impending or recent sabbaticals working at The College at Brockport at the time of application.
  • You may only apply for oneof the following grants during a given grant cycle: Provost's Post-Tenure Fellowship or Scholarly Incentive Award.

Ineligible faculty have:

  • A scholarly project already funded by an external grant(s).
  • Received this award within the previous five years.

Funding:

  • Up to $3,500to reimburse eligible expenses associated with a substantial scholarly project.
  • Unused funds will expiretwo years after the date of award notification.
  • A Post-Grant Summary must be submitted utilizing the link available on the Grants Development page as “Post-Grant Summary.” (This links you to a Qualtrics survey tool.) Please complete the summary prior to the expiration of the award. It should include a brief but detailed account of specific scholarly activities and outcomes, and a brief but detailed account of how you used the award money and the total amount used.

Review Process: Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of faculty from each of the academic schools, with staff support provided by the Grants Development Office.

Application Deadlines: (This is the last day applications will be accepted–early submission is encouraged.)

  • Proposals must be received by 5:00 pm on October 28, 2016 OR February 17, 2017.
  • Proposals should be e-mailed to Jules Oyer at

Questions? Contact Jules Oyer at 395-2905 or

Provost’s Post-Tenure Fellowship Application Guidelines2016-2017

Submit your applicationby e-mailing all materials in one single document to Jules Oyer at

Completed cover sheet (form attached).

Project Narrative - please limit to three single-spaced pages. Proposals should be clear
and compelling to reviewers who are not necessarily specialists in your discipline. Additionally, a resume and relevant materials may be attached (see below).

  1. Narrative format: (three, single-spaced pages)
  2. Describe your substantial scholarly project in your discipline
    (if relevant, identify all contributors).
  3. Specify how the Provost’s Fellowship will enable you to
    finish a current, major scholarly project or begin a new
    and substantial one.
  4. Identify potential external grants (Contact Grants Development Director for assistance ).
  5. Identify recent applications for and/or awards of Brockport or external grants for this or closely related projects.
  6. Provide a detailed timeline along with potential venues for publication and/or professional presentation of your scholarly project (please include titles and dates of specific conferences and publications).
  7. Budget Form: (not included in three page narrative limit, please use attached form).
  8. Please provide specific details with itemized headings and costs for needed funds up to $3,500.
  9. This can include: travel (federal per diem rates can be found at: ); student assistants; consultant support; materials, supplies, publications or software not available on campus or through interlibrary loan, etc.
  10. If planning to hire research assistants, they must be currently enrolled at Brockport. The rates of pay are a minimum of $9/hour for undergraduate students and $11/hour for graduate students.
  11. For software requests please check the UBMicro IT site to see if you can purchase it at a discount – . Please include this information in your budget.

Curriculum Vitae (maximum three pages)

Relevant appendix materials(not to exceed 10 pages)

  • Letters or e-mails of support from all critical project collaborators
  • Confirmation of book contract, art exhibition, scheduled performance, journal publication, conference presentation, etc.

Provost’s Post-Tenure Fellowship Award

Cover Sheet2016-2017

Name:

Department:

Phone (office):

Phone (other):

Project Title:

Project Start Date:

Project End Date:

Single Sentence Summary of Project:

Provost’s Post-Tenure Fellowship Award

Budget Form 2016-2017

Please fill out and include with application.

Category
(travel, materials, etc.) / Expenses / Details/Explanation
Total Expenses

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