Faculty Grants Committee

Meeting to Consider Summer Fellowship Proposals (Second/Bonus Round)

Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 10:00-11:00 AM

UC Cherokee Room

Members Attending: Karen Adsit (ex-officio), Michaël Bonnal, Susan Eckelmann, Tammy Garland, Dawn Ford (ex-officio), Debbie Ingram, Carolyn Schreeder, Michael Thompson (chair), Ling Jun Wang, Weidong Wu, Jonathan Yeager.

The Faculty Grants Committee convened on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, from 10:00-11:00 AM in the UC Cherokee Room. Thecommittee called for a second/bonus round of Summer Fellowship proposals, and received thirteen (13) applicationsrequesting a total of $41,200.00. After discussing the merits of the proposals as well as the ratings submitted prior to the meeting, the committee funded five (5) Summer Fellowships (one at $5,000 and four at $2,500) for a total of $15,000.00. With a 2015-2016 budget of $101,415.06 (increased once more from $75,525.00 in an email from Karen Adsit on February 9, 2016), a balance of $42,280.85 remains. In addition to funding quality proposals during the April 2016 round of Faculty Grants, the committee intends to carry over to 2016-2017 a reserve fund of $10,000-$15,000. The attached spreadsheet details the grants awarded during this round of funding.

Michael D. Thompson

Chair

First Name / Last Name / Department / College / Title / Amount Requested / Amount Funded
Virginia / Cairns / Library / LIBRARY / Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians / $5,000.00 / $5,000.00
Sarah / Einstein / English / CAS / In Austria after the War / $2,500.00 / $2,500.00
Jessica / Auchter / Political Science and Public Service / CAS / The Global Dead Book Manuscript / $5,000.00 / $2,500.00
Jennifer / Danos / Art / CAS / "Repeat & Reverse" Berlin Exhibition & Summer Salon / $5,000.00 / $2,500.00
Christina / Policastro / Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies / CAS / Perceptions of Male Rape Victims: Examining Rape Myth Acceptance and Victim Blaming Attitudes among a Sample of College Students / $2,500.00 / $2,500.00
Zibin / Guo / Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies / CAS / Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Wheelchair Tai Chi Chuan Program for Veterans with Ambulatory and Psychological Impairments / $2,500.00 / $0.00
Svetlana / Chesser / Psychology / CAS / Exploring the Relationships between Emotion Regulation Strategies, Early Life Stressors, and Chronic Stress in Adolescents / $2,500.00 / $0.00
Eric / Hungenberg / Health and Human Performance / CHEPS / Understanding the Adventure Sportscape's Impact on Consumers' Destination Image and Behavior Intentions / $2,500.00 / $0.00
Mohammad / Ahmadi / Management / BUSINESS / Addition of Excel Instructions and Examples to My Existing Study Guide/Workbook (SG) / $5,000.00 / $0.00
Cuilan / Gao / Mathematics / CAS / Summer Research on Classification of Cancer Types Using Neural Networks and Gene Expression Data / $2,500.00 / $0.00
Lingju / Kong / Mathematics / CAS / On Symmetric Positive Solutions of Boundary Value Problems on Time Scales / $2,500.00 / $0.00
Sumith / Gunasekera / Mathematics / CAS / Generalized Variable Inference of the Youden Index for the Assessment of Parkinson's Disease Screening / $2,500.00 / $0.00
Susan / Eastman / English / CAS / Indexing Book Index / $1,200.00 / $0.00
$41,200.00 / $15,000.00