Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Faculty Scholar Award (winter)
Notify CHR of intent to submit: October 1, 2006
Deadline: November 1, 2006
Maximum Award: $15,000

The 2007 DMC Faculty Scholar Award Program will fund studies that focus on translating WSU faculty research into studies of clinical practice at the DMC. Both need-based and hypothesis-testing proposals are of interest. Three faculty teams, each of which is composed of one Research Faculty Scholar and one Clinical Faculty Scholar, will be funded each calendar year. The Clinical Faculty Scholar must be a CON faculty. The Research Faculty Scholar may be from a WSU Department other than Nursing. Faculty Scholar teams will be assisted in finding a required co-investigator from the DMC Department of Nursing. Proposals will be judged on a number of factors in addition to scientific merit including (a) innovativeness, (b) impact on DMC nursing practice, and (c) likelihood of research leading to major external funding.

Click on http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/DMC_2007.pdf to download the application. Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2006 for a January 1, 2007 start, March 1, 2007 for a May 1, 2007 start, or July 1, 2007 for a September 1, 2007 start. Submit to the Center for Health Research, 317 Cohn Bldg. If you need additional information, please e-mail judith.floyd@wayne.edu or call 577-4135.

Humanities Center Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: November 24, 2006
Maximum Award: $12,000

The Humanities Center offers one doctoral student in the Humanities and Arts $12,000 in support, during the final stages of writing his or her dissertation. The Fellow may also be eligible for tuition reimbursement for up to 5 non-audit dissertation credits. The Center will offer up to three additional awards, each worth up to $1,000 to deserving students who apply for the fellowship.

Applicants for this fellowship must be doctoral candidates in the final stages of writing dissertations in the humanities, arts, or related disciplines. These disciplines include philosophy, language, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, the arts, those aspects of social sciences that have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods, and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment.

Eligibility

1. Applicant must be enrolled in good standing as a PhD candidate in the humanities or arts discipline at WSU.
2. Must have a dissertation topic, outline, and prospectus approved by his/her dissertation committee, and the Graduate School by the application deadline.
3. Must have completed all requirements for the PhD, except the dissertation.

Applications can be picked up at the Humanities Center at 2226 Faculty Administration Building or can be downloaded in PDF format from the Humanities Center website at www.research.wayne.edu/hum/. Proposal (14 copies) must be submitted to the Humanities Center (Attention: Walter F. Edwards) by 5:00 pm on November 24, 2006.

Innovative Projects in the Arts and Humanities
Deadline: December 1, 2006
Award: The Center will fund up to five (5) projects up to $4000 each.

This program was developed in an effort to promote and encourage new ideas and projects in the Humanities and the Arts. The Humanities Center will fund proposals from faculty that will chart new research or artistic territory. The Center will fund up to five proposals that indicate new directions in humanistic or artistic work. These new projects could be proposed by individual faculty or by collaborative teams. More favorable consideration will be given to projects involving collaborative efforts by two or more faculty.

Applications for Innovative Projects should consist of:

1. A narrative describing the project and indicating clearly and in detail how this project breaks new ground in the humanities or arts (maximum length, two pages)
2. A letter of support from a senior faculty, not involved in the application, supporting the proposal and endorsing its innovative aspects.
3. A budget, indicating how the applicant(s) will use these funds in developing the project
4. A curriculum vitae for each applicant

Applications (14 copies) should be sent to The Humanities Center, Attn: Walter F. Edwards, Director, 2226 Faculty Administration Building. For more information about the Humanities Center and its programs, please contact the Center at 577-5471 or visit our website at http://www.research.wayne.edu/hum/.

University Research Grant Program
Deadline: December 4, 2006
Maximum Award: $10,000

The University Research Grant Program, budgeted at $160,000, provides funding for regular full-time faculty and academic staff (per WSU/AAUP Agreement), with preference given to instructors and faculty below the rank of full professor, to: (1) support research in the form of summer stipends for nine-month faculty for whom a period of extended and uninterrupted activity is essential; and (2) support purchases of supplies and equipment not otherwise obtainable. Other research expenses such as travel and support personnel are allowed only when they are necessary to perform the stated research and are properly justified. Support to attend a professional meeting may also be requested. Only one application may be submitted per faculty member.

The application form is available for download at: http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/URG_App_2006-2007.pdf. Completed applications require the endorsement of the department chairperson and dean. Send completed application, including necessary signatures, and curriculum vita or biosketch in PDF format to Lynn Slone at lslone@wayne.edu. Awards will be announced by March 9, 2007. If you need additional information, please e-mail lslone@wayne.edu or call 577-2256.