Bridge Funding Program

Applications for the Office of the Vice President for Research’s Bridge Funding Program will be accepted three times per year. The first deadline for this academic year is November 20, 2006, 5:00pm. Please visit http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/OVPR_Bridge_Funding_Program.pdf for details.

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/.

The President’s Research Enhancement Program

The President’s Research Enhancement Program is designed to strengthen WSU’s position as a nationally recognized research university and as a center of scholarship consistent with our emphases on the urban mission and global presence as described in our Strategic Action Plan.

Letters of Intent for all three competitive programs are due on December 4, 2006. Detailed instructions on applying for the individual programs can be accessed through the below links and links to potential collaborator lists for each are also included:

Research Enhancement Program in Arts FY07
http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/REP_in_Arts_Announcement_FY07.pdf

http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/Potential_Collaborators_for_REP_in_Arts.pdf

Research Enhancement Program in Social Sciences and Humanities: Research on Women FY07
http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/REP_in_Social_Sciences_and_Humanities_Research_on_Women_Announcement_FY07.pdf

http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/Potential_Collaborators_for_REP_in_Womens_Issues.pdf

Research Enhancement Program in Computational Biology FY07
http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/REP_in_Computational_Biology_Announcement_FY07.pdf

http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/Computational_Biology_Core_Services_and_Resources.pdf

http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/Potential_Collaborators_for_REP_in_Computational_Biology.pdf

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.

Faculty Competition for Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)
Deadline: January 17, 2007

GRA positions will be awarded directly to faculty on a university-wide competitive basis for support of their research/scholarship and training endeavors. Funding for the assistantships will be awarded primarily on the merits of the proposed research/scholarship or training opportunities, the past productivity of the investigator(s), the award’s potential for increasing publication output and external funding, and the alignment with the university/unit strategic goals and objectives as well as the research/scholarship and training priorities identified by the schools/colleges.

Appointment to these GRA positions is restricted to Ph.D. students at the time of the appointment. The research conducted by the appointed GRA must be directly related to his/her own dissertation research. Requests for GRAs require the approval of all department chairs and deans of the faculty involved. For requests involving more than one school or college, one dean should be designated as the lead dean.

Click on http://www.research.wayne.edu/internaldocs/2007_GRA_App to download a blank application form. Applications should be submitted collectively by the school or college accompanied by a cover letter from the dean indicating the school or college’s research/scholarship and training priorities. Each dean’s office should submit an e-mail to sjames@wayne.edu with attached cover letter, biosketches, signature page(s), and electronic proposals in PDF format byJanuary 17, 2007.

If you have questions regarding the pre-funded stage, please call Sarah James in the Office of the Vice President for Research at 577-8997 or e-mail her at sjames@wayne.edu. For post-funded questions, please contact Carole Barduca in the Graduate School at 577-8051.