Research Council - Faculty Seed Grants
Awards will be for projects that encourage and enhance research, creative and scholarly activities, and enhance the prospects of obtaining outside, competitive support. Faculty Seed Grants are available to scholars from all disciplines and can be used for whatever aspect of a project during a twelve-month period deemed necessary by the applicant. Preference will be given to non-tenured junior faculty and to those who have not received a Grant-In-Aid or Faculty Seed Grant from the Research Council during the previous two years. Recipients are required to submit a proposal for competitive external funding within 12 months of the end of the Faculty Seed Grant period. Awards will be made up to $10,000.
Eligibility:
Applicant must be a UNL faculty member on a continuous appointment
(tenure-leading or tenured with a rank of Assistant Professor or above),
or a research (associate or assistant) professor or senior lecturer on
the payroll of UNL. Other employees of the University (e.g., Extension
Educators, Lecturers, Professors of Practice and Senior Research Associates) will be eligible
to apply for Research Council funds only if they can document all of
the following:
(1) Their university appointment includes research responsibilities;
(2) They are eligible to be a Principal Investigator on a federally funded project in their role as a university employee;
(3) They have a multi-year appointment with the University such that they will have an appointment during the period when the proposed project will be conducted with the reasonable expectation of having an appointment should they apply for and receive a federal project;
(4) There is evidence that they have a long term commitment to the University;
(5) Their supervising administrator writes a letter supporting their eligibility for Research Council funds.
Visiting and adjunct appointees ranks are excluded.
Application:
The application (one Grant-In-Aid OR one Faculty Seed Grant
per faculty member) should include:
- Completed application with required signatures.
- Three page statement of work (addressing what will be done, how it will enhance the applicant's research/scholarship efforts, time lines, expected outcomes, and future research and scholarship anticipated to result from the proposed project).
- Completed budget sheet.
- Curriculum Vitae (2 pages, including publications for the last 5 years, current and pending grants for the last 5 years).
- NEW: all new applications for funding must include a description of what has been done with previous Research Council funding within the last five years. The descriptions should include awards from Interdisciplinary Grants, Seed Grants and Grants-In-Aid.
Faculty
Seed Grant Evaluation Guidelines
Faculty Seed Grant Commonly Asked
Questions
