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The Research Council supports distinguished invited scholars who appeal to and interact with a large interdisciplinary segment of the university community. The speaker must be distinguished in his or her field. The stature of the speaker will be judged by his/her academic rank and institution, the number and significance of the speakers scholarly publications (books, journal articles and abstracts of meeting presentations) or, artistic works/productions, honors or honorary degrees, volumes, books or journals edited, research grants and contracts secured. The program must include at least one lecture that is open, free-of-charge and advertised to the entire University community. Funds may be used for travel and local expenses for featured speakers and/or honorarium. Applications submitted for the March deadline must be for scholars coming to campus between July 1 - December 31 of the same year. Applications submitted for the October deadline must be for scholars coming to campus between January 1 - June 30 of the following year.

Applicants are encouraged to use good judgment in requests for honorarium funds. Any exceptional expenses or honoraria must be strongly justified. Funding requests may not exceed $3,000. 

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The Research Council has established a Special Opportunity Fund to help cover the costs associated with visits by distinguished speakers to UNL. This Fund applies only for special situations in which advanced planning for the speaker was not possible because the opportunity arose after the application deadline for the traditional Distinguished Lecturers program had passed. The fund is not for situations in which the usual Research Council application deadline was missed. The criteria used to judge the application are the same as those used for the Distinguished Lecturer program. Requests should be submitted electronically to the Research Council office through NUgrant. In addition, include a solid justification for why this is a Special Opportunity.

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The Research Council supports outstanding invited scholars who will give symposia or colloquia that should be of interest to a large interdisciplinary segment of the university community. The program must include at least one lecture that is open, free-of-charge and advertised to the entire University community. Funds may be used to pay for, but is not limited to these expenses for the scholar/symposia: travel and/or local expenses, an honorarium.  Applicants are encouraged to use good judgment in requests for honorarium funds. Any exceptional expenses or honoraria must be strongly justified. Applicants must be able to secure other funds to cover a portion of the budgeted expenses. Total requested funds from the Research Council may not exceed $3,000. Applications submitted for the March deadline must be for events held in July - December of the same year. Applications submitted for the October deadline must be for events held in January - June of the following year. 

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This program supports visiting scholars who are recognized for excellence in their fields and whose research and scholarly activities are closely related to the research interests of the faculty and graduate students at UNL. Each visitor is to give at least one lecture that is open free-of-charge and advertised to the entire University community.The Research Council requests that every consideration be given to having scholars visit when a maximum number of people are present on campus.

Visiting Scholars will be reimbursed for airfare and actual expenses for lodging and meals for up to a two-day stay in Lincoln. No visitor may receive more than $800 per application. Honoraria will not be provided and should be sought from sources other than the Research Council. Preference will be given to proposals contributing most directly to research being done at UNL and to those which benefit the most people. Under this program the Research Council will support no more than four visitors per department during a six-month period.