DATE: 8/23/2007

TO: UO Tenured, Tenure Track Faculty and Non-Tenure Track Faculty

FROM: Moira Kiltie, Assistant Vice President for Research

RE: 2008 Summer Research Awards

This memo announces the 2008 Summer Research Awards (SRA) competition for faculty supported by the Office of Research and Faculty Development. The deadline for receipt of 2008 proposals is 5:00 pm, December 5, 2007. Award recipients will be notified on or about February 15, 2008. Applications are available online.

The purpose of the SRA program is to stimulate research by providing faculty with sustained time for scholarly and academic endeavor. Proposals may be submitted by faculty who meet the eligibility criteria (see below). It is anticipated that up to twenty awards in the amount of $4,500 each will be granted.

The Summer Research Awards Committee, composed of faculty designated by the University Senate, evaluate SRA proposals. Proposals will be judged on the basis of their scholarly or artistic merit and the extent to which they advance knowledge in a particular field. What usually differentiates proposals that receive funding from those that do not is that funded proposals are written in jargon-free language and provide a coherent and succinct statement of the project that can be understood by a committee composed of researchers from a variety of disciplines. Proposal development assistance is available from RFD staff who do not participate in the decision-making process for these awards.

Please see the Proposal Guidelines, for all eligibility, proposal preparation notes and award conditions for the program.