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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
FACULTY-STUDENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Each year with funding support from the President, the Frost Center offers grants to social science faculty to pay for student collaborative research. The Center's Advisory Committee accepts proposals throughout the entire academic year and considers them in the order in which they are received. The Committee will consider applications until the funds are depleted, so there is an advantage to submitting a proposal early in the academic year. You may apply for funds for two years consecutive maximum with a third year off in-between proposals.

Please send your proposal to the Frost Center, pursuant to the following suggestions:

  • The proposal can be brief, but enough to give social scientists outside of your area an introductory understanding of the problem being addressed and how student researchers will be used.
  • When computing student wage, please indicate the number of students, the number of weeks, the number of hours per week, and the hourly rate (suggested rate is $8.00 per hour for college students).
  • Please indicate other sources of funding for this research project.
  • Faculty/student teams receiving funding must present their findings at a Frost Center research colloquium. Presentations at the National Council on Undergraduate Research, Hope's January Research Celebration or an appropriate disciplinary conference are encouraged.
Name:
Department:
Email Address:

Please write a brief but comprehensive and clear description of the proposed work in all of the below fields.

  1. Summary of the project (in lay terms):

  2. Background (knowledge of the content area including prior work done by you):

  3. Goals and objectives of the project:

  4. Research Methods (describe how you will collect your data and what methods you will use):

  5. Human Subjects Review Board involvement (identify whether your project requires HSRB approval and provide justification for any exemption):

  6. Student role (include what the student will be doing and the value of the project to the student):

  7. Evaluation (include a statement of how the success of your project can be evaluated and disseminated):

  8. Timeline suitable for project plan:
    9. Start date:

    MM/DD/YY    		 End date:

    MM/DD/YY

  9. Budget (describe how you will use your funds):

Please note that if the project takes more than a year, an update on progress will be required in order to continue the funding. Professors can apply for a one or two year funding for their student assistant with the maximum being $2,000 per grant over the period of time specified.

Questions can be directed to Laurie Van Ark at x7556.

 

  • If you prefer a paper version of the application, click here for a printable file.
  • Click here for a copy of the form used in evaluating proposals

 

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