CALL FOR SEED GRANT RESEARCH PROPOSALS
UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center
TO: GLINT Affiliates
FROM: UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center (GLINT)
SUBJECT: Call for Seed Grant Research Proposals
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: May 1, 2016
One of the goals of the UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center (GLINT) is to facilitate innovative global intercultural
scholarship and promote entrepreneurship by serving as an incubator for newly emerging themes related to global
intercultural issues. To enable this, we will award a small number of internal seed grants as investments to encourage and
promote high quality research and external project funding development related to global intercultural research
(depending on the quality of submissions, zero to four awards will be granted). These awards will be made on a
competitive basis and are open to GLINT affiliates. The objectives of this investment program are, primarily, to stimulate
creative thinking and innovative theoretical approaches, promote research excellence, encourage multidisciplinarity, and
assist faculty members in becoming nationally competitive when seeking funding from sources external to UCCS.
The GLINT advisory board, composed of faculty representatives from disciplines across campus, will evaluate proposals
submitted under this funding program. This committee will select awardees in accordance with the eligibility, condition,
and evaluation criteria specified below. Awards will be announced and funds will become made available to awardees
after May 16, 2016.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to receive a GLINT seed grant, applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:
1. Applicants must be GLINT affiliates resident at UCCS. Faculty serving on the GLINT advisory board are
eligible for grants, as long as they recuse themselves from participating in the review process for those cases
where there is a conflict of interest.
2. Seed grants are only available to GLINT affiliates who have attended at least two GLINT sponsored events in
Fall 2015 – Spring 2016.
3. Faculty may submit only one GLINT seed grant proposal per year, either as principal investigator (PI) or coprincipal investigator (co-PI). Because GLINT wishes to encourage new projects, especially from junior faculty,
no one will not be funded for more than two consecutive years.
4. Funding can be used to pay for professional development, including the creation of networking groups and
research teams, travel related to the formation and on-going activity of the research, for conference registration
fees and travel, and for research supplies. Summer stipends and off-loads cannot be supported. Nor can standard
curricular (teaching) development or materials be funded.
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Projects fully-funded from another source will not be funded. With suitable justification, projects that are
partially-funded from another source may qualify for supplemental funding with GLINT money.
6. Awards will be limited to a maximum of $4,000. The Committee may modify the budget (e.g., reduce the amount
requested). In that event, the award will be subject to the proposer’s acceptance of the modified budget.
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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION
The awards will be based on the merits of the proposal, based on the following criteria:
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Clarity and comprehensibility of the proposal. The description of the work to be accomplished must be intelligible
to readers in other disciplines. The text should not include undefined jargon.
Innovativeness of the proposal. How does the proposal push theoretical boundaries and move recent scholarship
forward?
Scholarly and/or applied significance of the project as it relates to global intercultural research. What new ideas
does this research contribute to the body of knowledge in global intercultural research?
Feasibility of achieving project goals, including clearly defined methods/theoretical approaches. The description
of the methods and/or theoretical approach must contextualize and justify why this particular research
design/approach is appropriate and suitable for this research project.
Likelihood that the project outcomes will be widely disseminated (e.g., through publication in high impact
refereed journals and conference presentations).
Identification of a potential source of funds for supporting continued research or creative work. The proposal must
identify a candidate funding source, e.g., private foundation or government agency, with details on proposal
submission, including deadlines for applying.
Likelihood that the project will lead to substantial funding from external sources in the future
If the qualities of research grants are equal, multidisciplinary proposals will receive higher priority.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
Electronic submissions of the complete proposal must be uploaded by midnight on May 1, 2016. Awards will be
announced by May 16, 2016. Funds awarded are to be used from May 16, 2016 through May 15, 2017.
PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING ONLINE
1. Save your proposal as either a Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat pdf file, using your last name as the filename.
2. Send the file as an attachment to eskop@uccs.edu. You will receive a confirmation of receipt within a week.
CONDITIONS
Upon receiving a GLINT seed grant, successful applicants must meet the following conditions:
1. Awardees will have signature authority and be responsible for the accounting of grant expenditures. GLINT will
transfer funds to a designated speedtype number and the PI/co-PI will be responsible for contacting his/her
department manager to coordinate the spending of funds. GLINT retains the right to freeze or close an account in
case of over-expenditure or other fiscal irregularity.
2. Unused funds will not normally be carried forward for more than one fiscal year. Instead, awards will be
recovered and put back into the fund for the next year’s awards. In exceptional circumstances, awardees may
petition the GLINT Director for approval to roll forward funds for no more than one year.
3. Successful applicants must agree to present their research during the 2016-2017 brown bag lecture series, as well
as submit a significant paper and a proposal for substantial external funding through GLINT and the UCCS Office
of Sponsored Programs within two years from the award date. They must also send a copy of the paper and the
proposal to GLINT for record-keeping.
4. Grants prepared under this support will have the indirect cost return (ICR) treated differently. When external
funding proposals are turned into the Office of Sponsored Programs, one should mark “YES” on the check box
(currently question 14) for "Have any agreements been made between colleges/units to distribute different than
the standard UCCS Policy?" Additional information on this can be obtained from GLINT.
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PROPOSAL FORMAT
The proposals should contain the following sections, with the specified length restrictions.
I. COVER PAGE (maximum: one page). The cover page is provided in a standard format and is included as the last
page here.
II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED RESEARCH (maximum: one page, single-spaced, 12-point font, and 500
words). List the research aims, intellectual merits, and broader impacts of the project (Project descriptions
exceeding one page will be INELIGIBLE).
III. DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH DESIGN, METHODS, and/or THEORETICAL APPROACH (maximum:
one page, single-spaced, 12-point font, and 500 words). The description of the methods/theoretical approach must
contextualize and justify why this particular research design/theoretical approach is appropriate and suitable for this
research project, including a note about if/when the project will come under review with the institutional review
board (IRB) (Research design descriptions exceeding one page will be INELIGIBLE).
IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY (maximum: one page). Include a bibliography for the description in section II, if appropriate.
V. BUDGET REQUEST (maximum: one page).All budget requests should be detailed and itemized as precisely as
possible, in terms of the following types of categories: travel expenses, research supplies, and conference fees. All
budget requests will be examined carefully by the committee and the committee reserves the right to determine the
final budget.
VI. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF EXTERNAL FUNDING FOR CONTINUED WORK (maximum: one page).
Include information about at least one grant or contract opportunity through which the proposer can seek future
funding for either a follow-on to the project described in this proposal, or for similar work. The information should
include the funding entity’s name (can be a private or governmental body), a single paragraph summary of the
funding program or opportunity, and deadlines for submission. If a proposer needs assistance in identifying a
potential source for external funding, he or she is encouraged to contact the Office of Sponsored Programs.
VII. CONDENSED CURRICULUM VITA (maximum: one page). Must contain a list of: (i) up to 5
publications/creative activities most closely related to the proposed project; (ii) up to 5 other significant
publications/creative activities, whether or not related to the proposed project; (iii) grant proposals submitted and
external support received in the past three years, including the funding agency, amount, and title for each project;
and (iv) up to five examples that demonstrate the broader impact of the individual's professional and scholarly
activities that focus on the integration and transfer of knowledge as well as its creation. For the Social Sciences,
examples could include, among others: innovations in teaching and training (e.g., development of curricular
materials and pedagogical methods); contributions to the science of learning; development and/or refinement of
research tools; computation methodologies, and algorithms for problem-solving; development of databases to
support research and education; broadening the participation of groups underrepresented in science, mathematics,
engineering and technology; and service to the scientific and engineering community outside of the individual's
immediate organization (see http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03041/2.htm). For Humanities-driven projects,
examples could also include contributions that focus on the fundamental concern of human life, and significant
accomplishments that add to the knowledge and understanding of the humanities (see
http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants).
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS
UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center
COVER SHEET FOR SEED GRANT RESEARCH PROPOSAL 2016
1. Principal Investigator and/or co-investigator(s)
2. Title of Project:
IMPORTANT: Submit the proposal, including this cover sheet by midnight on May 1, 2016.
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