Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award
Application Cover Sheet
Applicants submit with proposal materials to Department Chair
To Be Completed by Applicant
Name
Department
School/College
Email
Phone
Campus Box
Title of Project: _______________________________________________________________
Requested Support/ Award Period (Awards will fund projects that will start on July 1 and end on June
30 of the fiscal year following awarding)
Type of Request
Personnel Academic Year Assigned Time*
(enter total amount using call staff rate)
Total Amount
Commodities
Contractual Services
Equipment
Travel
Study participant incentives
SUBTOTAL
Unit Cost Share
RA Support
(enter total dollar amount)
Student workers
(enter total dollar amount)
TOTAL
*Summer Salary is not allowed.
If funded, I agree to submit a grant proposal for external funding by the time of the final report.
Applicant Signature: _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
Administration Only
Application Checklist (to be completed by School/College Dean)
Applications for a New Investigator Award must be first submitted to the Department Chair, who will prepare a Letter of
Evaluation.
The Department Chair will submit proposals directly to the School/College Research Committee for evaluation.
The School/College Research Committee will provide an evaluation of and rank each proposal using the School Evaluation
Form and submit it along with the proposals to the School/ College Dean.
The School/College Dean will prepare a Letter of Evaluation for each applicant and submit the evaluations along with the proposals to the Graduate School.
Important Dates are found on our Internal Grants Schedule website: http://www.siue.edu/orp/internalgrants/index.shtml
Guidelines and forms at http://www.siue.edu/orp/internalgrants/newinvestigator.shtml
1.
Complete Proposal from Applicant
(Cover Pages, Project Summary, Narrative, Budget, Budget Justification,
2.
References, CV, Appendix [optional])
Chair’s Letter of Evaluation
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Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award
Application Cover Sheet
Applicants submit with proposal materials to Department Chair
3.
School/College Committee’s Proposal Critique Form
(Assessment by School/College Committee of scholarly potential)
4.
Dean’s Letter of Evaluation
Confirmation of $2,500 unit cost share must be included)
(Assessment of scholarly potential and ongoing contribution to the school/unit.
Signatures of Department Chair, Research Committee Chair, School Dean Required on P. 2 of Cover Sheet
Administrative Signatures
I certify that the faculty or staff member has obtained the terminal degree appropriate to the profession, will be a tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level throughout the duration of the award and has received no more than $50,000 in external awards while at SIUE.
If a course buyout is requested, I agree that I will work with the faculty member and, if needed, the Dean's office to identify a suitable course.
Chair Signature:
Dean’s Signature:
Print Name:
____________________________ Date: _______
_________________________________________
___________________________ Date: ________
Print Name: _________________________________________
I certify that the School/College Research Committee has reviewed this proposal and provided an assessment of the applicant’s scholarly potential according to the Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator
Program guidelines and selection criteria. This is assessment is attached in the Proposal Critique Form submitted by the Committee and certified by the School/College Research Committee Chair, signed below.
School/College Research Committee Chair Signature: _______________________ Date: ______
Print Name: _________________________________________
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