CSUMB College of Business Faculty Research Fund
Draft Guidelines
February 7, 2015
I.
Goals:
The primary goals of COB Faculty Research Fund (COB FRF) are:
A. To encourage faculty to engage productively in scholarly activities (e.g.,
traditional, practical, and pedagogical research and publications) in
line with the CSUMB Mission and the COB Vision and Mission.
B. To supplement funding that faculty receives from the University and
external sources.
C. To help COB faculty members to meet Academic
Qualification/Professional Qualification (AQ/PQ) requirements for our
AACSB accreditation efforts.
II.
Eligibility:
All full-time (tenured, tenure-track and adjunct) faculty and three-year
contract and above PT faculty are eligible to apply for this award.
III.
Funding Guidelines:
A. Requests for scholarly support (traditional, practical, and
pedagogical research and publications) approximately $3,000 per
faculty will be considered for individual research project grant. The $3,000
mark is associated with international presentations, meetings, etc.
whereas domestic presentations, meetings, etc. will require a lower
amount.
1. If a research project is based on collaboration with other faculty within
COB, individual faculty funding will be increased to $3,500 per COB
faculty member to act as a special incentive for those who are willing to
conducting joint research projects. These projects are limited to $7,000
per collaborative team.
2. Eligible scholarship for funding awards include:
a) Discipline-based basic scholarship.
b) Academic scholarship that contributes to new knowledge in a basic
discipline or field and/or provides new insights into the connections
between disciplines.
c) This is primarily for academic audiences and typically results in
publications in refereed journals, research monographs, scholarly
books, and papers presented at academic conferences and
research seminars.
B. Requests for pedagogical academic scholarship support that results in an
enhancement of classroom instruction.
1. This primarily results in textbooks, publications in pedagogical journals,
written cases, instructional software, new courses, and papers
presented at academic and pedagogical conferences.
2. Eligible scholarship for funding awards include:
a) To be determined.
C. Requests for practice-oriented scholarship support that improves
business practice and better application of theory to practice.
1. This primarily results in publications in professional and trade journals,
faculty workshops, and presentations and presentations at professional
conferences.
2. Eligible scholarship for funding awards include:
a) To be determined.
IV.
Faculty professional development:
A. Pedagogical academic scholarship that results in an enhancement of
classroom instruction.
V.
Typical professional expenses:
A. Reimbursement for normal professional expenses such as books and
membership fees will be limited to $750 per year.
B. Attendance at required COB meetings, conferences, etc. will be fully
reimbursed if faculty attendance is deemed necessary to pursue COB
objectives. Attendance at these gatherings includes those where faculty
members may not be actively presenting papers or talks but which is
important to COB accreditation, assessment, etc.
VI.
Project/Activity Assessment Criteria:
Proposals will be assessed by the COB FRF and will include the following:
A. The quality (likelihood of acceptance at recognized conferences,
publication in journals related to faculty disciplines, etc.) of the proposed
scholarly work including its likely contributions to the literature and/or
profession.
B. The need for funding to successfully complete a project.
C. The impact of the proposed scholarly work on COB's objectives (including,
but not limited to, COB Mission, AACSB accreditation, AACSB faculty
qualification requirements etc.).
VII.
Requirements if funded:
A. Faculty members are required to submit a brief report (one page or less) at
the completion of the funded activity/project and should be submitted
along with the associated expense report form. This report should indicate
how the funding supported faculty scholarly activities. This requirement
need not apply to minor, normal professional expenses such as
subscriptions, books and professional memberships. (Reminder: we need
to create the Report form)
B. Faculty members are expected make themselves available for presenting
their work at planned COB research colloquia.
VIII.
Operational processes/activities:
A. Proposals will be reviewed each quarter with the potential for emergency
review meetings.
B. Funding must be approved prior to all activities for which approval is
sought.
C. Unlike the CSU research grants/awards, COB awards will be distributed
through reimbursement based on actual expenses. The application for
funds and expense reports should not be submitted to committee
members but shall be submitted directly to Elsa Johnson, Senior Budget
Analyst for the COB.
D. All funding requests are subject to the availability of funding and budgets.