LAS Small Grants Program
Fall 2013
LAS Small Grants Program:
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences again offers its small grants program designed
to provide modest funding in support of the research or scholarly activities of humanities
faculty who have limited opportunity for securing external research funding. Again this
year, there will be two program deadlines – one deadline this fall and one early in the
spring.
The purpose of these grants is to augment the research capacity of tenured and tenure
track faculty and lecturers with multiple year appointments. Examples of the types of
funding requests that will be considered include travel to present scholarly efforts or to
conduct scholarly work, the purchase of small equipment or supplies, and hiring of
undergraduates to assist in research activities.
The maximum request for each proposal is $1,250 for conference travel or $1,750 for
activities that directly support research – please request only one category. The request
should be only for research or conference support, and it should be clear how the net
expense will be divided between the LAS College and other sources. For full
consideration, fall requests should be received by October 4, 2013. At that point all
proposals will be evaluated. Depending on the timing of travel or other needs, unfunded
fall proposals may be carried over for consideration in the spring submission. To enable
planning, the deadline for next spring is tentatively set for February 1, 2014, but the
official date will be announced later. Each faculty member will be limited to only one
funded proposal per fiscal year. The funds supporting both the fall and spring
submissions are FY14 funds only, so all monies awarded from these submissions
must be expended by June, 2014.
Proposals must be limited to one page (see attached form) and must be approved by the
chair of your department. Applications will be reviewed in the LAS College office, so
the turnaround time should be short. The proposals will be primarily judged on their
potential for enhancing the scholarly activity of the faculty member.
Submit the applications as an email attachment by October 4, 2013, to:
Martin Spalding
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Phone: 294-4851
Email: mspaldin@iastate.edu
LAS Small Grants Application
Name:
Position:
Department:
Date:
How will the requested funding be used? Please include any relevant dates by which the
funding is needed, e.g., for travel, etc.
Provide a budget describing how the funds will be used and the source of additional
funds that may be necessary.
Describe how this effort will strengthen your scholarly activity.
Check to show that this application has been approved by the Department chair and
verify by cc’ing the grant application to the chair.
Departmental Funding Commitment: _________