COLORADO COLLEGE HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Robert McJimsey and Cosgrove Student Research Funds
Summer and Regular Academic Year
RESEARCH FUNDING APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Carefully read the application instructions and regulations outlined below. Please contact the
History Department (719-389-6523) or Anne Hyde (ahyde@coloradocollege.edu) if you have
further questions about applying for funding.
PROPOSAL: Write a description (no more than 2 typewritten pages) of the proposed
research project, where and when it will be conducted and what specific kinds of research
material you will find there. In other words, why do you need to travel to this place and how
will you spend your time there? Include a brief bibliography around your topic. Explain how
the research will support your study in history and your senior project, if appropriate.
BUDGET: Include a detailed budget showing how you will use the requested funds, including
travel costs, housing, research materials, copying costs, etc.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: If appropriate, students should also seek Institutional Review
Board approval for their research. (See CC website for details about this.)
Please collate the application materials into a single PDF with the application as the
first page followed by the proposal, budget, and IRB approval (if required) and send it
to Anne Hyde ahyde@coloradocollege.edu and your History Department sponsor.
STUDENT RESEARCH FUND RULES
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The History Department can provide a maximum of $1,500.00 for any one student
project, but you should request the amount that makes sense for your project.
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You must have faculty sponsor in the History Department.
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The Department will fund round-trip transportation for students engaged in research
either during the summer or during the regular academic year. If a student drives a
private car, we can pay travel costs at 55.5 cents per mile.
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For Robert D. McJimsey Summer Research Funds, requests are due May 1, and for
academic year, the block before you want to travel.
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A committee of the History Department will review applications.
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Once you have received funding, you can request a check for the full amount from the
History Department Assistant, but this takes at least a week, so think ahead.
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You must acknowledge that you have received and used McJimsey or Cosgrove
Funds from the History Department in your written work and in oral presentations.
HISTORY RESEARCH APPLICATION
DATE SUBMITTED _______________________
NAME
ID #
CLASS
WORNER BOX
Phone. ________
HOMETOWN (Not Address)____________________________
PROJECT TITLE
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF FUNDS
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
PROPOSED DATES/BLOCK OF USE ____________________________________________
NAME OF HISTORY DEPARTMENT SPONSOR _____________________________________
TOTAL AMOUNT OF COSGROVE FUNDS NOW REQUESTED _____________________
ARE YOU SEEKING OTHER FUNDING FOR THIS PROPOSAL?
Yes
No
IF YES, WHAT IS THE SOURCE?_______________________________________
I understand that all funds are to be used according to the proposal as submitted and approved by the
History Department. Any changes to an approved project must be submitted to the Department.
SIGNATURE_____________________________ DATE___________________________
IRB APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR RESEARCH INVOLVING
SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS AND PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
Students carrying out research under the “Student Research” or the “Faculty/Student
Collaborative Research” categories that involve surveys, interviews, or participant
observation must receive approval from the Colorado College Institutional Review
Board before their venture grants will be funded. (Venture Grants involving
investigative journalism projects must similarly receive approval to be funded.) Venture
Grant proposals involving any of these types of research without prior IRB approval will
be tabled by the Dean’s Advisory Committee, and the student will be directed to
Amanda Udis-Kessler (audiskessler@coloradocollege.edu), IRB Chair.
Please note that the IRB is instituting a new policy about the timing of Venture Grantrelated IRB proposals. The IRB must receive IRB proposals tied to Venture Grant
applications by the final Wednesday of the block before the Venture Grant will be
turned in. In the past, it was acceptable to turn in an IRB proposal and a Venture Grant
proposal simultaneously. Now students must complete the IRB process first. If the
Dean's Advisory Committee does not have evidence of a student's approved IRB
proposal when they review the Venture Grant application, the Venture Grant application
will be tabled until the following month.
It is faster and more efficient for students to complete an IRB proposal form and send it
to Amanda for review before sending a Venture Grant proposal to the Dean’s Advisory
Committee. Please note that there is one exception to this rule: if you are only
interviewing public, professional or expert figures and you are only asking them for their
professional opinions about matters in which they have expertise (no personal or
private information), you do not need to fill out an IRB proposal. Instead, email Amanda
with a paragraph-length description of your project and she will let the Dean’s Advisory
Committee know that you are exempt from requiring IRB approval. Please bear in mind
that you cannot receive an exemption without writing this description and sending it to
Amanda.
Links to proposal forms, consent form templates, and application processes can be
found at:
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/irb/. Please read the IRB homepage carefully for
detailed information about the IRB process.
Please contact Amanda Udis-Kessler (audiskessler@coloradocollege.edu) with
questions and concerns.