Dean of the Faculty

Summer Research and Scholarship Grants

The Office of the Dean of Faculty is pleased to support faculty research development each summer. To provide broad access to these opportunities, a faculty member may apply to multiple grants (including curriculum development grants), but will typically not receive more than one award. Current full-time yearlong visiting faculty who are reappointed for the following year are also eligible to apply and may be funded if funds are available after qualified proposals from tenured/tenure-track faculty and adjunct/lecturer are funded

Applications should be submitted via the online application portal (portal link also posted in the Dean of the Faculty Canvas page).

Typically, updated calls for proposals are sent in March and the application is due in Canvas in early April.

Overview of Summer Research and Scholarship Grants
Mrachek Fellowship Program

Eligibility: Tenure-track faculty members in the first four years of their appointment at the College.

Purpose: Three awards of up to $5,000 to support scholarly travel, salary for student research assistants, equipment and supplies, books, or other expenses related directly to the scholarship project.  

Grants awarded to support student research assistants should be budgeted for $600/week for 8 weeks (total student subsistence stipend as $4,800).

See submission guidelines below.

Dean of Faculty Summer Research Grants

Eligibility: Tenured and tenure-track faculty, and lecturers.

Purpose: Up to $5,000 to support scholarly travel, salary for student research assistants, equipment and supplies, books, or other expenses related directly to the research and scholarly project.

Grants awarded to support student research assistants should be budgeted for $600/week for 8 weeks (total student subsistence stipend as $4,800).

See submission guidelines below.

Crown Center Scholarship and Research Support Resources for Writing
  • Scholarly Writing and Research Groups (SWARGs)
  • Crown Manuscript Workshop Grant
SEGway Grants - Research Grants to Support and Prepare for External Grants

SEGway (Spurring/Supporting External Grants) summer grants support faculty who need seed funding to support research to prepare for an external grant and to make the external grant proposal more competitive. The research could be for an individual external research grant or for an institutional/curricular external grant. Contact Tess Powers for information.

 

Guidelines for Submission of Research Proposals

The following guidelines apply to:

  • Mrachek Fellowship
  • DOF Summer Research Grants

The online form will ask for the information below. Please prepare your application in a separate document and then upload as a pdf or cut and paste your answers into the online application portal.

  • Name of applicant
  • Type of grant: Mrachek, DOF Summer Research
  • Project description
    • Describe the objectives of the project and the research/scholarly activities to be undertaken
    • Budget and budget justification.
  • Budget and Budget Justification: Please reference the DoF Business Expense Guidelines to ensure items to be funded are allowable.
  • Timeline: A detailed timeline of activities leading to the completion of the project.
  • Recent and current awards: Please list any research or curricular development grants from any Colorado College sources in the past three years. Note other internal and external grants and support received for the proposed research project. Please note current summer salary grants/sources. If you have previously received a DOF grant, you will be reminded to submit a report for your previous grant.
  • CV

The scholarship outcome (publications, performances, exhibitions) from these grants should acknowledge that the work is support by the specific grant from Colorado College.

 

If the research funds will support travel, the budget must follow these guidelines:

Eligible expenses (only for the eligible CC faculty applicants, not for accompanying persons):

· Flight: Economy airfare (see the DoF Business Expense Guidelines for further information to avoid purchasing nonallowable premium class airfares)

· Ground transportation

· A capped per day “Lodging, Meals, and Incidentals” budget allowance for the CC faculty. This includes all lodging (e.g., hotel, Airbnb), food expenses, and incidentals (e.g., local phone sim card, museum admissions, venue tickets). Receipts will be needed for all expenses. 

· These are the maximum budget values based on the duration of the trip. Actual receipts are needed and the total reimbursement cannot be greater than the approved budget.
· $200 per day for the first 7 days
· $150 per day for the next 7 days

 

If another grant subsequently received will fund the expenses for the same period, the recipient is expected to notify the Office of the Dean of the Faculty to relinquish the DOF grant.

Reporting responsibility: Award recipients should submit a brief report of their work to the Office of the Dean of the Faculty by November 1 following summer of support (DeanoftheFaculty@coloradocollege.edu).

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