LCWA Faculty Research & Development Grants
School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs
1.0 Purpose
This document outlines the policy and related procedures for awarding School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs Foundation funding designated to support new and ongoing scholarly and creative activities for individual faculty members of the school. This fund is intended to promote professional research goals, such as: travel to support research, the purchase of research materials (books, databases, supplies, equipment, etc.), summer courses, institutes, workshops (e.g. OPI training), subsidies for publication, and courses to learn an additional foreign language that will enhance your current research or to pursue new areas of research. Please note that these grants are not primarily intended for delivering a paper at scholarly conferences.
2.0 Guidelines
Applicants should clearly state how this project will further their scholarly pursuits and if applicable how it is related to the goals of the school. Applicants need to write the proposal and include a description of the project, the funds needed, the implementation procedures to be used, and the anticipated outcome.
If you are requesting funding in terms of a stipend for research to take place over the summer in lieu of teaching a summer course, please note that awarding of the funding is contingent upon your not teaching a course the summer in which you receive funds for research. Please be sure to state that specifically in your application. No funding in the form of a stipend for your time will be awarded during the regular school year.
3.0 Application procedure
Applicants should fill out the application form available on the LCWA website and turn it in to the Dean before the deadlines as described on the website. Applications should include the chair’s or program director’s signature and date, as well as the applicant’s signature and date.
4.0 Eligibility:
Roster faculty in or affiliated with LCWA are eligible to apply for these funds.
5.0 Timetable
Applications for funding are due by October 15 and February 15 - before the semester in which funds are needed.
6.0 Evaluation
The three main elements of the evaluation rubric are: Quality of the proposal, feasibility of the project, and the long-term effects on the faculty member’s research and scholarly pursuits. The Dean and the Associate Deans will review the applications and award funding.
Download the Application Form
To apply for the Faculty Research & Development Grant, complete the PDF form and print it out. After obtaining the signature of your chair or program director, please send the complete 3 page document via campus mail to: Shawn Morrison at LCWA.