Division of Research
What's New with BSU Research
Research Block Grant Program goes into effect July 1
The Division of Research will replace the existing Faculty Research Associates Program (FRAP) and Faculty Research Grant (FRG) internal grant programs with a Research Block Grant Program, effective July 1, 2008.
Essentially, this initiative will involve the Division of Research administering Research Block Grants in the amount of $20,000 to each of the following five colleges/academic units on campus:
- College of Arts and Sciences (limited to the following departments: Art, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre Arts)
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Education
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs
The purpose of this new program is to provide each of the above colleges with financial resources to make strategic investments that advance research in their respective areas. Examples of activities that could be supported from these funds include, but are not limited to, summer salaries, faculty course buyouts, graduate assistantships, equipment purchases, or seed grants.
How these funds are spent will be at the discretion of the college. However, each college is asked to develop a description of the process that will be used to allocate these funds by 6/30/08. Please submit the information to Vice President for Research Mark Rudin by either memo or e-mail. Once information is received, arrangements will be made to transfer the funds to college accounts after July 1, 2008.
Additional conditions/requirements associated with these funds include:
- All of the funds must be expended by June 30, 2009.
- Publications, presentations, etc. resulting from the use of these funds must acknowledge that the work was supported by the Boise State University Division of Research.
- Participating colleges must submit an annual report by the end of FY09, which describes how the funding was used during the fiscal year and what deliverables (publications, presentations, performances, grant applications, etc.) were completed as a result of the funding. The Division of Research will develop a template for this annual report during FY09.
- The FY10 installment of these funds will be released only after the annual report is received by the Division of Research.
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