The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is pleased to announce the launch of a new program called the Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF). The primary goal of the SFF is to promote, support, and enhance the research, scholarship, and creative endeavors of all faculty at the University.
The SFF is designed to assist faculty, regardless of rank, in all areas of scholarly work and to facilitate the competitiveness of extramural funding opportunities, to promote activities that represent the highest standards of achievement, and to contribute to UConn’s national and international reputation as a premier research university. The SFF will replace the former Small Grants Program and Interdisciplinary Colloquia Program. The SFF will provide funding up to $2000 to facilitate the initiation, completion, or advancement of research projects, creative works, scholarly activities, or interdisciplinary initiatives. The SFF is contingent upon availability of funding and justification for the request. Requests for SFF funding may include publication costs, pilot studies, statistical consultation, interdisciplinary colloquia, archival research, preparation materials for creative or artistic performance, etc. Faculty will be required to provide a justification for the request, timeline for project milestones (e.g., submission of manuscript, performance date, preliminary data, etc.), other sources of support, and report to the OVPR on project outcomes.
The SFF funding deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year will be January 1, 2015 for activities initiated between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. In the future deadlines will be biannual: January 1 and June 30 for activities initiated after the submission deadlines. With the exception of the 2014-2015 academic year, awards will not be made retroactively. SFF awards must be expended within a year of the award date. Evaluation of SFF requests and allocation of awards will be determined by the OVPR. The OVPR will no longer continue the Guest Professorship Program.
For more information, contact: Michelle Williams, Associate Vice President for Research at 486-3619