COUNCIL ON RESEARCH MEETING
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
9:30am-11:30am
Life Science Research Building, Conference Room 1010
AGENDA
Call to Order Kajal Lahiri, Chair
Review of minutes from March meeting
Vice President for Research report James A. Dias, Vice President
for Research
New Business
1. For discussion:
a. GSA Undergraduate Research proposal
b. Report on FRAP A outcomes 2008-2012
Adjourn
cc. Adrienne Bonilla
Theresa Walker
Conference Award guidelines revision suggestion:
Current requirements:
1. Application Cover Sheet - complete in entirety.
2. Itemized Budget - complete in entirety.
3. Budget Justification
4. Financial statement detailing expenditures funded from prior award (s)
if you are requesting
support for “repeat” events, biennial or annual conferences.
Recommended revision:
1. Application Cover Sheet - complete in entirety.
2. Itemized Budget - complete in entirety.
3. Budget Justification
e If the budget includes a stipend for conference participants,
please explain why a stipend is being paid and the method for
determining the amount to be given to participants, and
whether such a stipend is common in your field.
4. Financial statement detailing expenditures funded from prior award (s)
if you are requesting
support for “repeat” events, biennial or annual conferences.
FRAP Award guidelines proposed revision
Current guidelines (page 1, paragraph 2) state:
The FRAP award is to be used to support the direct costs of research.
Examples of supportable projects include laboratory experiments, field
studies, artistic projects, and humanistic/scholarly endeavors. There is no
provision for summer faculty salary or stipend, and project funds may not
be expended for the purchase or maintenance of office or computer
equipment (with the exception of some software packages) or for travel
to conferences. In considering possible award levels, review bodies will
evaluate the overall resource needs of the project and the viability of the
project should it be recommended for only partial support.
The budget page includes:
Equipment $
(exclude general purpose and
computer equipment; special
justification required)
Proposed revision
In order to standardize the requirements, amend the text on page 1 to read:
The FRAP award is to be used to support the direct costs of research.
Examples of supportable projects include laboratory experiments, field
studies, artistic projects, and humanistic/scholarly endeavors. There is no
provision for summer faculty salary or stipend, and project funds may not
be expended for the purchase or maintenance of office
equipment (withthe exception of semeseftware packages) or for travel
to conferences. Expenditures on some types of computer equipment and
software packages which are a direct cost of research may be considered
if special justification is provided. \n considering possible award levels,
review bodies will evaluate the overall resource needs of the project and
the viability of the project should it be recommended for only partial
support.
