The University of Tulsa Faculty Research Grant Program provides funds for faculty seeking to develop proposals suitable for external funding, publication, or juried exhibition. We encourage you to contact Bonnie Medlicott at 918-631-3264 if you have any questions.
Guidelines
Before applications, funds for faculty R&D discretionary funding and start-up accounts should be expended. Completed applications must be accompanied by a description of the proposed research not to exceed five pages, not including references, using 12-point font and single-spaced. The proposal should be written in language that can be understood by a reader outside the discipline and be signed by the applicant’s Department Chair and Collegiate Dean.
Deadlines
Completed applications must be submitted electronically to Bonnie Medlicott by April 1 to be eligible for support during the summer or fall. Announcement of the awards for this period will be made before the end of the spring semester. Applications for the spring period must be received by Nov. 1 with the announcement of awards before the end of the fall semester. Special circumstances may warrant a change in the deadline dates.
Eligibility
Any full-time faculty member (including Instructor), Visiting Assistant Professor or higher, or Research Associate is eligible to apply for research support under this program. Adjunct faculty are not eligible. These grants are intended for, but not restricted to, the support of full-time faculty members on continuing appointment or in a continuing appointment-eligible track. The quality and merit of the proposal, as well as scholarly activity that would eventually yield publication and/or presentation of the results, or proposals for external funding, are the key criteria used in evaluating the proposals. A grant recipient may hold only one grant at a time but may seek additional support the following semester if the proposed work is completed. An applicant who has received an award in the past three years, but failed to submit the required final report, will not be considered for an award. In the case of continuing research, a progress report must be submitted before additional support can be considered.
Size of Grants
The maximum grant awarded will not exceed $4,000, which is also the cap on funds received during one fiscal year. Requests approaching this maximum amount should be significant proposals and ideally lead toward externally sponsored research.
Coverage
It is assumed that support requested from this program cannot be obtained through other sources such as faculty R&D discretionary funding or start-up accounts, and dean or department funds; such efforts must be documented on the application form. All grants are to be used to cover research expenses. Costs of clerical assistance, travel, specialized research equipment, supplies, materials, and costs associated with inter-library loans are included. The only off-campus expenses permitted are reproduction, duplication, or instrumentation usage.
Compliance
If your project involves the use of human subjects, a protocol must have been approved by the IRB or the protocol must be submitted to the IRB at the time of application. If IRB approval has previously been obtained you must include the IRB approval letter with your application. View IRB Institutional Review Board – Protection of Human Subjects policies.
If your research involves the use of animals, a protocol must have been approved by the IACUC or the protocol must be submitted to the IACUC at the time of application. If IACUC approval has previously been obtained you must include the IACUC approval letter with your application. View IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee policies.
If your research involves the use of infectious agents, select agents and toxins, human or endothermic vertebrate materials (including blood, body fluids, cells and tissues), recombinant DNA, synthetic nucleic acid molecules or transgenic animals, the protocol may require Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) review and approval. Please contact Dr. Mohamed Fakhr (918-631-2197) to determine if IBC approval is necessary before submitting the proposal. The Department Chair must sign indicating that the proposal has been reviewed for these biosafety considerations. View more on the IBC – Institutional Biosafety Committee.
Faculty working with chemicals must attend a Laboratory Standard Training Session once every three years while at The University of Tulsa. Please contact your department for information regarding this training.
Limitations
All requests for support must be in connection with a specific research project. Projects supported may be currently underway or may be in the process of initiation but no expenses incurred prior to the beginning of the grant may be reimbursed. In many cases, work supported under the Grant Program may be oriented toward preparation of applications for support from outside sources. Research directed toward completion of a dissertation will not be supported. Per diem for food associated with research travel will not be funded by this program. Scholarly research for the preparation of a manuscript for a book will be considered by the review committee; textbook preparation will not be considered. Incomplete applications cannot be evaluated.
Any publication resulting from a funded project should acknowledge support from The University of Tulsa Faculty Research Grant Program. Books, documents, microfilm, etc., purchased with grant funds should be retained by the University Library upon completion of the research project. Equipment purchased with these funds is also property of The University of Tulsa.
Reporting Requirements
Grant recipients are required to submit a final report to the Office of Research upon completion of the research. In the case of continuing research, a progress report must be submitted before an application for continuing support may be considered.
A final report on the project should include a summary of activities, findings, and a financial statement. This report should also include when publications, presentations, performances, shows, or proposals to external funding are planned that is an outgrowth of this research. The status of these proposals to external funding agencies (i.e., funded, declined or pending) should be indicated.