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The Research and Creativity Council Incentive Program, which has been on hiatus for the last couple of months, has resumed, and the Research Foundation's Pre-Award and Contract Services, located in Bishop Hall 24, is accepting applications until Monday, March 26. Three applications are already in process, but the council is encouraging faculty and staff to submit additional applications before the deadline. Three council members have been appointed to review applications received by the above deadline date.

The incentive funds administered by the Research and Creativity Council are aimed at promoting faculty creativity and research. Their goal is to generate additional funded programs. One year after receiving an incentive award, recipients are required to submit a full report documenting the use of these funds and to submit a grant proposal to an outside sponsoring agency. Recipients are also obligated to participate in the Faculty and Staff Fall Forum, which takes place in October.

Expenditures that will be considered for support under this program include travel to consult with a funding source, secretarial assistance, student assistance, consultation with grant specialists, preparation of specialized support materials for proposal (e.g., graphs, drawings, resource books), release time, and any other expense that can be justified. Funds cannot be requested for the purchase of computers. Also, it is not the council’s intention to directly pay an individual for writing a proposal.

Research Incentive Program applications are available on the Research Foundation's website.