SUBJECT:

2009-2010 IICAS Faculty Research Planning / Travel Grants

IICAS Faculty Research Planning / Travel Grants support the research and research planning activities of faculty teams whose intellectual interests promise to produce significant collaborative projects. These grants provide intellectual venture capital to encourage new links among investigators and to launch projects that will attract extramural funding. Project funds may be used for research workshops and small conferences, research group meetings, research travel costs, a seminar series linked to a prospective research group, and other activities essential to projects that satisfy the criteria given above. IICAS grants will not be made for individual research.

Supported research should be about other societies rather than simply conducted in other societies. Applications from fields outside the social sciences and humanities may be eligible if they deal with global issues, cross-national comparisons, or research on particular societies and also have a substantial human or societal dimension. (Implications for public policy should be made explicit.)

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

* An interdisciplinary, inter-divisional and/or comparative subject. (Cross-regional projects are particularly encouraged; multi-country comparative projects also satisfy this criterion.)

* Intellectual originality and breadth

* Number of faculty and graduate student participants at UCSD

* Clear plan for a publishable research result

* Supplementary funding obtained or sought from UCSD and external sources

* Potential for extramural funding

MAXIMUM GRANT: $5,000

PROPOSAL FORMAT

1. Statement of purpose

2. Designated Principal Investigator(s) and other faculty participants, including brief biographical information

3. Project plan (a timeline for activities - Project should start and end between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010)

4. Itemized budget (1 page)

5. Maximum length: 2,000 words

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS / DEADLINE

Submit four (4) copies of complete proposal package no later than 4:00 PM on March 16, 2009. Please staple each copy of your proposal package separately, and do not use paper clips or report covers.

Mailing address for proposals in all categories:

ATTN: Martha S. Salinas
IICAS, UCSD MC 0539
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla , CA 92093-0539

For hand delivery, please see our website at http://iicas.ucsd.edu for directions.

NOTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE
Results for all award categories will be announced in April 2009. Initial notifications will be sent by email. Notice of acceptance must be received no later than June 1, 2009. Failure to notify IICAS of intent to accept the award by this date will result in forfeiture of the award.

DISPOSITION OF PROPOSALS
All materials submitted for this competition become the property of IICAS. IICAS assumes no responsibility for retaining or returning materials submitted for this competition.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Recipients must agree to acknowledge assistance from IICAS-supported research. Each award recipient must also submit a brief report on the use of the grant.

QUESTIONS?
First go to the IICAS Research & Travel Grant FAQ. All other questions may be directed to IICAS Director, Gershon Shafir (Tel.: 858-822-5295, E-mail: gshafir@ucsd.edu ).