Grants & Funding
Training Grants for Assistant Professors
The MORPH RCN promoted and fostered cross-disciplinary training and interaction through a series of small grants that allowed undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and early career faculty to visit labs and botanical gardens as well as attend scientific meetings.
Award Amount
Up to $3,000 was available to cover travel, lodging, and pier diem.
Application Materials
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1.A letter from a biology professor at the student’s home university.
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2.A letter from the director of the host lab (indicating a willingness to host, consensus about the proposed activities of the visitor, and an explicit statement acknowledging that the host lab understands that MORPH RCN funds may not be used to underwrite costs associated with the proposed research activities.
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3.A letter from the applicant detailing research plans and interactions.
Each letter must be no more than two pages. The applicant letter must specifically document the fact that the training opportunity is cross-disciplinary between an organismic and a molecular laboratory studying plant developmental evolution. By NSF rules, the budget may not be used to directly fund costs associated with the proposed research activities (e.g., supplies).
How to Apply
All application materials must be emailed as attached .pdf or Word documents to William (Ned) Friedman, ned@colorado.edu.
Proposal Evaluation
Two members of the steering committee (one organismic and one molecular) and a third individual from outside the core participants (chosen by the steering committee) were charged with evaluating applications.
Questions
For further questions, contact William (Ned) Friedman, ned@colorado.edu.
MORPH
An NSF Research Coordination Network (2003-2010)