Faculty "Individual Growth Grants"

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From: Faculty and Research E-Memo <memofrom@Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Faculty "Individual Growth Grants"

    TO: Boulder Campus Teaching & Research Faculty, Deans,
             Directors, Dept Chairs, System Administration

    FROM: Physics/LEAP

    SENDER: Carole Capsalis

    DATE: January 29, 2007

    SUBJECT: Faculty "Individual Growth Grants"

     
    The Leap Program is in transition. After five years LEAP is now entering its
    final, capstone of NSF funding. To help ensure the long term impact of the
    program we allocating funding for some individual faculty grants and invite
    applications from tenured faculty members.

    "Individual Growth Grants"

    One of the issues we have come to recognize while running LEAP is that the
    transition from being a junior faculty member to being a senior one is more
    complex than just getting tenure. One of the most valuable aspects of being
    awarded tenure is that it opens up the possibility of taking a longer term view
    of one's career - but it can be hard to find support for new activities at this
    career stage. Therefore, we have set aside $100K to allow us to provide small
    grants (in the range of $5000 to $15,000) to provide opportunities for tenured
    faculty members who have been at the institution at least ten years to enhance
    their career portfolios. Our goal is to enable faculty members to expand their
    horizons, perhaps by changing the direction of their research, or also by
    taking advantage of the funding to work on activities that will strengthen
    diversity, and/or support work-life balance. Proposals for these funds should
    be less than 1000 words long and should include a short description
    of how the funds will be used and an explanation of how the funds will
    advance the faculty members career. Any funds allocated will need to be spent
    before December 31st, 2007. The proposals will be reviewed by a panel set up by
    the office of faculty affairs. Applications should be submitted via campus mail
    to Carole Capsalis - Campus Box 390 and the deadline for applying is February
    19th, 2007.
     

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