Office of Grants and Contracts: Funding Opportunities
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Announces the
2013 Research Grant Competition
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has announced its 2013 Research Grant Program. Please click here for the request for proposal.
As part of the Center's annual Research Grant Program there are Targeted Topics and Open Topics. All projects must show a clear relationship to one or more of the Center's mandated research areas, which are:
- rural people and communities;
- economic development;
- local government finance and administration;
- community services;
- natural resources and the environment;
- rural values and social change;
- educational outreach;
- agriculture; and,
- health and welfare concerns
All Letters of Intent must be received by the Office of Grants and Contracts by 3:00 pm on May 14, 2012.
If you are interested in pursuing this funding opportunity, please contact Cheryl Vogrig, at Ext. 6034 or email vogrig@calu.edu.
Are you an Undergraduate or Graduate Student seeking funds to support your Research Project?
Consider applying for funding available through
The Jesse B. Guttman Student Research Grant Program
The Deadline for Submission is October 1, 2012
Students enrolled in any academic programs offered at Cal U may apply for funds to pursue their research or scholarly projects in collaboration with a full-time faculty mentor. Research proposals must be prepared in accordance with the grant Request for Proposal (Click here) or can be obtained from the Office of Grants and Contracts, 425 Dixon Hall. Only complete proposal packets will be considered. Be sure your proposal includes:
- Cover page signed by the faculty sponsor
- Detailed research proposal
- (Introduction, Methods and Materials, References)
- Project budget and justification
- Institutional Review Board Status (if applicable)
- Student resume
- Support letter from faculty sponsor
- Proposal checklist
The research must be completed prior to graduation and within the 2012-2013 academic year and may begin as early as Fall 2012. Student researchers are required to present results at Academic Excellence Day, April 2013 or Student Scholarship & Creativity Poster Event, November 2013.
Submit proposal and required attachments in the form of a Word document to vogrig@calu.edu. Deliver the original signed Application Cover Sheet to the Office of Grants and Contracts, 425 Dixon Hall. Applications must be received by 3:00 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012.
The Guttman Research Grant Program rewards young scholars who are actively pursuing new avenues of academic achievement within their specific disciplines of study. This program was established to honor the late Jesse B. Guttman who along with his brothers, Leo and Howard, founded the Guttman Oil Company, Guttman Reality, and Mon River Towing. These companies, now under the umbrella of the Guttman Group, employ numerous individuals in the Mon Valley.
Apply Now for the Pennsylvania Faculty Health and Welfare Fund Grant!
Cal U may apply for up to three (3) $1,000 Wellness Promotion Grants in combination, no more than two Healthy Awareness or two Healthy Lifestyle grants (example: two Healthy Awareness grants and one Healthy Lifestyle).
- Health Awareness Grant - A $1,000 matching grant for campus-wide wellness and prevention activities such as wellness fairs and single topic wellness sessions. Grant applications must include documentation of dollar-for-dollar matches from campus or community organizations. The funded activities must include faculty participation.
- Healthy Lifestyle Grant - A $1,000 grant to fund risk reduction activities that include at least six (6) hours of programming and include faculty participation. Topics that qualify for grants include, but are not limited to, the following: weight reduction, smoking cessation, healthy eating, exercise and stress reduction.
All applicants must complete the corresponding application form and submit to The Office of Grants and Contracts (OGC) by Friday, April 13, 2012. Please click here for the applications. The OGC will secure the appropriate signatures and submit the application packet to the Pennsylvania Faculty Health and Welfare Fund.
Apply Now for the PASSHE Highmark Healthcare Academic Program Development Grant!
The purpose of this funding is intended to address the high-demand occupations of nursing, physician assistant, physical therapy and other health related fields. The goal is to enable PASSHE Universities to expand or upgrade existing programs, start new programs, enhance students services and community outreach.
Each PASSHE University is permitted to submit only one proposal for competition at the System-wide level.
The maximum amount of the funding request cannot exceed $15,000; cost sharing is encouraged.
The deadline for the final proposal and routing sheet (approved by your chair and dean) is Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm. All proposals must be delivered to the Office of Grants and Contracts located at 425 Dixon Hall.
All proposals submitted must include a hard copy and an electronic copy (vogrig@calu.edu).
Those completed proposals that are received by the deadline will be subject to an on-campus review to select the one finalist.
The finalist's proposal will be submitted by the Office of Grants and Contracts for the System-wide competition.
Click here for Request for Proposal.
Apply Now for the 4th Annual Grant Writers' Fellowship Program 2011
California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U) is pleased to announce the fourth annual Grant Writers’ Fellowship Program in which faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive hands-on enrichment workshop covering everything from strategizing the selection of your potential funding source to actually writing the critical sections of a competitive grant application/proposal. Emphasis is placed on researching and writing strategies and skills required to successfully submit competitive external proposals on behalf of Cal U. The expectation is that participants will submit their proposal during the next funding opportunity. Fellows will be expected to attend all of the workshop sessions in order to maintain status in the program. Click here for the request for application.
Consider the Rewards...
- - Acquire funding to support research, outreach or public service.
- - Enhance curriculum vita.
- - Earn a $1,000 stipend
You are Eligible if you are…
- - A tenured or tenure track faculty with a full-time appointment, or
- - A full time permanent staff, and
- - Interested in funding for research, critical programs and projects that align with
- the Cal U mission, and
- - Available to attend a three-day session in June 2011 and six one-hour sessions
- during the Fall 2011 semester.
Don't miss out on the opportunity...
- - The Request for Applications is available on the OGC web page
- - The application deadline is 3:00 pm, April 29, 2011
- - Initial 3-day workshop: June 6, 7 and 8, 2011
- - Followup Sessions: September through November 2011
NEW... Round II... Professional Development in Support of Collaborative Academic Grants from PASSHE FPDC -
The Council has received an additional $120,000 from the Office of the Chancellor to undertake a new initiative; that is, faculty professional development that is needed to undertake collaborative academic programs or delivery of programs in alternative learning formats. The Collaborative Academic Grants are generally intended to provide professional growth opportunities for individual faculty, faculty pairs, teams or groups.
The funds are targeted for 1) professional development that is required for collaborative academic program/curriculum development to deliver courses using alternative formats of learning and 2) for individual faculty with little or no experience in alternative formats, to develop their skills and knowledge on how to deliver programs in an alternative format (for example, receiving specific training on content management systems, seeking out effective practices at other universities, or solving unique problems such as online science labs). There will be a priority for joint programs with at least two universities and a priority for projects involving academic programs scheduled for periodic review as of December 2013.
The funds are intended to lead to the following potential long-term (post-grant) outcomes:
- Innovative courses and distance learning programs that may bring new student populations to the University;
- Collaborative, multi-university distance or on-line classes in programs that are facing enrollment challenges;
- Innovative multi-university shared content, such as on-line modules suitable for any class/course.
- Each PASSHE University is invited to submit 2 proposals.
- Request for Proposal
- Proposal & Routing Sheet must be received by the Office of Grants and Contracts by 12:00 pm (noon) on Monday, September 5, 2011.
Faculty authors submitting a proposal will have the opportunity to have their proposal reviewed by a Quality Circle Review (QCR) team based on the actual review system to identify areas of the proposal that can be improved and eliminate possible errors. Applicants participating in the QCR will have the opportunity to revise and improve their proposal prior to final submission.
If you are interested in pursuing this external funding opportunity, please contact the Office of Grants and Contracts for assistance.
Email vogrig@calu.edu or call extension 1662.
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