GRANT: FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP
ADDRESSING ISSUES OF DIVERSITY

Open to all PSU Faculty and Staff
 
Application Deadline: December 3, 2004

Application Guidelines

PURPOSE
This award is a part of President Bernstine's PSU Diversity Initiative and, as part of their work, is administered by The Diversity Action Council. In particular, it furthers one of the Diversity Action Council's goals: To enhance the institutional environment, curriculum, and faculty scholarship. Recipients are expected to share their expertise and contribute to a body of literature as well as share their findings on campus.

Projects that focus on any area of diversity scholarship are welcome. For the 2004-2005 academic year awards, special consideration will be given to scholarly projects addressing issues related to the campus climate and the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty, staff, and student body at Portland State.
 
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants are invited from all PSU faculty, staff, and departments. 
 
THE AWARD
The amount of the award will vary, depending upon the nature of the research proposed and the number of meritorious applications received. Selected proposals will be funded, up to $2000 per proposal with a total of $8,000 devoted to these awards.
 
THE APPLICATION
Applicants must submit a complete application including the following:

Project Summary: Applicants must include a non-technical abstract of the research or project (limited to 200 words or less).
 
Proposal (limited to five double-spaced pages): The proposal should include the following: the purpose and rationale for the project, the project design and timeframe, evidence of applicants' abilities to carry out the project, how the project's research is directly related to diversity, and how this work will contribute to a body of literature.
 
Budget: Award funds may be used to research materials, research assistants, or other purposes directly related to the scholarly activity. All funding must be in accordance with the new State of Oregon requirements and restrictions. According to the Oregon requirements, travel will only be funded for peer reviewed conference presentations. Budgets normally include personnel, services and supplies with narrative justifications for each item. Similarly, the activities and role of research assistants must be detailed and clearly justified in this section.
 
Broad ranges of items are intended to be funded. However, the following items will only be funded in exceptional circumstances and must be clearly justified as crucial for the execution of this research project: 1) Computer hardware; 2) Release time; 3) Summer salary.

Pending Support: Please state if you are requesting funding for this project from other sources. Be sure to specify the name of the granting agency, and the amount of the award.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND DEADLINES
Email the complete application to the Center for Academic Excellence (mleonard@pdx.edu) by 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 3, 2004. Funding will be released early January 2005 and must be expended by June 30, 2005.
 
SELECTION PROCESS
A committee from the President's Diversity Action Council will choose all proposals. Applications will be judged primarily on the soundness of the project and project design; the feasibility of completing the project within the timeframe proposed; the qualifications of the applicant(s); and the relationship to "diversity."
 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Principal investigators are required to submit a progress report to the Diversity Action Council by the end of spring term 2005. Grant recipients will be expected to present the results/progress of their project at the Spring Focus on Diversity event. An annual report highlighting the accomplishments of the research teams during the funding period will be published in the Diversity Newsletter. If research involves use of human subjects, a copy of the PSU Human Subjects Research Review Committee approval letter needs to be submitted together with the progress report.


Call Melissa Leonard at 725-8356 or Martha Balshem at 725-5642 if you need further assistance or information.
 
Endorsed by the President's Diversity Action Council and funded by the PSU Provost and President