General statement. When possible, faculty should try to get targeted students to participate in the grant writing process. Make the students active participants in the process and they will benefit greatly from the experience. The grant is intended to provide needed funds to allow you to teach the student to do research, not to pay for faculty expenses such as travel reimbursement or new faculty computers.

Please note that students who recieve funding from a faculty written grant are not eligible for funds from a separate student written grant on the same or a different project. Likewise if a student has written a proposal, they are not eligible for funding through the faculty written proposal.

I. Research Question and Significance: What is the question or technique that you want your students to explore through research or creative work?

Why is this an interesting and important question?  (Note: "significance" means the intellectual significance to members of your discipline as well as to yourself. Citation of literature references is required.)

II. Goals/Objectives
Explain specifically what you plan to accomplish during the grant period.

How many students are you hoping to involve in the project?

What objectives will you have for each student, and what is the anticipated outcome?

III. Methodology or Procedures
Describe exactly what activities or procedures will take place during the grant period. Specifically explain how the project will be carried out.

Identify what you will do and what other individuals who will be involved in the project will do.

What kinds of techniques will students use?

What types of data will be collected and analysis will be performed by the students?

Describe the extent of your involvement in the project.

IV. Timeline
Identify the time period (weeks, months, etc.) you plan to work on the project, giving the dates you expect the project to begin and end, and approximately how many hours each week you will focus on the project. Include a timeline that sequentially outlines the progression of activities that will take place during the entire grant period. The timeline may be presented graphically or in outline form.

V. The Student Investigator’s Qualifications- this should be written by students involved in the project when possible

Briefly describe your qualifications to pursue the project. Include your major and number of completed credit hours and expected graduation date.

Explain why you are interested in this project, what related classroom or laboratory experience you have had, what background reading you have done, discussions you have had with a faculty member, etc.
In addition, you should include a statement of why this project is important for you to complete, and why you will benefit from it in your future academic or employment ventures.

VI. Evaluation/Dissemination
Briefly explain how you will determine whether students have accomplished the goals or objectives that were established in th eproposal.

Describe ways that students will display and/or present the results of their work on the project with the University community, and professional conferences, meetings and publications,

Don't forget that if you receive monetary support from the Endeavor awards program, your students will be required to present their work at the Endeavor Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium held each April. You, as the faculty sponsor, will also be required to attend.

VII. Budget Summary - $4000 maximum for faculty written proposal.

Make sure the items listed in your budget have been mentioned in the proposal somewhere.
Identify what percentage of the funds (max 50%) will be used for student wages for work done on the project

Don't forget to include shipping costs when appropriate.

VIII. Budget Narrative
Make sure to justify the expenses in your narrative, including why the items requested are needed, the hours to be worked by students are essential to the successful completion of the project, and how the items will contribute to the education of the student researcher(s) involved.

Faculty Developed Project Grant Budget Proposal Form (Excel)