CBR Partnership Formation Grant Program (Pilot)
Deadline: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 by 11:59pm (MST)
Award Amount: Up to $10,000
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Community-Based Research (CBR) at the University of Utah seeks to support research partnerships between academic researchers and community-based partners that inquire into and address real-world issues through an approach rooted in equity and inclusion. The University of Utah recognizes the value of CBR as a method for enriching our understanding of the world while also increasing social impact by advancing scientific knowledge within contextualized practice, guiding community and economic development, impacting policy, fostering learning, supporting organizing and movement building, and enhancing trust between academic institutions and communities harmed by past research.
Following extensive dialogue with key stakeholders and in collaboration with the Community Research Collaborative (CRC), the VPR has redesigned its CBR grant mechanism. Part of this redesign has produced the CBR Planning and Partnership Formation Grant Program. CBR requires substantial up-front work from both academic and community partners. Partnership Formation Grants are designed to support this early stage of CBR.
The goal of the Partnership Formation Grant Program is to build and foster new relationships between community-based and campus-based partners. This partnership should be either:
- A new relationship between the community organization and the University of Utah (i.e., community partner has never worked with the University of Utah before) or
- An existing relationship between the community organization and the University of Utah being leveraged in a new/innovative way (i.e., a community partner that has worked with the U of U before working on new idea or concept with research faculty/staff they have not previously worked with)
Planning and Partnership Formation Grants are designed to support activities such as:
- Analyzing existing data to help inform collaborative research.
- Conducting asset mapping or other processes for identifying community strengths and priorities.
- Developing partnership infrastructure and collaborative operating procedures (e.g., partnership mission and goals, partner roles and responsibilities, communication plans, project funding and support, data use and sharing agreements).
- Co-designing research proposals.
- Building the capacity of partners to conduct the research (e.g., training in research methods, building cultural competency).
Full program details, including eligibility guidelines, required application materials, and review criteria, can be found HERE. Applications for the pilot launch of the CBR Partnership Formation Grant Program are due by 11:59pm on Thursday, September 7th, 2023. Applications must be submitted via the internal competition mechanism on InfoReady, found HERE.
2023-2024 Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF)
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
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The Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF) provides support to faculty and core facilities necessary research instrumentation purchases and upgrades/replacements. Research instrumentation purchased with RIF funds is meant to be shared as broadly as possible and must be used to facilitate externally funded research and scholarship. RIF only awards research instrumentation requests that fall into one of the below categories:
- Requests for new research instrumentation that will be leveraged to pursue external funding within one year of equipment installation.
- Requests for new research instrumentation that will increase competitiveness of an external funding proposal that was recently denied funding due to lack of specific research instrumentation or data produced by that instrumentation.
- Requests for upgrading or replacing existing, on-campus research instrumentation that is outdated, non-functional, or poses a safety/security risk to the UofU community.
Applications for the 2023-2024 RIF cycle are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Wednesday, January 10th, 2024. Interested applicants should thoroughly review all FY24 RIF Guidelines before preparing an application. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
Faculty Small Grant Program (FSGP) – Fall 2023 Cycle
Fall 2023 Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
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The Faculty Small Grant Program (FSGP) provides grants of up to $10,000 over 1 year to support scholarly publications and creative research. Scholarly activity is defined as a work of scholarship that is peer reviewed and publicly disseminated. Examples of scholarly activity should demonstrate discovery and/or integration of new knowledge, technologies, methods, or materials. Creative research activity is defined as original contributions to an investigator’s field of study that are produced through writing, creating, composing, designing, recording, performing, curating, etc.
Applications for the Fall 2023 cycle are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023. Interested applicants should thoroughly review all FY24 FSGP Guidelines before preparing an application. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
2023-2024 Distinguished Research Award (DRA)
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
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The Distinguished Research Award (DRA) is a prestigious faculty award designed to recognize outstanding achievements in research by three University of Utah faculty each year. This prestigious research award provides the faculty member with a $10,000 grant to pursue research and/or creative pursuits and recognition at the UofU Commencement. Nominees are evaluated on the impact and significance of their career research or scholarly work to their field, as well as to the improvement and enrichment of the human condition. Faculty who have held an appointment with the University of Utah for a minimum of five years are eligible to receive this award. Nominations may be made by any faculty member, department, or college within the University.
Nominations for the 2023-2024 cycle are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, and must be submitted using this submission link. Please thoroughly review all FY24 DRA Guidelines before preparing a nomination. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
2023-2024 Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA)
Deadline: 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 5th, 2023
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The Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA) provide awarded faculty members one semester of full release time (from teaching and administrative tasks) at full salary for scholarly and creative projects. Scholarly activity is defined as a work of scholarship that is peer reviewed and publicly disseminated. Examples of scholarly activity should demonstrate discovery and/or integration of new knowledge, technologies, methods, or materials. Creative research activity is defined as original contributions to an investigator’s field of study that are produced through writing, creating, composing, designing, recording, performing, curating, etc. Departments of awarded faculty will receive up to $15,000 to defer the cost of the awardee’s release time.
The FFA program accepts applications once per year. The FFA application process is two steps:
Faculty submit their applications via InfoReady in early-October. FY24 Applications from are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Thursday, October 5th, 2023.
Then, Colleges submit their top 10 applications (with a ranking letter) by mid-November. For FY24, the top 10 and ranking letter are due by 11:59pm (MST) on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023.
Interested applicants should thoroughly review all FY24 FFA Guidelines before preparing an application. Questions about this program should be directed to Whitney MacKay.
Please contact VPR Grants with any questions.