Application Instructions for the 2013-2014 Academic Year
Overview
Each year, the Institute supports a limited number of research/ creative collaboratives. These collaboratives promote synergistic interdisciplinary activity difficult within departmental structures. Collaborative activities vary: some collaboratives meet regularly for works-in-progress discussions or public workshops and other programs, others work together on projects. Some collaboratives incorporate a public component that encourages connections with the community. The Institute seeks participation from all colleges, schools, and campuses at the University and encourages graduate student participation in collaboratives. Collaboratives may be convened by University faculty, students, or staff, but should show evidence of faculty participation.
Each research/creative collaborative will be provided with a research budget of up to $12,000. These funds are to be used to further the work of the collaborative; faculty salary may not be included. Examples of possible use of funds include bringing in scholars from other institutions to participate for brief periods in the work of the collaborative, purchasing books, or organizing public presentations or conferences. Research/creative collaborative members are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the Institute. Funds are provided for a period of one year and may not be carried over; successful collaboratives may apply for additional years of funding. Collaborative conveners who envision needing a research assistant are encouraged to apply for a Graduate School Grant-in-Aid of Research for RA funding.
Application Instructions for the 2013-2014 Academic Year
- Application Instructions for the 2014-2015 year will be posted here. Please return to this page for updates.
- Proposals for Research/Creative Collaboratives must be submitted via email to ias@umn.edu by midnight, Thursday, January 31.
- Proposals will be accepted as either PDF or Word document attachments.
- You may submit your complete proposal as one single document or as documents for numbered component parts.
- Include the convener(s) name(s) in the header of each document you submit.
Conveners wishing to propose a new Research/Creative Collaborative will provide the following:
- Completed cover page.
- An abstract of your proposal, which should not exceed 200 words.
- A description of the project, including its significance (1,000-2,000 words).
- A tentative list of activities that the collaborative intends to carry out (one page).
- A budget. Maximum amount is $12,000. Faculty salary may not be included. Please ask only for funds actually needed; we welcome proposals for any amount up to the maximum. Include information on any other funding requested or received for the project.
- Two-page curriculum vitae for each convener, combined into one document.
- A list of people participating in the collaborative, with departmental or other organizational affiliation.
Conveners wishing to apply for an additional year of funding for an existing or former Research/ Creative Collaborative provided the following:
- Completed cover page.
- An abstract of the project, which should not exceed 200 words.
- A copy of your collaborative’s application for the most recent year in which it was funded by the IAS. This should include the description, budget, and statements from collaborative members (if these were required). Do not include faculty CVs from previous years. If you do not have an electronic copy of your application, contact Susannah Smith slsmith@umn.edu.
- A report on your collaborative’s activities and accomplishments to date and discussion of future plans for the project (1,000 words). Describe how the collaborative is rooted in and having impact on the University—for example, development of teaching related to the collaborative’s work, the collaborative’s involvement in recruiting graduate students, conference presentations and/or publications coming out of collaborative activities, public engagement activities. If your aims or goals have changed from those proposed in your initial application, explain how and why. Your discussion of the significance of the proposal may refer to your original proposal. Please note that in the past, selection committees have rejected requests for refunding when they found the applications to be perfunctory in their descriptions of the project.
- Short statements from 3-5 collaborative members explaining how participation in the collaborative has benefited their work. Each statement should be no more than one page. These should be combined into one document.
- A tentative list of activities that the collaborative intends to carry out (one page).
- A budget. Maximum amount is $12,000. Faculty salary may not be included. Please ask only for funds actually needed; we welcome proposals for any amount up to the maximum.
- Information on other funding requested or received for the project.
- Two-page curriculum vitae for each convener, combined into one document.
- A list of people participating in the collaborative, with departmental or other organizational affiliation.
Collaboratives applying for an additional year of funding will be required to make a brief report on the Collaborative’s activities and plans to the IAS Advisory Board at one of the Board’s meetings in Spring semester.
Note: If your collaborative is related to the University Symposium Site and Incitement, please so indicate in the project description. It is not necessary that a collaborative be related to the Symposium, but if you see such connections, we want to know about them.
Proposals for Research/Creative Collaboratives were due by midnight, Thursday, January 31, 2013. Questions about the program may be directed to IAS Director Ann Waltner (waltn001@umn.edu or 626-5149). Questions about submission requirements may be directed to IAS Managing Director Susannah Smith (slsmith@umn.edu 624-2921).