Chancellor Koester has approved research, scholarly and creative activities (RSCA) award program for faculty for the 2022-2023 academic year. Allocations were based on reported fall 2021 full-time equivalent faculty with the goal of supporting research, scholarly, and creative activity.

All members of Unit 3 - Faculty, Librarians, Coaches, and Counselors are eligible to compete for funding from this program.  Projects may include support for activities such as research studies; writing scholarly papers, textbooks, or monographs; travel to archives or professional conferences; development of pilot studies; collection of preliminary data for grant proposals; participant incentives; recitals, performances, or exhibitions; and participation in clinical or professional workshops, etc.

Note: Please see attached scoring criteria. Although categories such as writing scholarly papers and attending professional workshops are allowable, a proposal that does not include significant student involvement will not be competitive.

RSCA awards are intended as one-time grants, not as a sole or continuing source of support for a particular line of professional activity. Higher priority will be given to:

• Individuals who have not received RSCA funding in the past three years;

• Probationary, tenure track faculty at critical stages of their careers, during which research support is essential;

RSCA funds may not be used for release time or overload pay during the academic year. .

Please note that all RSCA grant funds awarded are Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (Stateside) funds and awardees are responsible to ensure that funds are spent by September 30, 2023. Funds not expended by this date are forfeited and returned to ORSP for redistribution the following year.

• Submission Deadline: September 29, 2022 by 11:59pm

• Award Cycle: Academic Year 22-23

• Discipline/Subject Area: All

• Funding Available: $44,603

• Funding Proposal Levels: Proposals should be submitted by sole principal investigators to fund projects in the amount of $3,000-$5,000 total.

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If you need any assistance with your proposal development, please reach out to our Research Development Lead: Erika.Wright@humboldt.edu