Selection Criteria

Projects must have clear, significant campus impact – from both local and national perspectives. Reviewers seek pre-proposals that have the greatest potential to broadly impact the campus research and scholarly community
Proposals must describe the significance of the proposed activity in relation to activities at peer research institutions (indicate novelty, unique characteristics, competitiveness)
Projects must leverage existing strengths and/or areas of potential campus excellence
Proposals should describe how the short and long-term success of the project will be measured. (Although terminology differs among disciplines, projects must clearly articulate anticipated outcomes/end points/goals and the steps/milestones/objectives by which they will be achieved.)
Proposals must describe mechanisms for sustainability of the project. List internal sources of support (e.g., subsumed as new “offshoot” of existing program, become incorporated into graduate program, etc.) and/or specific external sources (e.g., corporate, government agency, private foundation) likely to support this work.