Critical
Research Initiatives
The Critical Research Initiatives Program provides funds
which are primarily aimed at facilitating the exploration
of ideas or the formation of collaborations that may help
to open new fields, enhance the research environment of
the campus, and/or lead to support from other sources.
Research
Board
The Research Board provides support for individual or group
research projects. This support is intended to help promising
new faculty initiate their research on this campus; provide
seed money for research in new directions; provide support
for preliminary studies to improve the potential for attracting
external research support; provide modest resources for
important research in fields for which external support
is either quite limited or unavailable; and, provide matching
funds sometimes required by external sponsors.
Scholars
Travel Fund
The Scholars' Travel Fund is a Research Board program designed
to provide travel support to faculty members in specifically
targeted areas to present original papers at scholarly meetings.
Research
Scholars' Program
The Research Scholars' Program was established in 1984 by
the Graduate College, through the Campus Research Board.
It was established to assist academically qualified members
of dual-career couples to continue their research, scholarship,
and creative activity in an academic environment. The program
is part of the campus effort to address the problems in
recruiting and retaining highly qualified faculty and staff
caused by limited local career opportunities for dual-career
couples.
Recruitment
and Retention
The financial assistance required to help new faculty establish
their research programs varies widely depending upon the
discipline and the seniority of the researcher. The Research
Board accepts requests to initiate research programs from
new faculty who have already accepted positions on the campus.
Retention funds can also be provided in those cases where
extraordinary expenditures are required to retain a valued
faculty member.
