Junior Faculty Development Award (JFDA) Announcement and Call For Proposals

CHASS Junior Faculty Development Award (JFDA) Announcement and Call For Proposals

Due date for submission: February 15, 2014

The CHASS research office is pleased to announce that it will fund up to three Junior Faculty Development Awards, to support tenure-track faculty in their scholarly endeavors. This the second and last year of this program in its current form, although, if alternative sources of funding are found for this program, it may continue in future years.

Eligibility

Any junior faculty member (that is, untenured but on the tenure track) in any discipline in CHASS may apply. Faculty who will apply for promotion and tenure in AY 2014-2015, or whose promotion to tenure will take effect any time between January 2014 and January 2015 are not eligible for this award. Faculty who have been funded under the SRA or the JFDA programs during the last two cycles are not eligible for this funding.

Purpose

These funds are intended to support junior faculty who are actively engaged in scholarship. Proposals should make explicit what scholarly product will result from this funding. We do not expect that these funds will be the sole form of support for the outcomes you list, but we want an explicit connection between support and outcome. We particularly want to see evidence that, by the end of the funding period, you will have submitted a grant proposal, peer reviewed article or articles, a book proposal, or similar tangible scholarly output. We do not expect that you will do all of these things. But proposals that propose tangible results will be favored over exploratory or vague proposals.

Budget

No award will exceed $3200, which must be spent before December 31, 2014. Funds unspent after that date will be retained to fund future offerings of this program. Support may be requested for most items usually found in a such budgets, including graduate student workers, travel essential to the project, specialized equipment, and the like. No funds may be used for summer salary, release time, or for standard desktop computers, tablets, or similar technology. Funds may be used for software only if the university holds no license for a closely equivalent package and if the software is vital to the project. Funds may be used for conference attendance only if such attendance directly leads to the outcomes described in the next paragraph.

Proposal procedures

To apply, provide a proposal consisting of the following elements:

1.     A cover letter from your department head supporting your application and proposal.

2.     A proposal of no more than 2500 words (references do not count in this word count)

3.     A budget and budget justification

4.     A current copy of your full CV (not the abbreviated NIH or NSF-format biosketch). This must include all current information as of the day of your application.

5.     A printout of your up-to-date faculty directory page on the CHASS college website as it appears at http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu

If your department uses a different system for listing its faculty, you must still complete this CHASS requirement. Instructions on how to do this can be found here: http://chassresearch.blogspot.com/p/how-to-update-your-faculty-profile.html

Send the proposal as a single PDF file to Tom Birkland -- tabirkla@ncsu.edu -- by February 15, 2014.

Review Criteria

·       Description of Proposed Research – The goals and objectives of the project are clearly defined in terms of research focus.

·       Potential for Future Funding – The selected problem has sufficient potential for follow-up funding.

·       Proposed Budget – The budget is appropriate for the project; the line items have been sufficiently justified, and the budget proposes an efficient means by which to achieve project goals.

·       Relevance and Novelty of Proposed Research – The project contributes and does not duplicate former research surrounding the problem area

·       Research Methods – The proposed methods are adequate to address the topic of the project, in terms of the norms for sound scholarship in the discipline in which the applicant is working.

Reporting Requirements

As noted, no award will be made unless the applicant has completed the CHASS faculty directory information.

A final report will be due by February 1, 2015. The report should not exceed 2500 words, and should include a narrative of what was accomplished, the extent to which the accomplishments are congruent with those originally proposed, and prospects for future research. In addition to this report, you may include attachments or links to scholarly outcomes.  The report must be submitted as a single PDF document to tabirkla@ncsu.edu