Social Sciences Research Institute
Research Support
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Deadline
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Description
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| Dec. 10, 2009 |
Seed Money Grants - This award provides up to $15,000 in funding to develop a proposal to an external funding agency for a major grant award. The external funding proposal must be submitted within 9 months of spending the internal funds. An applicant must submit a maximum 3-page proposal which outlines the project, its importance to the field, and the external funding agency to whom s/he anticipates submitting a proposal. A budget and budget justification are also required; please see the guidelines for budget restrictions. Up to three awards will be made per year. Seed Money grant recipients may not reapply for three years. |
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| Dec. 10, 2009 |
Research Professorships - This award provides one semester of release time from teaching duties to conduct research. All full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty, regardless of their current teaching loads or other release-time opportunities, are eligible to apply. Awards may be contingent on resource and teaching needs in the applicant’s departments. The awards are designed to permit faculty to work on major innovative research. Interdisciplinary work is encouraged, but not required. There will be three such awards given annually: one for untenured faculty, one for tenured faculty, and one for either. Untenured faculty in their third year must successfuly complete their first contract renewal before their release semester commences; if the faculty member's contract is not renewed, the award will be rescinded. It is expected that the release time will occur in the semester during which the faculty member teaches only one course. Award winners may not reapply for five academic years. |
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| Apr. 8, 2010 |
Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - These awards are available to support or partially support dissertation research projects proposed by graduate students in the School of Social Sciences. Awards will be given annually, and all subject areas and methodologies within the School will be considered equally. The maximum amount for which a student may apply is $5,000, and there is no minimum. The number of awards provided in a given year will depend on a number of factors, including the number of applications, the amounts being requested, the quality of the proposals, and the amount of funding available, which is limited for any given year. |
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| Requests can be made throughout the year; availability of funds may be limited |
Mini-Grants - This award provides up to $1,500 in funding for the purchase of research-related software, graduate or undergraduate research assistant time, hardware, or travel. Conference travel is not permitted. A one-page proposal must demonstrate that the faculty member’s research account or other available support cannot cover the specific purchase. If the faculty member has untapped research or other funds that can cover the purchase, s/he is ineligible for the award. |
Contact Information
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Social Science Research Institute
School of Social Sciences
Rice University - MS 27
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251
Heather Stern
Manager of Grant Administration
Phone: 713-348-2985
Fax: 713-348-5161
Email: hwill@rice.edu
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