Nature of the Grant

1. Each grant will carry a basic stipend equal to the stipend offered in summer school for teaching two courses. (Summer 2007 - $6,600.)
2. Each grant may include a supplementary grant not to exceed $500 available for materials required to support the research and to be used in "soft" money if possible, i.e., faculty secretary, typing, copying on campus, interlibrary loans, computer use, etc., and by exception, for travel if approved by the Faculty Development Committee.
3. The tenure period of each grant is eight consecutive weeks in any one summer. Each grant-holder will notify the committee in writing by May 1 which eight-week period will constitute the tenure of the award.
4. The award is dispersed in four monthly payments beginning mid-May.

Purpose
Enables faculty members to pursue research/writing projects, other than work toward a degree, by providing financial support equivalent to what the faculty member could have earned teaching in summer school.

Eligibility
Any full-time member of the Saint Anselm faculty is eligible to apply for this grant, but no faculty member can hold such a grant more than once every four years. During the grant period the grant-holder cannot be otherwise employed or hold other grants. Grant-holders in violation of this regulation will automatically forfeit the award and return portions of the grant already disbursed. No grant can be used for research for which the faculty member will be concurrently reimbursed.

Review Committee
Decisions on faculty applications for summer research grants will be made by the Faculty Development Committee. Each award winner must notify the committee in writing of his or her acceptance of the grant by January 20.

Application
Faculty members wishing to secure a summer research grant will submit an application by December 1 prior to the summer for which the grant is being sought. The following guidelines should be followed:

1. Summary: Please provide a fifty word summary of the proposed project.
2. Background: Please provide any information which you think necessary for the committee to evaluate the project (e.g., history of the project, vocabulary terms, fundamental concepts, need for access to research materials, etc.)
3. Project: Please discuss the proposed project in terms of the following (you may use up to one page per item):
   • What are the objectives of the project?
   • What methods will you employ to reach these objectives?
   • How will you evaluate the success of the project? 
   • Importance of project: How does this project relate to the advancement of your discipline and/or teaching?
   • Curriculum Vitae: Please include a current curriculum vitae with your application.
   • Budget: A budget must be submitted, if the applicant requests any of the supplemental funds mentioned in number two of Nature of the Grant of this document.

Final Report
A summary of the research must be presented formally to the recipient's department, or in some other College forum. In addition, the recipient must submit a report to the office of the dean of the college by October 1 of the grant year that includes a summary of the research and a description of the forum used to share the research with the college community.