Applications are due by Feburary 3, 2025.
Only existing Chairs at the time of application are eligible. Awards are for one year and any unspent funds must be returned. Up to $5,000 may be requested. New Chair Grant requests cannot be considered until any existing FS&R or Chair Grants the applicant has are complete and have been closed out, including returning any unspent funds.
Chair Grant guidelines mirror those of the FS&R program in terms of their allowable uses. Chair Grants cannot fund professional development (professional training or education in a specific field or discipline), or travel to professional meetings.
Allowable funding categories:
· Student Assistant – The minimum wage for summer students conducting collaborative research with faculty on college funds is $15.00 per hour. This is considered taxable income and the students will have taxes deducted from their pay. Student research assistants hired during the academic year should be paid according to the Academic Year Student Pay Scale.
· Materials and Supplies – Expendable items necessary to carry out the work of the project including laboratory supplies, glassware, chemicals, and reagents. Equipment necessary for the project worth less than $5,000.
· Technology – Software, computing devices, compute fees, peripherals, etc. if not otherwise available through T&I.
· Clerical and translation services – Could include book indexing, transcriptions, and translations.
· Travel – Per diem (lodging, meals and incidentals) must be based on standard GSA government rates. Personal travel segments should be clearly identified on the application.
· Participant incentives – Payments to participants involved in human subjects’ research. See also the College’s Gift Card Policy.
Award management and reporting
· Post-Award – Chairs can request a post-award information session regarding hiring student assistants, approving student timesheets, hiring international students, expenditures, financial reporting, and other post-award matters. Contact LuAnne Sledge in the Office of Sponsored Programs.
· FS&R final reports – Final expense reports are due within 30 days of completion of the grant, and no later than the end of April.
· Changes in plans – It is possible to obtain approval for changes in the planned uses of the funding after award, within overall program guidelines. Please contact Peter Szanton in the Office of Sponsored Research if you need to change your plans for the use of the funds from what was in your original application.
This funding supports visits from distinguished scholars, visiting faculty, writers, performing artists and professors of practice. The primary purpose of such visits will be to engage Davidson College students in innovative, stimulating, and meaningful ways. Preferences will be given to visits that enhance new areas of inquiry or promote new cross-disciplinary initiatives.
The Group Investigations Program provides funding for off-campus trips that support the learning objectives of a course or that provide a learning opportunity that enhances the undergraduate experience. There are two annual application cycles. Applications for a spring semester course/program (including summer trips) are due by the start of October in the prior semester. Applications for a fall semester course/program (including winter break) are due by the start of March in the prior semester. Funding is typically limited to $15,000 per grant. Higher budgets may be approved for international Group Investigations.
Upcoming Deadlines: March 3, 2025 and October 1, 2025
Faculty members planning international programs, even optional excursions, must work with the Office of Education Abroad to ensure that all Davidson-sponsored travel follows consistent policies for program development, student selection and preparation, and sound risk management for travel plans. Faculty members are required to schedule a meeting with Naomi Otterness, the Director of Education Abroad, to discuss their proposed student group travel plans at least two weeks before completing the Group Investigations application. For further information about general practices and expectations for taking students abroad, please also review the International Excursions Leader Agreement, as well as the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad.
All programs must operate in accordance with the College's expectations for responsible budgetary practices. Leaders receiving grants for group travel will sign an agreement collected by the Office of Sponsored Programs on behalf of the VPAA before funds will be distributed. Group leaders are also required to have a post-award meeting with the Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs and Post-Award Manager, to go over accessing the funds while traveling and creating expense reports in Oracle upon return.
Funds may be provided to assist with the publication of manuscripts that have received final acceptance for publication by a scholarly press or public dissemination of artistic work. A copy of the letter of agreement and any invoices must be submitted with the application. Fundable expenses include: cost of reprints of articles published in scholarly journals; per page journal fees (not covered by publisher or royalties); indexing; preparation of photos, line drawings, or other artistic assistance; expenses related to exhibitions in which their work will be shown. A funding ceiling for these grants will be established on an annual basis by the VPAA.
Note:
1. 1. All full-time faculty, regardless of rank, are eligible to apply.
2. These grants are independent of FS&R applications.
3. Decisions are made on a rolling basis.
4. Once awarded, send letter of agreement (contract) and receipts to Mel Zweifel, Grants Accounting Assistant of
Office of Sponsored Programs, for reimbursement.
Application Deadline: Rolling.
You are submitting a budget proposal for a Department Chair Grant. The application deadline is December 15, 2023. Please note that requests are limited to $5,000. Also:
- Project periods can start as early as January 1, 2024, with a completion date on or before September 30, 2024.
- Final budget reconciliations for projects are due no later than October 15, 2024.
- Once awarded, Chairs may set up a post-award meeting with LuAnne Sledge, Assistant Director/Post-Award Manager, to go over accessing the funds, creating expense reports in Oracle, and P-Card use.