CRS Award Funds

Deadline: Rolling

Supports student research projects. These funds resource the purchase of equipment (which becomes university assets), supplies, travel (including overseas), consultation fees, student stipends, or other support services needed for the execution of research projects.

• Criteria and Application for Student Research Project Award

Supports travel expenses for student researchers who have been accepted to present their research at an external event (e.g., a conference, symposium, or exhibition). Students awarded travel funding must travel to the conference and be a significant contributor to the research project/creative work.

• Criteria and Application for Student Research Presentation Award

Supports professional development opportunities for faculty involved in teaching and/or mentoring undergraduate residential students in research and scholarship. These funds support hosting external speakers for on-campus workshops, purchase of online or print resources, enrollment in a university course, or travel to conferences, all related to developing an effective and well-informed undergraduate research program (see Section IX of the QEP).

• Criteria and Application for Faculty Professional Development Award

Deadline: February 3, 2020

The award supports release time or compensation for faculty involved in research. The release must be dean approved and may be spread over two semesters or used within one semester. Additionally, recipients can apply for additional funding for items including, but not limited to, supplies, travel, and other support services. Faculty release and/or compensation may span multiple years based on an annual review. The faculty is eligible for release approval even if previously approved in another application cycle.

• Criteria and Application for Faculty Release Funding

Deadline: Tier 1 (Below $7500) – Rolling; Tier 2 ($7500 or above)- February 3, 2020

Supports faculty research projects. These funds resource the purchase of equipment (which becomes University assets), supplies, travel (including overseas), consultation fees, student stipends, or other support services needed for the execution of research projects.

• Criteria and Application for Faculty Research Project Award

Supports faculty or student research events hosted by LU schools/colleges for internal and/or external participants. These funds resource speaker honorariums, travel hosting, supplies, food services, advertising, printing, and monetary awards related to the execution of an effective research event.

• Criteria and Application for Research Event Award

Supports faculty fees and costs associated with publication or presentation of research.

• Criteria and Application for Faculty Scholarship Award

Work-study Research Assistants (RAs) are assigned to a specific faculty member to help work on a research project. While much of the work may be basic (entering and coding data, collecting specimens, conducting literature searches, communicating with participants), the goal is for the student to make a meaningful contribution to the project while learning about the process of research or scholarship in the field. We expect for CRS RAs to be fully integrated into research teams or discussions. CRS RAs can also take on additional responsibility for projects as they gain experience.

•  Criteria and Application for Work Study Research Assistantship