Call for Proposals (Spring 2021)
The Faculty-Student Research Grant program provides $2,100 to support a student who is engaged in faculty-driven research with a faculty mentor. The award provides $14 per hour, ten hours per week, over the course of the semester.
Purpose: The Faculty-Student Research Grant is intended to 1) provide faculty the benefit of student engagement in faculty-directed research and, 2) provide students the benefit of working closely with a faculty-mentor.
Faculty Eligibility: Tenure-track and lecturer faculty are eligible to apply for a grant.
Student Eligibility: Any current CI student is eligible to receive a grant. Students are identified by faculty and should be selected by faculty. Students who have graduated are not eligible. Students enrolled in UNIV 498 (or other classes related to the proposed research activity) are NOT eligible for this program. Students cannot receive academic credit for their participation in this program.
Proposal Elements: Please prepare a proposal (no more than 4 pages double-spaced, exclusive of bibliography) that addresses the following:
Title. What is the title of your project?
Explain your research project. Briefly explain the nature of your research. Please be sure to cast your explanation in terms that can be understood by a non-specialist. Citations to the literature are encouraged.
- What is the project’s central question?
- In what medium will you work (e.g., primary historical documents, laboratory experiments, empirical observation, music, studio arts)?
- What modes or methods of inquiry will you employ?
- Identify how you will carry out the project in a virtual environment.
- What are your expected findings?
How will students be incorporated into your research project? Please be specific about the tasks that they will be assigned as part of your research. What insight into the research process do you anticipate students will get from their participation?
Benefit to you. How will incorporating students into the research project contribute to your own research agenda?
Dissemination. Beyond presenting the research on campus, how do you plan to disseminate this research?
Institutional Review Board Approval
Research involving human subjects must obtain IRB approval. If your project involves research on human subjects (including students in classes you teach), your proposal should be submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and be reviewed before the start of work on your project. Information about the IRB approval process can be obtained from of Research and Sponsored Projects website; https://www.csuci.edu/irb/. Questions about IRB may be addressed to Scott Perez in the Research and Sponsored Programs Office.
Conditions of Acceptance: If your project is accepted for inclusion you will be required to:
- Faculty and student present their research on campus or virtually;
- Have students present at the CI Student Research Conference;
- Engage in program evaluation as requested;
- File a brief report on the grant and mentorship experience.
Proposal Submission
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Please contact cistudentresearch@csuci.edu or luis.sanchez@csuci if you have any questions about this program.