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Eligibility, Funds, & Grant Criteria

Faculty Center Research & Creative Activity Mini-Grants

 The Faculty Center is pleased to announce its Call for Proposals for the Faculty Center Research & Creative Activity Mini-Grants. 
 
These grants are designed to support research and creative activities for all tenure-line and lecturer faculty with 1- or 3-year appointments.

Grant Proposals
Grant proposals are due Dec 1, 2024.

Eligibility

All current California State University San Marcos Faculty (Unit 3) are eligible except for members of the Faculty Center Advisory Council, both voting and ex-officio (FCAC). FCAC members are not eligible to apply for a Faculty Center Grant for the duration of their term. Faculty who were awarded the Faculty Center Research Community Grant for Fall 2024 are also not eligible for consideration.

 ** Faculty who have been awarded a Faculty Center Grant in the past must have submitted a valid final report to the Faculty Center for the current application to be considered.

Funds:

Grants will be awarded to support faculty research and creative activity costs. The grant funds are available for use from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025, and projects can be retroactively funded during this time as allowed by existing campus policy and procedure.  

A maximum of up to $500.00 will be awarded per faculty member as funds allow. Funds can only be spent per established campus guidelines including adherence to any needed prior approval and spending processes.

All grant funds must be spent, and all paperwork appropriately completed prior to June 30, 2025 or earlier if required by your academic department or college; your college may require you to finish spending funds ahead of May 2025. 

If awarded, funds can only be used for the activities described and detailed in the application鈥攆unds cannot be used for additional, new, or previously unspecified development activities or purchases other than those stated in the application.

It is not possible to roll over funds beyond the academic year 2024/25. Any unused funds from the award must be returned to the Faculty Center. The Faculty Center will transfer the funds to your department/college, and it is your responsibility to work with your department analyst on encumbering the funds by all spending deadlines.

Please note that all approvals for travel or other purchases that require special permission should be completed in the faculty member鈥檚 home department. The Faculty Center does not complete travel approval requests for faculty. Any award made by the Faculty Center is conditional upon the successful completion of approvals and/or permissions of all relevant campus processes for travel and/or special purchase prior-authorizations.

It is the responsibility of the applying faculty member to follow up with the final report detailing how the funds were spent as detailed in the grant; otherwise, faculty will not be eligible to apply for future grant funds offered by the Faculty Center.

Award Category Details:

Research, Scholarly, & Creative Activity

Purpose: To provide support for faculty as they participate in research, scholarly, and creative activity through funding for supplies, conference attendance, or publication costs, for example: 

  • Supplies or resources needed for research, scholarly, or creative activity
  • Costs related to attendance to a disciplinary conference
  • Memberships to professional organizations
  • Books or other materials

At this time, Faculty Center Grant Funds cannot be spent on the following items:

  • Incentives for research participation
  • Employment of student assistants
  • Hospitality requests 

Criteria:

The Faculty Center Advisory Council will conduct anonymous peer-review of the proposals using the following criteria:

  1. Clearly defined outcome of the proposed activity.
  2. Significance of the proposed activity for the faculty member's professional development and career advancement.
  3. Evidence that the proposed activity clearly supports the University鈥檚 mission, commitment to teacher-scholar model, inclusive excellence, and/or continuous improvement.
  4. Clarity of itemized budgetary breakdown that clearly identifies areas of funding need.
  5. Evidence that all purchases/expenditures must follow 大发 policies and guidelines; consult your College ASC for approval.

Please refer to the campus's definition of professional development when considering your request:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Professional Development is defined as pursuit of knowledge or skill through study, research and/or creative activities, professional travel, conferences, workshops or courses that directly support and develop a person鈥檚 professional growth in their discipline or career.

 **Proposals are ranked by merit, however, priority will be given to: 

  • Probationary faculty seeking tenure, associate professors working towards full, and lecturers with 3-year appointments;
  • Faculty who have never received Faculty Center grant funding in the past.