UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

Office of the Faculty Senate

To: Full-Time Faculty

From: Chair, Faculty Senate Grants Committee

Date: October 26, 2007

Subject: Call for applications: Full Time Faculty

I. Vincent B. Coffin Grants for Academic Year 2008-2009, up to $2,500.00

II. Summer (2008) Stipends $2,500.00

All full time faculty members are eligible and invited to apply for one of the above grants with the exception of faculty who are currently on the Faculty Senate Grants Committee or have been awarded either a Coffin Grant or Summer Stipend over the past academic year.

A total of $35,000 is available to fund both these programs. It will be divided among the number of applications recommended by the Faculty Senate Grants Committee and approved by the Provost.

I. Coffin Grants for Academic Year 2008 – 2009 Particulars

Coffin Grants provide one year for project completion and are meant to help offset direct expenses incurred as a result of the pursuit of substantive scholarly and creative work. Such expenses may include:

· Supplemental travel expenses to a second or third conference, international travel,

or a conference outside one’s discipline. The collegiate dean must contribute the usual amount of funds for travel.

· Computer hardware and software

· Other material; equipment, and supplies

· Staff assistance on the project

· $2,500.00 to help offset Adjunct replacement cost for one three-credit course release for one semester.

Dean’s signature is required on all Coffin Grant applications.

II. Summer Stipend for Summer 2008 Particulars

Summer stipends provide $2,500.00 to help offset the loss of income for faculty who wish relief from summer teaching obligations in order to have release time to engage in substantive scholarly or creative work, normally leading to publication, performance, or exhibition.

Please follow the procedures outlined in this document for both the Coffin Grants and the Summer Stipends.

SUBMISSION: Hand-Deliver One original application

(No appendices or supplemental material, please)

DEADLINE: 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2008

Hand-deliver to: Faculty Senate Office, CC 314

QUESTIONS/INFORMATION: Contact the Office of the Faculty Senate, x4475. facsenate@hartford.edu.

Your application must use the appropriate attached form, be submitted by the deadline and must address:

Scholarly/Artistic content of the proposal (quality and merit of the project)
Plan for the completion of the project (appropriate methods, realistic timetable, and feasibility)
Probability of completion of the project (assessment that the portion of project for which funding is provided will be completed)
Justification for expenses and a breakdown of costs (Coffin Grants only)
Dean’s signature on applications (Coffin Grants only)

Evaluation Criteria:

Applicants for both awards are ranked based on the following:

60% Quality and merit of the proposed project?
20% Clarity, coherence, and effectiveness of the proposal?
20% Probability that the applicant can successfully complete the proposed project?

In the case of similarly ranked applications, preference will be given to proposals:

from faculty who have not received a Coffin Grant or Summer Stipend in the past 2 years,
from untenured, tenure-track faculty, or
to serve as the basis for seed funding for a larger grant.

Obligations:

· Faculty who are awarded Summer Stipends will be expected to report in writing to the Office of the Provost the results of their activity, and the proposed dissemination of the scholarly activity and/or creativity beyond the University of Hartford, by October 15, 2008.

· Faculty awarded Coffin Grants have until October 15, 2009 to report the result of their efforts in writing to the Office of the Provost.

· Please send a copy of your report to the Faculty Senate via e-mail to: facsenate@hartford.edu

This letter and other Faculty Senate information can be found at http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/facsenate/.

“Coffin Grants provide one year for project completion and are meant to help offset direct expenses incurred as a result of the pursuit of substantive scholarly and creative work

COFFIN GRANT FOR 2008 – 2009

COVER SHEET FOR APPLICATION

1. Name _____________________________________ E-mail:_____________________________

2. College ___________________________________ Rank ______________________________

3. Office address ______________________________ Telephone __________________________

4. Status (check one): Tenured ________ Tenure Track ________ E.T.C. ______________

5. In the Coffin Grant section of the call, there are five categories of scholarly purposes for which a Coffin Grant may be used. For which category(s) are you applying? Please detail, using additional pages if necessary.

6. In the call for applications, there are three Evaluation Criteria on which Grant Applications will be judged

1) How would you rate the quality and merit of the proposed project?

2) How would you rate the clarity, coherence, and effectiveness of the proposal?

3) What is the probability that the applicant can successfully complete the proposed project? On additional pages, please show how your proposal meets these criteria, in detail.

7. If you are requesting travel funds for conference attendance, or a one-semester, one-course buyout, please obtain your dean’s signature.

_______________________________

Dean’s Signature

8. Required Signature: Coffin Grants are for materials or programs not covered by normal operating funds. As Dean I vouch that funds being sought are not covered by our normal operating funds.

_______________________________

Dean’s Signature

Notes:

Proposed budget must not exceed $2,500.
Faculty members who are currently on the Faculty Senate Grants Committee or have been

awarded either a Coffin Grant or Summer Stipend over the past academic year are not eligible to apply.

Signature__________________________________ _______________________________

Date

SUBMISSION: Hand-Deliver One original application

(No appendices or supplemental material, please)

DEADLINE: 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2008

Hand-deliver to: Faculty Senate Office, CC 314

QUESTIONS/INFORMATION: Contact the Office of the Faculty Senate, x4475. facsenate@hartford.edu. This letter and other Faculty Senate information can be found at http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/facsenate/.

”Summer stipends provide $2,500.00 to help offset the loss of income for faculty who wish relief from summer teaching obligations in order to have release time to engage in substantive scholarly or creative work, normally leading to publication, performance, or exhibition.”

SUMMER STIPEND FOR SUMMER 2008

COVER SHEET FOR APPLICATION

1. Name _____________________________________ E-mail:____________________________

2. College ___________________________________ Rank _____________________________

3. Office address ______________________________ Telephone _________________________

4. Status (check one): Tenured ________ Tenure Track ________ E.T.C. ____________

5. Release time under a Summer Stipend is meant to support substantive scholarly or creative work, normally leading to publication, performance, or exhibition. On separate pages, please detail the nature and scope of your project, and your preliminary plans for the proposed dissemination of the scholarly activity and/or creativity beyond the University of Hartford.

Note: Faculty members who are currently on the Faculty Senate Grants Committee or have been awarded either a Coffin Grant or Summer Stipend over the past academic year are not eligible to apply.

Signature___________________________________ Date_______________________

SUBMISSION: Hand-Deliver One original application

(No appendices or supplemental material, please)

DEADLINE: 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2008

Hand-deliver to: Faculty Senate Office, CC 314