Purpose
Grant-in-aid awards provide faculty with funding to support scholarly research/creative activity. All eligible faculty members are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility/Limitations
All tenured and tenure track faculty across Temple’s schools/colleges that meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for a Grant-in-Aid Award:
- Due to funding limitations, awards are typically capped at $3,000 overall
- Faculty members receiving a grant-in-aid must submit a summary report to their department chair, dean, and the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs ([click-for-email]) within 30 days of grant-in-aid project completion.
Application Submission
In addition to meeting all eligibility criteria, grant-in-aid applicants must provide the following for consideration:
- A completed, signed Grant-in-Aid Award application form with the endorsement of one’s department chair and dean;
- A 4-part written proposal (not exceeding five double-spaced pages) including a detailed budget;
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV); and
- IRB approval documentation if the grant-in-aid project involves human subjects.
Applications will be collected and submitted by deans’ offices to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs via Canvas.
Please note: For your application to receive consideration, you must include all of the above-mentioned materials.
Guidelines for the 4-Part Written Proposal
Written Proposals should not exceed five double-spaced pages. The length of any appendices should be limited. The proposal should be self-contained and not rely on any appended material not otherwise specified. In writing your proposal, please be mindful that not all award committee members will be from your field of expertise.
4-Part Proposal
- The first section of the proposal should be an abstract of no more than 250 words explaining your grant-in-aid project proposal.
- The second section of the proposal should argue for the importance of the project. If the project is connected to your previous work, please explain how it will extend that work. If the project is designed to take you in a new direction, please explain how that direction will enhance your professional development.
- The third section of the proposal should establish the feasibility of the project through an explanation of what you plan to do. This section requires a written statement as well as a detailed budget. If the project is a scholarly one, you should explain what you plan to do and when you plan to do it as clearly and concisely as possible. If the project will require resources beyond those for which you are applying, you should explain how you plan to obtain those additional resources. If the project requires the collaboration of others, you should provide evidence that you can get that collaboration. If you are applying for more than one type of award for a single project, you should explain why each award is necessary to bring the project to fruition.
- The fourth section of the proposal should return to the issue of the project’s importance, this time by explaining as clearly as you can what products will come of it. These products could include publications, presentations, performances, and curricular materials, among other possibilities.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- If you have received previous sabbatical, grant-in-aid, or summer research awards of any sort, please highlight the products that resulted from those awards in your CV.
Consideration/Awards
Applicants must submit all application materials to their Department Chair then Dean for review. Please keep in mind any internal application deadlines that may be imposed by your school/college.
Deans’ Offices shall forward to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs all grant-in-aid award applications (electronically via Canvas) by: Friday, October 11, 2024.
Award decisions are based on three primary criteria:
- the importance of the project
- the feasibility of the project
- the applicant’s record of effective use of previous awards
Instructions for accessing, completing, and submitting the Grant-in-Aid Award Application and required materials.
- Click or copy the link below to go to the AdobeSign Grant-in-Aid Award application.
- Read and agree to Adobe Terms of Use by clicking the ‘Continue’ button, if applicable, or if your first time using.
- Fill in the application form fields (Required and Optional, if relevant) including the applicant signature. Note: Required fields are noted with a red asterisk (*) in the top left-hand corner of the form field.
- Once every Required form field has been filled, including the applicant signature field, you will get a ‘Click to Sign’ button pop up at the bottom of the screen. Please click the ‘Click to Sign’ button.
- You will be prompted to enter an email address. Please enter a Temple email address then click the ‘Click to Sign’ button. In clicking the ‘Click to Sign’ button, you are acknowledging that you have read all Grant-in-Aid application guidelines and eligibility requirements, and that you hereby agree to abide by all.
- You may get a screen acknowledgment to confirm your email address. If so, navigate to your Temple email and open the Adobe-related email. Click the ‘Confirm my email address’ link.
- You will then get another email with your finished application. When you open it, click ‘Open agreement’ then save it as a PDF via ‘Download PDF’ and/or print it.
- Submit the signed, Grant-in-Aid application and other required application materials (4-part proposal with detailed budget, up-to-date CV, IRB documentation-if applicable, and a copy of your most recent GIA summary report-if applicable) to your department chair, following department/college submission instructions and timing.