Please also note that you should include with your grant application a copy of the form that you sent to your Review Board. The Research Council requires verification that approval is complete or pending.

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Research Support Grant Application for 2008-09
and Summer Research Stipend Application for 2008

• Deadline for Summer Research Stipend: Closed for 2008
• Deadline for Research Support Grant: February 29, 2008

  Research Support Grant

  Two types of awards are available:
  1. Funds may be used to offset costs for equipment, supplies, software, travel, student assistance, typing, printing and other expenses which are associated with the conduct of research.

  2. Funds may be used to offset costs associated with travel to conferences to present research. This money is intended to supplement, not replace, travel money available through your Dean or department

  The total annual budget for Research Support Grants is $43,000 and the number of grants awarded each year will depend on the number of proposals received and dollar amount requested. Please be aware that while there is no cap on the amount of money faculty can request, the Research Council attempts to allocate funds in such a way that as many faculty as possible benefit from the program. Last year, awards ranged from $579 to $3,700.

  Summer Research Stipend

  The University funds 17 summer research stipends in the amount of $5,200 each. An important aim of the program is to provide seed money for projects that can lead to external funding. Two of the 16 summer stipends are reserved for special themes:

  Scholarship of Teaching Grant

  This grant was established to recognize the importance of teaching at Niagara University. The focus of research should involve an area in the scholarship of teaching. Sample topics might include, but are not limited to, studies that assess the effectiveness of technology in classroom instruction, evaluations of contrasting instructional methodologies, the assessment of the effectiveness of cooperative learning communities, etc.

  Vincentian Grant

  This grant is intended to support research that will broaden our understanding of poverty--its' causes, consequences, and ways to alleviate it.

  Research and Project Award to Address Poverty
  2008-09

  Download the Application in Microsoft Word Format
  (Deadline: March 18, 2008)
  $6,000 is provided by Father Levesque and the Vincentian Community to fund the Research and Project Award to Address Poverty. This award is intended to support research and/or direct service projects that will broaden our understanding of poverty, particularly its' causes, consequences, and innovative ways to alleviate it. The Award complements and expands upon the work accomplished by the Niagara University community towards understanding and ameliorating poverty both in our own region and on a global scale.

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