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TO: ALL FULL-TIME TENURED, TENURE-TRACK & RESEARCH FACULTY

FROM: ANDREW MEYERS, VICE PROVOST FOR RESEARCH

SUBJECT: FACULTY RESEARCH GRANTS

DATE: August 21, 2008

Do you have a research project in mind? Could you use funding? If you answered yes to either question, then apply for a Faculty Research Grant. Last spring the university awarded $122,979 for the fiscal year 2008-09.

Applications for 2009 Faculty Research Grants must be submitted to your College Dean by 4:30 pm Friday, January 23, 2009, for final submission to the Offfice of the Vice Provost for Research by Friday, January 30, 2009. 2009 FRG Guidelines will be available on the Research Support website - http://researchsupport.memphis.edu/frg09.html - on 9/15/08.

The new Faculty Research Grant website for required electronic submission - http://frg.memphis.edu - will be activated on 9/15/08. We have refined the online application form. You can now edit and save data before final submission. Format for the Program Description has not changed, with the exception of requiring an appendix for instruments and materials. The new form allows you to upload Word and PDF files from your desktop.

Please note the following stipulations:

• Applications from faculty who have not submitted a report on previous awards will not be considered. Proposals that do not follow the guidelines or proposals with the application not completed in full will be returned without review.

• A faculty member will not be eligible for more than one award within any five-year period.

• When graduate student salaries are included, coverage of summer tuition and fees should be described.

• Funds to cover the cost of publications will not receive a high priority unless such funds are to be reimbursed from royalties or other sources or the publication is judged to offer the University an opportunity to obtain other external funds or value.