Category 1

Funding of new members of the faculty, particularly junior faculty, who need assistance in establishing research, scholarly, or artistic programs.  This category is restricted to Assistant Professors in the first four years of their appointment at the University.

Category 2

Support or partial support for major capital equipment that is not currently available, that will be shared by several faculty members, and that will increase the likelihood of external funding.  Note that proposals funded in this category will typically have a significant level of cost sharing.

Category 3

Support for short research visits between a faculty member and another scholar, or group of scholars, concerning matters directly related to their mutual research interests.

Category 4

Support for acquisition of research materials, including rare books and manuscripts, back files of journals, photocopied and microfilmed materials, maps, photographs, etc.

Category 5

Support for faculty members in fields where there is little external funding available. This category does not include fields where there is significant external funding available, albeit this funding may be difficult to obtain due to the level of competition.

Category 6

Support for faculty members moving into significantly different areas of research or scholarship. Proposals in this category must include specific language explaining how this project is significantly different from PI's previous research. Proposals in this category should pose a very different set of research questions that will likely lead to new sources of external funding.

Category 7

Interim support necessary to maintain ongoing research efforts during a temporary lapse in external funding due to the unsuccessful renewal of a previously funded grant.

Category 8

Support of faculty who have served in full-time leadership or administrative roles for a substantial period of time and are about to return to a regular appointment and reestablish their research, scholarly or artistic programs.

Category 9

Support for faculty from two or more departments/disciplines/fields working on issues in which the different disciplines contribute to new approaches, designs, research strategies or findings.