- Proposal is well written and organized, offering clear background context, and outcomes.
- Project has clearly stated objectives and outcomes that can be readily evaluated.
If more than one student is working on the same project then NO, they must submit as a team. If they submit separately for the same project one will automatically be denied. FYI, budgets are different based on individual or team projects and this is detailed on the website.
No, Faculty stipends are not allowed on any of the GEL grants nor are they allowed on a student grant application.
No. If a faculty member is acting as a mentor on a project that the student is being funded for and conducting then the faculty is a volunteer mentor. If the faculty wants to conduct a very different phase of the same project and can clearly document the differences they may apply for that phase of the project only. They cannot include budget request to pay the same students to work on this separate phase if the students have been paid to work on their own phase of the same project.
No. There is a separate application specifically for dissemination requests. Any research applications that have dissemination included will have budgets adjusted down to eliminate the dissemination amount, or declined in entirety.
The academic year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year. Funds requested must be spent by the June 30 deadline if they are awarded through the URSCA Research or Dissemination Grant award program.
No, it is not required to spend your funds by the June 30 deadline for the BoTs or the TEELs grant. You will be required to adhere to the grant requirements for fund expenditure for these two grants.
Each Primary Investigator is limited to one URSCA Research or Dissemination grant each academic year. Co-PI's that perform only supporting roles and have a much smaller time commitment will be able to apply for their own Research or Dissemination grant in the academic year.
No. The limit of one Research and one Dissemination grant in an academic year does not include the BoTs or the TEELs. Student may still apply and be awarded these as decided by the award committees.
Yes, dissemination applications are specifically for travel expenses.
No. All travel must be booked through UVU's Concur travel request system by your faculty mentor or dean's financial manager.
Travel to and from a conference for an enrolled student/s, hotel, conference registration and per diem.
Yes, Per-diem is limited to one dinner reimbursement per day based on location and detailed in university guidelines and on Concur.
Yes, these limits are listed on the "apply for funding" web page for dissemination and is based on the number of applicants on each request.
Yes, but only for travel expenses, please see "Dissemination Applications" above for guidelines. Note: all students whose abstracts are accepted to present at NCUR and UCUR will have their conference registration paid for by the Innovation Academy.
Applications are scored on a 1-5 Likert Scale with 1 being extremely poor and 5 being excellent
No. See Allowable Expenses above
No. These funds are appropriated and as such are swept on June 30 of each year. All Carrot grant budgets reset for the second year to the second year awarded fund amount.
UVU Tenured, Full-Time and Associate Faculty.
Non-eligible:
Staff, Adjunct Faculty, Interns, Apprentices, Lecturers, Professionals in residence, Students, Community members, Members of other Universities
To collaborate with another college the application will need to be separated and applied for by each individual in their respective college. This means that each application will apply for a clear and separate portion of the project. The reason behind this is so that each college's financial manager, department chair and dean are aware and approve of the time and financial commitment for the respective PI's.
No. The faculty salary at the adjunct rate refers to providing funds from your grant request to pay for an adjunct to cover one course release for the PI to work on the research project.
Yes, a faculty can choose to have a lump sum payment at the end of the academic year in lieu of requesting a re-assigned time course release, after completing a Time and Effort Report and having it approved. The lump sum limit per grant per year is $3,000. Faculty may not request a re-assigned course release and lump sum payment.
(scored on a 1-5 Likert scale with 1 = Extremely Poor, 5 = Excellent)