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Subject: LATINA JUNIOR FACULTY RESEARCH AND MENTORING GRANTS
Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 13:28:58 -0800
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ANOUNCING:
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR LATINO RESEARCH
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
LATINA JUNIOR FACULTY RESEARCH AND MENTORING GRANTS
(1995-1996)
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Inter-University Program
(IUP) announces a grant competition for basic and applied social science
research that is interdisciplinary in orientations; examines differences and
similarities across Latino groups; and takes gender differences into account.
The overall purpose of the Latina Junior Faculty Research and Mentoring Grant
program is to support the professional development of Latina junior faculty
by funding resarch and by structuring mentoring relationships between Latina,
junior scholars and senior faculty. The committee will place particular
emphasis on projects which show the building of mentor relationships between
senior and junior faculty and students. Porposals for pilot studies or seed
money for future larger projects will also be considered. Funds for this
project are provided by a grant form the Ford Foundation.
The competition is open to projects in the social sciences where the principal
investigator is an untenured Latina Faculty member at higher education
institutions or two-year colleges. The committee will award between four to
six grants of up to $20,000 each. Payment goes directly to the university
unit which will administer the grant. At the end of the grant all unspent
funds must be returned to the SSRC.
Awards will be made based on the scholarly merit of the research project, the
extent of collaborations between the junior and senior faculty scholar.
Research should have public policy relevance and an interdisciplinary
orientation. Research should also allow for the dissemination of its
findings.
ELIGIBILITY:
Untenured Latina faculty at higher education institutions (including two-year
colleges).
MATERIALS NEEDED IN PROPOSAL:
* Reseach proposal (10 double-spaced pages maximum), which includes the
following: Abstract, Purpose and project goals, Methodology, Review of
literature, Policy implications and Budget.
The proposal should also include a breif section explaining how this grant
will help the principal investigator's carrer.
* Three letters of recommendation, includig one from the senior scholar who
will be the mentor in the project. The mentor's letter should address how
the project will help advance the career of the principal investigator.
* Curriculum vitae of the Principal Investigator and the Senior Mentor.
* Letter from a university official specifying which unit will administer the
grant.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
* Scholarly merit of the research project.
* Research in the social sciences with an interdisciplinary orientation.
* Research with a public policy relevance and that will allow for
dissemination of results.
* Extensive collaboration with and mentoring by the senior shcolar.
* Benefit to the junior facutly's professional development.
ALLOWABLE EXPENSES:
* Travel.
* Research assistanship.
* Release time for junior scholar.
* Stipend for senior scholar (maximum $1,000).
* Research costs such as conducting, transcribing or coding interviews.
NON-ALLOWABLE EXPENSES:
* Purchase of computer hardware.
* Indirect costs or overhead.
PAYMENTS:
Funds will be distributed to the principal investigator's institution. The
principal investigator will receive 80% of the grant at the start of the
project. The remaining 20% will be awarded after a final report is mailed to
the SSRC. The final report should include a list of the porject's
accomplishments.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Proposals shold be postmarked no later than September 15, 1995. THERE IS NO
APPLICATION FORM (proposals will not be accepted via fax or e-mail). Grant
period is one year beginning at any point between January 1, 1996 and
September 1, 1996. Awards will be announced by the first week of November,
1995. both the title and author's name should appear at the top of the cover
page. Applicants are required to notify the SSRC if other funding is received
for the proposal. Please enclose a self-addressed postcard if you wish receipt
of your proposal acknowledged. Send nine complete and individually bound
copies of the entire package to:
The Social Science Research Council
Committee for Public Policy Research on
Contemporary Hispanic Issues
Latina Junior Faculty Research Mentoring Grants
605 Third Avenue, 17th floor
New York, NY 10158
Tel: (212) 661-0280
Fax: (212) 370-7896
Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn
Department of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA
tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu