Grants and Research Funding Committee

Submitted April 30, 2003

By Dr. Joe Pujol, Chair, Grants and Research Funding Committee

The Grants and Research Funding Committee (GRFC) considered 19 proposals during the Fall and Spring Call for Proposals.  A total of $57,898 were requested during the first two rounds of proposals, fifteen of the proposals were funded for a total allocation of $46,878.  Therefore, the average allocation for each funded proposal was $3,125.20.  Because there were adequate funds remaining a 3^rd call for proposals was issued.  Currently, 11 proposals are under consideration during the 3^rd round of funding.  The requests currently under consideration total $28,897.

As for the distribution of requests by College:

College of Science and Mathematics                             15                                   $46,700

College of Liberal Arts                                      5                                     $13,987

College of Health and Human Services              3                                     $13,952

School of Polytechnic Studies                           3                                     $  6,043

College of Education                                                     3                                     $  4,174

Harrison College of Business                                         1                                     $  1,939

*includes requests currently under consideration by the committee

An additional $1,777 was allocated to reimburse faculty for publication charges.  Four such requests were received during the current academic year.