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Faculty Fellow Research Grants

The Center encourages applications for Faculty Fellowship Research Grants of up to $5000. These grants are available to all Willamette University faculty. The goal of these grants is to provide faculty significant financial support to engage in new scholarly research leading toward scholarly publication or presentation, or to complete an ongoing project that will result in a scholarly presentation and/or publication in a scholarly journal or book. Funds can be used to support research costs and/or personal stipend. Applicants for Faculty Fellow Research Grants may apply for an additional $1000 grant to be paid toward a student research assistant associated with the research project.

Consider the following items when designing a proposal:

• Degree to which proposal advances scholarship and practice of sustainability as understood through the lenses of environment, equity, economy and/or education.
• Originality of topic and likely contribution to the scholarly literature or discipline.
• Quality of the proposal with respect to planning and articulation of purpose.
• Anticipated broader impacts and synergies beyond the Willamette community, including regional and global impacts.
• Any outstanding offer of publication or presentation of proposal.

Application Part I: CSC Faculty Research Grant Application

Grantees will be expected to complete a grant application (CSC Faculty Research Grant Application) and project narrative, which will include:

• A description of how the project relates to the applicant’s ongoing research and scholarship, their teaching interests, and to the our understanding of sustainability.
• A description of the methodology or format of the project.
• Timetable for publication/presentation.

Application Part II: Willamette University Internal Funding Application

There is a new procedure with which faculty members must comply when applying for any kind of internal funding at Willamette University. In addition to the information required by the Center's application above, everyone must also submit an abbreviated version of their application through JASON using the Willamette Internal Funding Database link.

1. Click on “Apply for a Grant” from the list on your left (your name and department will appear)
2. Select the funding body to which you are applying from a pull down menu,
3. Enter your project name
4. Enter a brief abstract
5. Enter the total amount of funding requested under "Budget"

Expected Outcomes

• Progress reports at regular intervals.
• Publication of research in a peer-reviewed/scholarly journal or as part of a book or scholarly report, or
• Presentation of project at a scholarly conference or its professional equivalent.
• Presentation of research results to the Willamette University community, through lecture, workshop or other means.
• A copy of the final monograph or project.
• A final report on the project.