Reed College Science Research Fellowship for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research
Proposal Overview
Funding is available from the Reed College Science Research Fellowship (RCSRF) to facilitate and financially support summer research by teams of Reed College faculty and students. The Reed College Science Research Fellowship was created through the generosity and thoughtfulness of Reed alumni who were elected members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research. Application is open to faculty/student research teams proposing to work on problems of substantial scientific merit. Awards are not intended for curriculum development.
Eligibility
These funds are available to students and faculty who will be returning to Reed for the academic year following the summer grant period.
Application Procedure
The proposal should introduce the research area in adequate detail to make the explicitly stated hypothesis unambiguous. Methodology must be outlined but need not be minutely detailed. Of considerable importance in the evaluation process will be a discussion of the significance to the central hypothesis of alternative outcomes to the proposed experiments. (Do not exceed 5 pages including bibliography.)
Abstract
Describe the salient features of the proposal in terms easily understood by an educated but not scientifically trained reader.
Budget
The RCSRF Awards are limited to $5300. Of this total, $3800 are specified as stipend for the student intern for 10 weeks. The remainder is available for research supplies. These should be listed on a separate budget page and accompanied by a justification for any item(s) that are not routine and obvious for the sort of study proposed.
Deadline
The completed proposal should be sent in electronic form by the faculty member, who will be considered the Principal Investigator, to Susan.Buttrick@reed.edu at any time, but no later than March 12th, 2009, for assured consideration.
