CSDE Small Grants Program
CSDE Small Grants Program:
Demography Multidisciplinary Working Groups
Deadline: February 22, 2010
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) announces a new round of small grants for 2010 for Demography Multidisciplinary Working Groups. The purpose of these grants is to provide support for new collaborations across disciplinary boundaries and to facilitate the initial planning and discussions that lead to substantial new research initiatives. This developmental program is supported by our Population Research Infrastructure Program award from EKSNICHD and the College of Arts and Sciences.
The current call is for proposals to support multidisciplinary working groups for up to $7,500 in funds. These funds can be used for planning workshops, travel or honorarium for consultants or external collaborators, and/or partial support for student research assistance. Funds cannot be used for faculty salaries. Successful proposals will exhibit outstanding scientific merit, innovation, and priority will be given to projects that have a high probability of generating new extramural funding. Proposals should identify and justify a multidisciplinary team (specific units or faculty identified) and include specific research and/or training grant funding opportunities that will be pursued.
Eligibility: To be eligible the principal investigator must be a regular (research, tenured or tenure-track) faculty member of the University of Washington and a CSDE affiliate, and the proposed working group must include at least one other UW or regional CSDE affiliate. Faculty members who receive a CSDE award as PIs are ineligible to receive another until three years following the termination of the first.
Applicants may submit one application and may serve as co-investigators on any number of proposals. An award may not be used to fulfill matching funds or cost sharing requirement by any other sponsor without prior written permission. A CSDE award will be withheld or withdrawn if extramural funding for the same project is awarded to the PI or co-investigator(s). A proposal that is not funded may be resubmitted in a later round only if it is substantially revised or if the review committee recommends resubmission.
External Support: Proposals that show promise for future extramural funding will be given preference. Support will not be given merely to extend or supplement existing funded research projects, but may propose bringing together existing projects into an integrated research program that indicates substantial innovations and possibility for funding. Instead, proposals should seek to initiate new research ideas. An extramural grant based on research funded by a CSDE small grant will be administered through CSDE, a commitment for which the principal investigator must obtain concurrence from the appropriate Chair(s) and/or Dean(s) before an award is made.
Mechanism and allowable costs: The duration of an award for a multidisciplinary working group will usually be 12 months. Typical budgets range from $500 to $7,500 and can include staff or RA support, travel for outside experts, and costs for meetings and conferences (please check with the Admin staff if your budget will include food or meals, which are admissible expenses only if they are integral to the activities of the working group). Awardees receive priority as a funded project for services from CSDE cores. Indirect (F&A) costs are not allowable.
Application procedure: Working group proposals should include a 250 word abstract, a three-page proposal including objectives, activity plan, and a summary of future research and external funding activities, one-page budget and budget justification, and 2-page cv’s or biosketches for all key personnel.
Detailed instructions for preparing proposals are on the CSDE website at http://csde.washington.edu/research/funding/wg_grants_details_2010.shtml.
Proposals are due on February 22, 2010, and awards will be announced by March 15, 2010.
Submit proposals to Josh Patrick, CSDE, Box 353412.