4:37 p.m.
Dear COEHD Colleagues,
I am re-attaching the call for “Letters of Intent”(LOI) for the COEHD 2021 Faculty
mentoring incentive award, which was to be due tomorrow 4/1.
I’d like to extend the submission deadline until Monday, April 5th at noon (instead of
tomorrow), just to give any of you working on a LOI the rest of the week and weekend to
finish it.
As a reminder, this is an incentive to encourage cross-rank, cross-college/department
collaborations to develop and submit a large-scale research proposal. Faculty who submit a
LOI are under no obligation to follow through with the proposal submission, but if their
LOI is selected and they do submit the proposal to the funder this summer as planned,
those faculty members will be awarded a share of each award’s $3,000 incentive pool of
funds that they can use for various research related costs (separate from the planned
project).
Two additional points that may be helpful—Many calls for proposals with due dates from May
to August of 2021 may not yet be formally distributed, but many funders, such as IES, NIH,
NSF, etc., can be expected to re-issue calls for the same general proposals, and so LOIs
for this summer’s proposals can be written using the calls from last summer’s proposals
(with the assumption that the same or very similar calls for proposals will be announced
in the coming weeks or months).
Second, Letters of Intent are simply a summary of the goals of the planned proposal—just
enough to reveal what each faculty member brings uniquely to the proposed
collaboration—and how each can help mentor the other through their complementary skills,
training, topical knowledge, or prior experience. Don’t be intimidated by the 5-8 page
length. A few page summary of the project followed by details addressing points b-d below
will quickly and easily fill that. I’ve pasted the summary description of what is to be
included in the LOI (or application).
Finally, as described by Dr. Bonner in her email of 2/24/21, there are still 2 priority
areas for funding, but the range of topics has been expanded beyond those two areas, and
the possibility of reciprocal mentoring by faculty of similar ranks also is acceptable.
The goal is just to show the value of your collaboration to the field and the way in which
the researchers will complement one another to form a winning proposal.
If you have questions, as your departmental Research Ambassador (Research and Development
Committee member), or contact me, Iwan, or Dr. Bonner. We look forward to seeing your
Letters of Intent on Monday.
Michael
Your SFRM Letter of Intent application should consist of the following three sections:
Cover Page, Project Narrative, and Vitae. Submit by email to
COEHDFacultyResearch@utsa.edu<mailto:COEHDFacultyResearch@utsa.edu>, not through
CAYUSE.
A complete Letter of Intent application includes the following components:
1. A Project Narrative: A five-to-eight page description addressing: (a) what the
call for funding supports (including funder, due date, and anticipated total funding), and
how the faculty members involved can bring unique skills and expertise to address the
funder’s priorities, including a summary of the research questions to be explored and
research methodology (identifying research methods and activities to be undertaken, the
role of each faculty in the project), and potential opportunities for disseminating
findings, influencing practice, or addressing key problems in society/practice; (b) plan
for a meaningful mentoring relationship, including time commitment from mentors; how each
will contribute to the proposed research plan and research study; (c) a formal commitment
to submit a competitive grant proposal and resubmit if declined; (d) any additional
information you want to convey about the value of this mentoring collaboration and
possibility for future partnerships.
(Format: 11 pt. or 12 pt. Times New Roman or Arial font; 1.5 space, margins of at least ½
inch)
2. Mentee abbreviated curriculum vitae (2 pages max)
Mentor abbreviated curriculum vitae (3 pages max).
Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Educational Psychology (pronouns: he/him)
College of Education and Human Development, University of Texas at San Antonio
501 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Suite DB 4.337 (DT); MB 3.476 (Main Campus)
San Antonio, TX 78207
(210) 458-2032; 458-2650 (department)
michael.karcher(a)utsa.edu
Mr. Iwan Notowidigdo
Senior Grant Development Coordinator
The University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Education & Human Development (COEHD)
iwan.notowidigdo@utsa.edu<mailto:iwan.notowidigdo@utsa.edu>
(Mobile: 347-231-5931)
mily P. Bonner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, C&I
Chair, UT System Faculty Advisory Council
Assistant Dean for Research, COEHD
University of Texas at San Antonio
(210) 458-5402
emily.bonner@utsa.edu<mailto:emily.bonner@utsa.edu>