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Subject: [Coehd] COEHD Spring 21 Strategic Faculty Research Mentoring Grant Proposal Award
Competition
Dear Colleagues,
Attached is the announcement for a COEHD incentive award competition for Spring and Summer
2021. The announcement describes the Strategic Faculty Research Mentoring Grant Proposal
Award Competition that invites “proposals” in the form of detailed Letters of Intent
describing how pairs/teams of cross-rank (and cross-college) faculty will partner to
submit external research proposals in one of two strategic areas and how each faculty will
be involved in the ultimate proposal development and submission.
If you have any questions, Iwan Notowidigdo, the COEHD Sr. Grant Development Coordinator,
can be reached at Iwan Notowidigdo
iwan.notowidigdo@utsa.edu<mailto:iwan.notowidigdo@utsa.edu> and will be glad to
discuss your ideas or answer any questions you have.
For this incentive/funding mechanism, you do not need to submit an intake through the
Research Dashboard. The Letter of Intent will be submitted (2/1/21) directly via an email
sent to this email account (COEHD Faculty Research):
COEHDFacultyResearch@utsa.edu<mailto:COEHDFacultyResearch@utsa.edu>
Hope the start of your semester goes smoothly and successfully,
Michael
Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research (pronouns: he/him)
Professor of Educational Psychology
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
Strategic Faculty Research Mentoring Grant Proposal Award Competition—Focus on
(1) Social Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion and (2) Strategic Research Partnerships
Distributed 12/16/20
Introduction
The College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) is pleased to sponsor the Strategic
Faculty Research Mentoring (SFRM) grant proposal award competition. The goal is to
encourage cross-rank and cross-college collaborations that lead to long-term research
partnerships and that support the grant-writing skills of junior faculty through their
collaborative development and submission of a large-scale research grant proposal.
Faculty mentoring is key to successful professional development, and strategic partnership
are increasingly viewed as necessary to foster impactful scholarship. The SFRM grant
proposal award competition incentive encourages the formation of these faculty-to-faculty
mentoring collaborative efforts by awarding least four grant development teams, each
consisting of two to four UTSA faculty, including one or two (1-2) senior faculty
member(s), preferably with a track record of extramural funding, and either one or two
(1-2) COEHD tenure-track junior faculty member(s), to collaborate in developing and
submitting a proposal for funded research addressing either of two strategic areas. At
least two of the grants will be awarded to teams with letters of intent to submit
proposals for external funding for research addressing Social Justice, Diversity, and
Inclusion. At least two awards will be made to teams submitting letters of intent to
submit research proposals with a focus on establishing Strategic Research-Practice
Partnerships. Awarded letters of intent that are selected for eligibility will receive a
$3,000 stipend once they have submitted their proposal to the funder as planned. The
actual proposals must be submitted during one of the two proposal development periods: one
for proposals submitted from 2/15/21 to 6/15/21 (the 1st call) and a second for proposals
submitted between 4/15/21 and 8/15/21 (the 2nd call).
The Office of the Dean will provide each of the cross-rank pairs or teams of faculty with
a total stipend ($3,000) to be divided among the two to four participating faculty on each
proposal. The awarded funds are not to be used for the proposed study, but rather their
own independent research-related activities. Letters of intent will be reviewed by the
COEHD Research & Development Committee. There will be two submission deadlines, so
that funding opportunities in Spring and Summer can be pursued. Faculty may only propose
one time in FY21, so must select either the first or second submission period.