Dear Colleagues, Attached is the FRP for a COEHD incentive award competition for Spring and Summer 2021. The RFP describes Strategic Faculty Research Mentoring Grant Proposal Award Competition that invites letters of intent describing how pairs/teams of cross-rank (and cross-college) faculty will partner to submit external research proposals in two strategic areas and will involve cross-rang faculty mentoring in proposal development and submission. Please let me, Emily or Iwan know if you have any questions. And let me wish you a restful break, joyful holidays and a happy new year. Michael Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research 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.