January 4, 2013

TO:  All Full-time Tenure-Track Faculty

FROM: Philip Rous, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Re: UMB-UMBC Research and Innovation Partnership Seed Grant Program

I am delighted to announce a new joint UMBC-UMB Research and Innovation Partnership Seed Grant Program. This research initiative has been developed in close collaboration with our UMB colleagues with the goal of establishing, enhancing and promoting long-term research partnerships between faculty at UMBC and UMB. 

The UMBC-UMB Research and Innovation Partnership Seed Grant Program provides research funding of up to $75,000 to be expended over a period of twelve months. All proposals submitted to this program must include at least one PI from UMBC and one from UMB. All areas of research will be considered for funding and all full-time tenure-track faculty members having primary academic appointments in any of UMBC’s and UMB’s colleges or schools are eligible to apply.

The request for proposals is attached. To be considered for the seed grant opportunity, a proposal meeting the attached guidelines must be submitted no later than March 1, 2013.  Proposals should address the merits of the proposed research and identify and justify external funding sources that would be receptive of a full proposal that contains preliminary results obtained.

Additional information about the program and instructions for the application process are included in the attached announcement. Applications are due by March 1, 2013. Any questions from the UMBC faculty regarding the application guidelines should be addressed to Vice Provost Moreira via e-mail at moreira@umbc.edu. 

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Cc:President Freeman Hrabowski

Vice Provost Moreira

Deans DeVries, Jeffries, LaCourse and Ronch

Vice President Summers

Department  Chairs and Program Directors