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University
Research Foundation Conference Support
We
would like to announce the introduction of a modest
new program as part of the University Research Foundation.
We receive a number of requests for support of academic
meetings, but these are rarely funded since they do
not fall under any of the priorities to which the
URF is dedicated. After consultation with the Chairs
of the four committees that review URF applications,
we have decided to introduce a separate funding opportunity
to provide partial support for meetings, with the
stipulations that are described below.
The
meeting support program is designed for scholarly
meetings that will be convened on the Penn campus,
thereby providing enrichment opportunities to interested
faculty, students, and staff, most frequently in the
format of a 1-2 day colloquium. The intent is to support
meetings that are designed to enhance existing research
and scholarly programs, particularly in disciplines
where external funding is difficult to obtain. Funding
will be limited to no more than $3,000 per event,
and should be dedicated to reimbursing the speakers
for travel and accommodations, but not for meals
and entertainment. It is expected that funding from
the University Research Foundation will supplement
funding from other sources and will not be the sole
source of funding for the meeting. Grants will not
become "entitlements" and cannot be renewed
in successive years.
Applications
for the Conference Support Program will be processed
in the same cycles that now are used for URF project
applications, and will be reviewed by the same committees. The
deadline for the Spring 2003 cycle is April 14, 2003.
Applications
should be brief, usually no more than 3 pages, and
should include,
- Name
and contact information for the applicant, who
must be a faculty member (tenure track,
research track, or clinician-educator track)
- A
description of the purpose of the meeting
- A
proposed program agenda (appendix)
- A
proposed list of presenters (appendix)
- The
number of Penn students and faculty expected
to attend
- An
explanation of the benefit to Penn students and
faculty
- An
explanation of the benefit to scholarly or research
programs at Penn
- Relationship
of the meeting to department, institute or center
programs
- The
names of faculty who are organizing the meeting
- Identity
and contact information for the business administrator
who would be responsible for administration
of the funds
- A
budget, itemizing the types of proposed expenditures
(appendix)
- Evidence
of matching funding from institutional or external
sources
- Evidence
of institutional support in the form of no cost
facilities and AV support
- Proposed
URF review committee (humanities, social sciences,
natural sciences, or biomedical)
Please
submit applications in electronic format, Word for
Windows, plus a single hardcopy to Lanese Rogers, larogers@pobox.upenn.edu, Office
of the Vice Provost for Research, 119 College Hall,
19104/6303, (215) 898-7236.
--Neal
Nathanson, Vice Provost for Research
Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 26, March 25, 2003
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