Faculty Research Support Funds
Tenure-track University of Houston-Clear Lake faculty members are invited to submit research proposals for the Faculty Research Support Funds (FRSF) spring and fall competitions.
Upcoming Submission Deadlines:
- Spring 2024 - 5 p.m., March 22, 2024
If you missed the FRSF Info Session, download the PowerPoint or watch the recording .
FRSF Application Process
Important Notes
- Refer to the FRSF Policy (PDF) for FRSF funding information. The maximum award is $6,000.
- Faculty salaries are not allowable expenses.
- Research travel budgets must reflect the State of Texas or U.S. General Services Administration approved rates for meal/lodging per diem.
- Proposals including funding for student research assistant(s) must be consistent with Human Resources guidelines for compensation of students found at Student Worker/Researcher HR Salary Guidelines .
1. Prepare your Proposal Submission Packet
Complete and submit Conflict of Interest for Investigators form separately from application if you do not already have one on file with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP).
Create one PDF with all required documents placed in the following order (refer to FRSF Policy (PDF) , section 4):
- FRSF Cover Page (DOCX, updated July 2023)
- Purpose and Objectives of Proposed Request
- Background and Hypothesis
- Significance of the Request
- Procedures/General Work Plan/Methodology
- Duration of Request/Time Frame
- Equipment/Facilities
- Dissemination/Use of Results and Project Sustainability
- Budget Summary
- Budget Justification
- Cost Share Support from Program/College
- Appended Materials
- Curriculum Vitae/Biosketch
2. Request Dean's Support
First, verify whether the dean of your college has an earlier deadline to review FRSF proposals. If not, allow at least five (5) business days for the dean to review your proposal submission packet.
- Send one email requesting the dean of your college to support the project.
- Attach the entire proposal submission packet to the email.
- Copy ORSP at sponsoredprograms@uhcl.edu and the dean's administrative assistant on the email.
3. Completed Submission
- The dean's support email should be sent to ORSP, sponsoredprograms@uhcl.edu , by 5 p.m. on the due date.
- The submission process will be complete once ORSP electronically acknowledges the dean's support email.
4. Proposal Review
- ORSP will send the proposal submission packet and dean's support email to the FRSF committee member for review and consideration.
- FRSF committee members will review and rate the proposal. Click here to see a sample review form (DOCX) .
- The committee will discuss the proposals and submit their funding recommendations to the provost.
- Faculty will be emailed about their proposal's status after the committee meeting and will receive copies of the reviewer ratings/comment forms.
Final Reports
Recipients of Faculty Research and Support Funds must submit a final report in electronic form to the Executive Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs 90 days after the project is completed or one year after the project is funded, whichever is sooner.
The report should acknowledge that the project was funded by the Faculty Research and Support Funds. The report may be brief, should summarize accomplishments of the project and may optionally take the form of a scholarly article, scholarly conference paper, or grant proposal connected with the FRSF project.
The final report must be submitted before further FRSF funding will be considered.
Past Winners
Please see below for the recipients for the past 5 years.
If you are a past recipient and need to request records, please contact us at sponsoredprograms@uhcl.edu .
Review Committee
Sheila Baker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of School Library and Information Science
Ext. 3515; Office B1321
Jane Cooper, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Qualitative Methods
Ext. 3511; Office B1111
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ext. 3627; Office B1119
Unal Sakoglu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
Ext. 3813; Office Delta 111
Steven Sutherland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ext. 3474; Office B2233
Christine Kovic, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Studies
Ext. 3365; Office B2617
Jeremy Piercy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Early European History
Ext. 3466; Office B2121
If you are interested in serving on the FRSF Committee, contact your dean.
Past Winners
Thank you to all who participated in the competition and congratulations to those whose projects received funding.
2023-2024
Fall 2023
2022-2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2023
2021-2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2022
among the Ottoman Religious Minorities in the Nineteenth Century
2020-2021
Fall 2020
health departments
Spring 2020
Programming Language and Environment
deprivation
2019-2020
Fall 2019
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