Grant Proposals and Grant Reporting
GRANT PROPOSALS AND GRANT REPORTING
Grant Proposals
The College encourages faculty to apply for internally and externally funded grants to support research, creative work, and scholarly activities. As department chair, you should understand the guidelines for submission of grant proposals and discuss with your colleagues their plans for submitting grants. One of your managerial tasks will be to help colleagues coordinate plans for grant-supported leaves so that they are spread out, so you can cover the teaching and advising tasks of the department with minimal leave replacement. In addition to the large and small Faculty Development Endowment grants, there are a small number of internally funded Targeted Opportunity Grants available to support projects, course release, and time off for faculty. Institutional proposals, even at the departmental level, require coordination with several offices around the college, and faculty planning to submit such proposals need to be in close contact with both the Corporate and Foundation Relations Office and the Dean of the College Office. The Proposal Development and Approval form (required on all grants, both individual and institutional) is a good guide to offices that can be helpful, and is available in the office of Corporate and Foundation Relations.
Descriptions of grants available, tips on writing grants, guidelines for the submission of grant proposals, and Proposal Development and Approval forms are available on the Dean of the College Web site at: http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/campus/doc/faculty_resources/forms/.
External Grant Initiative
As an incentive for those who seek external grants, the College provides External Grant Initiatives. These grants are awarded after submission of an external proposal or application. The grant amount is currently $600 for proposals between $17,500 and $60,000 and $1,200 for proposals in excess of $60,000. The maximum award will be $1,800 in any given year. Application forms are available in the Dean of the College Office or on the Web site at: http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/campus/doc/faculty_resources/forms/.
Grant Reporting
Grant management, oversight, and reporting are perhaps the least enjoyable aspects of the entire grant process. Yet they are essential to the College maintaining its standing and reputation with the foundations that support us. Institutional grants involving several faculty and more than one department typically have a grant manager whose responsibilities include periodic reporting. In order for the grant manager, or the staff person from Corporate and Foundation Relations or the Dean’s Office, to prepare and submit the required reports in a timely fashion, it is essential that all faculty involved in the grant provide thorough information when requested to do so. Department Chairs can play an important role in ensuring that departmental grant reporting responsibilities are carried out efficiently.
Grant Assessment
Most grants require assessment so this should be written into the proposal. Contact Institutional Research for help.