Coastal Institute IGERT
Project
Grants-in-Aid Program
November 2007
Eligibility: All alumni of the CIIP who have published the
results of their Internship are eligible to apply for a Grant-in-Aid. The publication can take many different forms
and formats as long as it has been externally reviewed, has a broad distribution,
and reaches a scientific or citizen audience. Examples of appropriate venues
for the publication can be a peer reviewed journal, a popular publication,
or an agency technical bulletin.
Purpose: The Grant-in-Aid should support your research, dissertation development, and professional growth. Expenses that are typically covered by CIIP Grants-in-Aid include, costs associated with attending professional meetings, supplies, and travel to field sites or research laboratories. It is desirable, but not mandatory, that students give paper or poster presentations at the conferences they are seeking support to attend. Grants-in-Aid may not be used for supplemental pay for the recipient, but they may be used to purchase student help (e.g., undergraduate Coastal Fellows) with a project. Typically, Grants-in-Aid are under $3,000 each. We anticipate funding approximately $10,000 of Grants-in-Aid each year. A URI grants cover sheet does not have to be provided.
Instructions: Proposal should be no more than 4 pages long
and include the following sections
Proposed
Activities. In a single paragraph
succinctly describe the activities for which you seek funding.
Background. Describe the research issue you are working
on and how the activities for which you seek funding will contribute to advancing
this research.
Relevance. How does
the research project you are working on further our knowledge of multidisciplinary
problem-solving in coastal ecosystems?
Budget. Provide
a detailed budget and a justification for each budget item. Do not include
overhead charges to your budget. CIIP
Grants-in-Aid are administered by URI and use of these funds must adhere to
URI purchasing and personnel
procedures.
Letter of
Support. Your application must include a letter of support
from your major professor.
Submission: Send your application
and letter of support in a single pdf file to Dr.
Q. Kellogg (q@edc.uri.edu). Your proposal will be reviewed by the CIIP Council
and second-year CIIP trainees.