Rackham Spring/Summer Research Grants Program
Tenure track and emeritus faculty, research track faculty, clinical track faculty, and librarians are eligible to submit applications. Lecturers, visiting and adjunct professors are not eligible. A faculty member may submit only one application for each round of funding. Those who have previously received a Spring/Summer Research Grant must allow three years of funding to pass before submitting a new proposal. Employment through this program is limited to students enrolled in Rackham doctoral programs. Students who have previously received a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship are not eligible for support.
Sponsored jointly by the Dean of Rackham Graduate School and the Vice President for Research, this program was created to enable faculty members to collaborate with doctoral students on research and scholarly projects during the Spring/Summer term. In addition, this program provides financial support and tasks of intellectual and professional benefit to participating doctoral students. One hundred (100) Spring/Summer Research Grants will be awarded for 2011.
The application form and the proposal must be submitted via an e-mail attachment. The application form is available in a PDF format (link provided below). The proposal and CV must be submitted in either MS Word or PDF format. Questions about the program or the application procedures should be directed to Belinda Franklin in the Graduate School at (734) 615-3654 or via e-mail at belfrank@umich.edu.
Submit the application, proposal, and CV as an e-mail attachment to belfrank@umich.edu by Tuesday, February 1, 2011.
The salary does not include tuition or health benefits for this period. Graduate students will be required to fulfill their responsibilities to the satisfaction of their faculty mentor; specific objectives and duties should be agreed upon prior to the period of Spring/Summer employment.
Award recipients will receive a grant of $6,000 with the expectation that they will hire a student admitted to or currently enrolled at the University of Michigan who will commit to work at least 300 hours of the combined Spring/Summer terms of the project. The salary does not include tuition or health benefits for this period. Graduate students will be required to fulfill their responsibilities to the satisfaction of their faculty mentor; specific objectives and duties should be agreed upon prior to the period of Spring/Summer employment.