Spring 2023 Research Semester Program

• Submission deadline: 5 p.m. on Friday, July 1

To support faculty members in their lifelong development as scholars, the Mary Frances Early College of Education provides an opportunity for faculty members to engage in pursuits that enhance their scholarship, revitalize their creative energy, and inform them of new and innovative knowledge and practices with the ultimate goal of developing and maintaining their scholarship through a research semester.

To support this development, a faculty member may request one semester for intensive research in which they are released from instruction (up to two courses) and institutional service activities. Where needed, the College will replace the instruction to avoid the loss of credit hour production, and the department head will coordinate the coverage of other duties.

There is a new requirement for faculty who have previously been awarded a research semester. If previously funded through the research semester program, please include an update (one page, single-spaced) on how the work from the previous award semester has impacted your career, including any publications, presentations, grants, or teaching-related accomplishments because of the previous research semester award.

All proposals from a department must be rank ordered and submitted by the department head to the Office of Faculty and Staff Services by emailing Takenya Moore. Information on eligibility, proposal requirements, and criteria for selection can be found on the College’s internal resources website.