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Overview:

SyracuseCoE, a unit of the Syracuse University Office of Research, invites applications for Seed Funding through its Faculty Fellows Program. The SyracuseCoE Faculty Fellows Program seeks to strengthen faculty scholarship in SyracuseCoE’s targeted research areas, support engagements with SyracuseCoE’s Industry Partners, and provide leadership that advances research collaborations among SyracuseCoE’s Academic Partner institutions. Individuals who hold faculty appointments at Syracuse University, and SyracuseCoE Partner institutions SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), SUNY Oswego, and SUNY Upstate Medical University are eligible to apply.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) will support seed funding for research in our core technical areas:

  • Clean and renewable energy
  • Indoor environmental quality
  • Water resources

Proposals are intended to support development of new research efforts and directions that will advance SyracuseCoE’s research areas, rather than incremental steps forward on existing research programs. All proposals must address how the use of the Faculty Fellow seed funding will lead to a significant “next step” in the research, lead to or leverage follow-on funding opportunities, and contribute to establishing SyracuseCoE and its Partner institutions as thought leaders in the targeted area. In addition, projects are encouraged to strategically target research topics that hold promise for contributing to economic development of local entities and New York State businesses.


Eligibility:

The 2018-2019 Faculty Fellows Program RFP is open to faculty members who hold full-time appointments at SyracuseCoE Academic Partner institutions: Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF, SUNY Oswego and SUNY Upstate Medical University. Individuals who hold appointments as tenured, tenuretrack, and non-tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply. SyracuseCoE strongly encourages proposals to include the participation of multiple faculty members, including teams from multiple departments, colleges, and/or institutions. Teams are encouraged, but not required, to include non-university participants, especially collaborators from SyracuseCoE Partner companies. However, funds may be disbursed only to academic institutions. An individual faculty member may serve as the primary PI for only one proposal; however, any individual may serve as a Co-Investigator on multiple proposals. Multiinvestigator teams are considered to be those with more than one eligible faculty member. Multiinvestigator projects should clearly explain the role of each team member and the value to a team approach for the proposed project.


Budget

Up to $10,000 for a single investigator; up to $20,000 for a multi-investigator, multidisciplinary team. SyracuseCoE intends to award up to $75,000 in this round. Funding will be available starting mid-August 2018. All funds must be expended by June 30, 2019.


Application

Applications are no longer being accepted.

View all the information about the 2018 Faculty Fellows RFP including the proposal format and project narrative.