Mini Grants and Summer Stipends
A faculty member is allowed to receive only one award—a summer stipend, a mini-grant, reassigned time, or a faculty small grant—in a given year under this policy. If the faculty has been awarded an RSCA from their college, they won’t be eligible for an MGSS. Please see the Academic Senate Policy 19-03 §3.0 for details. MGSS Applications will be submitted, reviewed and awarded via Info-Ready, an online Research Competition Space.
The Chancellor’s Office will provide system-level funding for mini-grants and summer stipends (MGSS). All members of Unit 3 (all lecturers, probationary faculty, tenured faculty, librarians, coaches, and counselors) are eligible to compete for Mini-grants and Summer Stipends. Support will be available in the form of:
Mini Grants:
Not to exceed $5000, are intended to be “seed” money leading to the application for external support. Since this award is “seed” money, acceptance of a mini-grant requires that the application for external funding based on the proposal be submitted within two years of the date of the award and prior to any subsequent mini-grant awards. Summer Stipends Equivalent to the prevailing 3-WTU Vacant Rate to support a recipient in continuance of scholarly and creative activity during the summer. An applicant or recipient of a summer stipend may not be employed for 6WTU or more in summer session during the stipend period. Faculty members receiving new faculty reassigned time are only eligible to apply for Faculty Small Grants. Each college review committee, the college dean, and the university MGSS committee will review and provide recommendations.
Event Deadlines / Criteria:
MGSS Applications will be submitted, reviewed and awarded via Info-Ready, an online Research Competition Space. Please log-in to Info Ready to submit your application beginning Monday, September 19, 2022. MGSS application submission ends by Friday, November 4, 2022, by 5pm.
