SUMMARY This program funds six weeks of concentrated reading of a coherently organized list of materials for affiliate faculty. In the Fine Arts the project may be composed of media appropriate to the applicant's discipline, i.e. works of art in various media rather than books. The program is intended to recognize the contributions of affiliate faculty to the University and to the lives of our students. The Center hopes to award three of these $3,000 grants each year. Study grants may be used for three things: scholarly research, teaching enhancement, and intellectual development. Ordinarily, the Center reserves one grant for research, and a second for teaching. The third is left open for applications in any
of the three categories. Applicants should indicate whether a specific study project is designed to support research, teaching, or intellectual development. Any portion of the $3000 grant may be deposited, at the recipient's request, in a special pre-tax account to be used for reimbursement for expenses associated with the summer study grant (for instance, for the purchase of texts, or for travel associated with the grant.) Unspent funds from this account will be returned to the recipient at the end of the study period (after appropriate taxes, if any, are deducted.) ELIGIBILITY 1. Any affiliate faculty member in the humanities (including any affiliate faculty member receiving a Loyola Teaching Fellowship) who is not eligible to apply for Faculty Summer Research Grants, who has taught at least four courses at Loyola and is teaching at Loyola in the year of application is eligible to apply. In any given year, preference would be given to applicants who had not won this award in the previous year. 2. An individual may receive no more than two of these awards in any three-year period. STANDARDS FOR PROPOSALS 3. Applications for study grants designed to support research will be evaluated according to the following criteria: a. the conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed study; b. the likelihood that the applicant will successfully complete the proposed plan of study; c. the likelihood that the study will lead to publication or presentation; d. the extent of the applicant's contributions to the University, to its students, and/or to the intellectual life of the Loyola community.
4. Applications for study grants designed to enhance teaching will be evaluated according to the following criteria: a. the conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed study; b. the likelihood that the applicant will successfully complete the proposed plan of study; c. the likelihood that the study will enhance the applicant's teaching of specific courses; d. the extent of the applicant's contributions to the University, to its students, and/or to the intellectual life of the Loyola community.
5. Applicants for study grants designed for intellectual enrichment will be evaluated according to the following criteria: a. the conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed study; b. the likelihood that the applicant will successfully complete the proposed plan of study; c. the project's potential to enhance the applicant's intellectual life; d. the extent of the applicant's contributions to the University, to its students, and/or to the intellectual life of the Loyola community.
PROCEDURES 6. Applications must include 20 copies of the following: a. a resume; including information about the applicant's contribution to the Loyola, to its students, and/or to the intellectual life of the college community. b. a list of the four courses most recently taught at Loyola, and when; c. a detailed study plan, no more than 500 words or three single-spaced pages, including a one-page reading list. For proposals in Fine Arts media, an appropriate alternative to a reading list may be supplied, such as slides or performance tapes. d. a description to the best of his or her knowledge of the applicant's likely status at the University for the academic year following the summer of the stipend (i.e., whether the applicant may be returning to teach).
TERMS OF THE GRANT 7. The applicant must submit a one-page narrative report on the project by September 30, following the summer of the grant. The report should include a description of both successes and failures and, most importantly, advice for future applicants. DEADLINE 8. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE PROGRAMS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER BY THE LAST (WORKING) DAY OF JANUARY FOR THE FOLLOWING SUMMER. Revised: October 2009 Return to Main | 