Part 1- Research Description
The proposal (up to 3 pages) should include a description of the research for which you are seeking funds. Please discuss your subject, locate your work and potential contributions in the most relevant scholarship, and explain your methods. Indicate the proposed outcomes of the grant funding. You may add an extra page of references.
Part 2- Budget
Please provide a short budget (up to 1 page) showing how you would spend the grant requested.
Grantee Obligations
Grant awardees are required to provide one or more contributions to the PARCC blog and a brief (about 500 word) summary at the conclusion of the proposed research for use on the PARCC website. Also, PARCC should be recognized in a published work emerging from the supported research project. Recipients will be asked to present their work at a PARCC Conversations session.
Deadline
Five copies of your proposal should be delivered to Deborah Toole at PARCC, 400 Eggers Hall, no later than 4:00 pm on March 6, 2015. Proposals will be ranked by a committee of faculty. Notice of awards will be provided within 3 weeks of the deadline.
Examples of Previously Funded Proposals are listed below.
Please contact Catherine Gerard at cgerard@syr.edu if you have questions about your proposal or Debbie Toole at datoole@syr.edu if you have questions about the process. Or you can call the PARCC office at (315) 443-2367.
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Program Description
PARCC is pleased to announce its annual mini-grant program, which is designed to support faculty and student research in its four focus areas: Advocacy & Activism, Collaborative Governance, Environmental Conflict & Collaboration, and International & Intra-State Conflicts.
This year PARCC will award up to $10,000 in mini-grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 each. Funds may be used for a variety of research activities including but not limited to data acquisition, survey design, hosting conferences at Maxwell, and student assistance. Funds may not be used for general conference travel or faculty salaries.
Proposals will be evaluated and selected based on their consistency with PARCC research areas, potential contribution to scholarship, possibility of future funding, and cost-effectiveness. To view previously funded proposals, please go to the PARCC Mini-Grant Research page.
Application Instructions
Mini-grant applications should be no more than 4 pages (not including references) and consist of two parts:
(1) a Research Proposal (up to 3 pages) that describes the subject of the research, how it connects to the PARCC research area(s), its potential contributions, methods, and anticipated outcomes.
(2) a Budget (up to 1 page) showing how the requested funds would be spent.
Student applicants must include a letter of support from a faculty advisor. Please submit your proposal to parccadm@syr.edu with the subject line “PARCC Mini-Grant Proposal.” The deadline for applications is April 15, 2024. A faculty committee will rank proposals and notice of awards will be provided within 3 weeks.
Grantee Obligations
At the conclusion of the project, grant awardees will be asked to present their final work at a PARCC Conversations in Conflict Studies session and to provide one or more contributions to the PARCC blog or a brief (about 500 words) summary for use on the PARCC website. PARCC should be recognized in any published work emerging from the supported research project.
Please contact Catherine Gerard (cgerard@syr.edu) and Tara Slater (tdslater@syr.edu) if you have any questions.