2024-25

The College of Visual and Performing Arts

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(VPA) Research and Creative Grants

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Purpose

Research and Creative Grants are Programis intended to support and encourage the growth of research and creative work in the College of Visual and Performing Arts with the goal of attracting external fundingVPA. Additional goals include attracting external funding, prestigious awards, and other forms of national or international recognition.

Proposals that align with one or more of the areas of distinctive and aspirational excellence in the University’s Academic Strategic Plan are desired, especially those that address diversity, equity, and inclusion. Faculty are encouraged to include students in proposed projects. Finally, proposals that are collaborative among and across disciplines are strongly encouraged.

Awards

VPA Research and Creative Work grants (up to $5000)Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000.

Eligibility

All VPA tenure-track and tenured full-time faculty (nonare eligible to apply. Non-tenure - track , tenure-track, and tenured) are faculty, including postdoctoral scholars and visiting professors, are not eligible to apply.

Awardees will be required to submit a final report by May 15, 2023, outlining the progress of the project. Additionally, awardees will need to meet with a representative from the Office of Research to identify additional funding opportunities. To allow the funding of multiple projects, 2021 2023-24 awardees are ineligible to apply in 20222024-25. They will be eligible to apply again in 2023.  

Permissible Costs

Funds may be used for:

• travel costs for faculty and/or collaborators essential to the creative initiative (including VPA students)
• data collection or analysis (including via hourly work by VPA students)
• software, supplies, or other related tools and materials essential to research and creative work
• Innovative and collaborative projects such as performances, exhibits, etc.

Funds may not be used for:

• faculty salary or stipends
• program development or evaluation without an accompanying research or creative work component.

Proposal Preparation Guidelines

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2025-26. Note: Awardees of a 2024-25 VPA Research and Creative Grant will not be eligible to apply for a 2024-25 VPA Faculty Enrichment Fund award or a 2024-25 Faculty Creative Activities and Research (FCAR) Grant. 

Proposal Preparation Guidelines and Content

Applications for the VPA Research and Creative Grants 2024-25 must be submitted via the Syracuse University Application Portal. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

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Proposal Submission and Evaluation Process

Each application will be reviewed by a committee external to VPA and by the associate dean for research using the following criteria:

1. Clarity and merit of the project (10 points)
2. Potential to attract external funding (10 points)
3. Feasibility of the work plan (5 points)
4. Multidisciplinary collaboration (5 points)
5. Collaboration with undergraduate and graduate students (5 points)
6. Potential to enhance the faculty member’s research or creative activities (5 points)

Please note: DEADLINE FOR USING FUNDS: MAY 15, 2023 (Funds awarded must be spent and receipts submitted for reimbursement by May 15, 2023.  Funds not spent by those deadlines will be returned to the College for reallocation to other applicants. Awardees needing time beyond the deadline to spend their award must submit a request in writing to the Elisa Dekaney, Associate Dean of Research, and Christina Eiffe and Maria Maloof in the Office of Budget and OperationsApply for a VPA Research and Creative Grant here.

Questions?

For questions regarding proposal suitability, budget construction, or application submission, please email Dr. Seyeon Lee (slee80@syr.edu) or Dr. Christina Leigh Docteur in the Office of Academic Affairs (cdocteur@syr.edu) or call 315.443.0137.