The Office of the Dean of the College invites faculty members to submit proposals for the Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Grant. The aim of the program is to fund summer collaborative research between faculty and students to support faculty in their scholarly activities and to provide students with first-hand research experience.

Students will present their research at the Summer Research and Internship Symposium (to be held at the 2023 Family and Friends Weekend – details of the specific date and time to come) and will also have the opportunity to participate in co-curricular summer research programming during the summer and fall.

The awards are competitive and based on proposals submitted by faculty members. Research projects may include support of on-going faculty research or of a student-initiated research project designed in collaboration with the faculty member that will further the faculty member’s research.

Information about the grant:

Eligibility — Tenure-track, adjunct, lecturer, and returning one-year visiting faculty members are eligible to apply. Faculty are eligible to apply for a maximum of one ten-week research student or two students funded for a five-week research period. Students must be degree-seeking Colorado College students in good standing who will return to Colorado College for at least one semester after the summer.

Application procedure and deadline — Faculty should upload completed applications as Word or pdf files to the Dean of the College Canvas page and the Faculty-Student Collaborative Grant Module. Please email Lisa Schwartz to be added to the Canvas page if you are not already. The submission portal on Canvas will open for application uploads on Jan. 5, 2023, and will close on March 1, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Awards will be announced on April 3, 2023. Please visit the Faculty-Student Collaborative Grant webpage or contact Lisa Schwartz for more information, lschwartz@coloradocollege.edu or (719) 389-6685.

Duration — The summer research should be carried out under the direct supervision of the faculty mentor over the time period of the research award. The student cannot be concurrently taking courses or holding more than half-time employment. The standard award is for 10 weeks of research, but faculty may request that the research duration be shorter than 10 weeks.  We will accept proposals for research collaboration from five to 10 weeks in duration. 

Award — Individual funds of $4,000 will cover one research student’s fellowship stipend (10 weeks). Student researchers conducting fewer than 10 weeks of research will receive a fellowship stipend of $400 per week. In addition, faculty can apply for up to $500 to reimburse research costs directly associated with the proposed project. 

Need-based housing scholarships may be available for student researchers and will be opened (if applicable) on April 11, 2023.