UW System Submission Information and Deadlines
UW System annually announces competitions of interest to faculty and academic staff. Depending on the type of grant program, some system proposals are handled by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and some by ORSP. Due to budget restrictions, some of these programs may not be available during the 2008-09 academic year. Frequently used grant programs and their local system deadlines are listed below. In some instances, exact deadlines have not been announced by UW System prior to publication of this guideline booklet. Please call the CETL Office at 836-2385 or ORSP at 836-3405 for current deadline and program information prior to developing a proposal for any of these UW System programs.
UW System |
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Prototype Development Fund |
Open |
Wisconsin Fertilizer Research Program |
August 29 |
Faculty Sabbatical Leave |
September 15 |
Student Solid Waste Research Grant |
September 29 (to ORSP) |
Wisconsin ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Program |
October 3 (to ORSP) |
| Campus Reading Seminars on Racial/Ethnic Topics |
October 31 (to ORSP) |
Applied Research Program |
November 7 |
ARG-WiTAG Program |
November 7 |
Conference Development Grants (OPID) |
November 10 (to CETL) |
Wisconsin Groundwater Research Competition - UW Water Resources Institute (WRI) |
November 10 (to ORSP) |
Wisconsin Teaching Fellow Program |
November 10 (to CETL) |
Wisconsin Teaching Scholar Program |
November 10 (to CETL) |
Solid Waste Program |
February 2 (to ORSP) |
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board - WEEB |
February 6 (to ORSP) |
Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grants (UTLG-SoTL) |
February 17 (to CETL) |
March 1 (to ORSP) |
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Committee on Baccalaureate Expansion (COBE) Project Grant |
March 9 (to ORSP) |
Support Grants for Racial/Ethnic Studies: Institute on Race & Ethnicity (IRE) |
March 16 (to ORSP) |
Supporting the Growth Agenda Action Steps |
March 27 (to ORSP) |
Closing the Achievement Gap - OADD |
Preproposal: March 26 (to ORSP) |
Conference Development Grants (OPID) |
March 28 (to CETL) |
Emerging Technology Pilot Projects |
Open (to ORSP) |
A. Prototype Development Fund
This program provides financial assistance for research and development to advance the commercial potential of technologies developed through the UW System and assigned to WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. To be eligible, the invention must be disclosed to WiSys and WiSys must agree to market the technology. Examples of research activities include prototype development, preparation of samples for evaluation, and application testing. More information can be found at: https://www.wisys.org/forresearchers/index.jsp?catid=69.
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B. Wisconsin Fertilizer Research Program
This program funds applied research projects that address problems with soil management, soil fertility, or plant nutrition. Additionally, projects can address groundwater or surface water problems that may be related to fertilizer usage. More information can be found at: http://www.soils.wisc.edu/frc/forms/CFP2009body_V2.pdf
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C. Faculty Sabbatical Leave
This program provides leave time for faculty to engage in intensive study in order to become more effective teachers and scholars. Click here for more information about the Faculty Sabbatical Leave program.
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D. Student Solid Waste Research Grant
An opportunity for undergraduate students interested in research to receive financial support in areas relating to waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, solid waste disposal, or disposal of household solid waste. Students from varied disciplines (such as soil, geography, biology, engineering, multimedia digital arts, accounting and sustainable community development) are encouraged to apply. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/oslp/em/swrp/
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E. Wisconsin ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Program
This is a grants program for increasing student achievement in the arts, civics and government, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, history, mathematics, reading or language arts, and science, by improving the teaching and principal leadership quality at the K-12 level in Wisconsin's public and private schools. More information can be found at: http://wwwnew.uwsa.edu/acss/esea/rfp.htm.
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F. Campus Reading Seminars on Racial/Ethnic Topics
This program provides up to $400 to purchase books for a reading seminar. More information can be found at: www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/grant_programs/reading_seminars.html.
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G. Conference Development Grants (OPID)
Programs typically have consisted of workshops, presentations, or mini-conferences on teaching-related subject; funding can be used to pay for guest speakers, and to support travel, materials and some expenses incidental to the funded event. This program does not support travel for individual faculty members attending non-OPID-funded events. Awards may range up to $1,000. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/index.htm.
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H. Wisconsin Groundwater Research Competition - UW Water Resources Institute (WRI)
This program solicits proposals related to groundwater, pesticides, and/or on-site wastewater treatment. The following agencies coordinate to create this program: University of Wisconsin System; Department of Natural Resources (DNR); Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP); and Commerce. More information can be found at: http://wri.wisc.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=80.
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I. Wisconsin Teaching Fellow Program
This program is designed for outstanding faculty and teaching academic staff who have over ten years of teaching experience. Focusing on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, it gives participants the opportunity at mid-career to contemplate the nature of their own teaching and their students' learning. Throughout the year-long program, the Teaching Scholars undertake a major course revision, culminating in a public presentation of their project at OPID's Spring Conference. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/opid/wtf/index.htm.
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J. Wisconsin Teaching Scholar Program
This program is designed for untenured faculty and academic staff who show exceptional promise as college teachers. Nominees must have at least two years and no more than six years of full-time teaching experience at the college level, with at least one year at their current institution. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/opid/wts/index.htm.
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K. Solid Waste Program
Proposals are sought for research into alternative methods of solid waste disposal, including the reduction of the amount of solid waste generated, the reuse and recycling of materials, composting, source separation, and the disposal of household hazardous waste. Joint proposals in which industrial, business, or governmental organizations collaborate with UW System faculty or staff are encouraged. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/oslp/em/swrp/.
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L. Wisconsin Environmental Education Board - WEEB
This program provides grants for the development, dissemination, and implementation of environmental education programs. Funded projects have included state-wide initiatives and local efforts targeted at K-12 students, educators, government officials, and the public. More information can be found at: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb/grant-program/index.htm.
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M. Applied Research Program
This program encourages faculty to utilize their expertise and to apply their scholarship to support the economic development of Wisconsin, to improve connections between knowledge and practice. More information can be found at: http://www.wisys.org/forresearchers/index.jsp?catid=76.
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N. ARG-WiTAG Program
This program funds research for up to three years in the science and technology fields for development of high-value intellectual property and/or marketable products, while laying the foundation for future extramural funding. More information can be found at: http://www.wisys.org/forresearchers/index.jsp?catid=76.
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O. Committee on Baccalaureate Expansion (COBE) Projects Grant
Continuation proposals only. More information can be found at: http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/cobe/index.htm. Click here for last year's application guidelines.
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P. Grants to Prepare Extramural Grant Applications
Under the UW System “Release Time” grant program, a UW-Eau Claire faculty member may request a summer stipend of $3,000 from System, which will be matched by $500 for travel or services and supplies expenses from ORSP (RSASP Form IV). We recommend, as a back-up, that applicants also apply to the UW-Eau Claire Summer Extramural Grant Development program.
NOTE: Applicants may apply for both the ORSP Summer Extramural Development Grant AND this grant; both applications should be submitted to ORSP by March 1.
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Q. Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grants (UTLG-SoTL)
These collaborative grants are intended to be used to support systematic inquiry into student learning. They may be used as seed money for a new idea or project, or as a way to supplement research into an existing program or initiative for first-year students. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/index.htm.
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R. Support Grants for Racial/Ethnic Studies: Institute on Race & Ethnicity (IRE)
The purpose of the program is to support projects at UW System campuses that relate to the further development of study on racial and ethnic topics.
- Category A: scholarly research with the intention of publication on racial and ethnic topics, maximum dollar request $5,000;
- Category B: development and teaching of new courses pertaining to racial and ethnic topics, maximum dollar request $5,000;
- Category C: events and lectures related to racial and ethnic topics, maximum dollar request $2,000.
- Minority Faculty Research Awards: provide release time and support to tenure-track, minority faculty members for their research and writing in order to enhance their opportunities for achieving tenure.
More information can be found at: www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/grant_programs/support_grants.html.
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S. Supporting the Growth Agenda Action Steps
This program seeks to advance system-wide efforts in the following categories:
- New pathways to degrees and other related initiatives to enhance educational opportunities for Wisconsin’s underserved adult population
- New or Expanded Projects for a Wisconsin KnowHow2Go Network, enlisting college undergraduates, faculty, and staff as mentors to K-12 students
- Collaboration with PK-12 community to enrich college preparation in the area of Mathematics
- New or Expanded Projects for the development of a Student Engagement Portfolio
More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/vpacad/grants/
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T. Closing the Achievement Gap - OADD
The goal of the grant program is to develop and support programs that are effective in promoting institutional change to foster access and excellence for historically underrepresented populations. Particular attention will be given to models, programs and strategies with demonstrated success in closing gaps in achievement in the areas of access, retention and graduation.
Proposals are limited to two per institution. Please submit a preproposal consisting of a ONE PARAGRAPH project synopsis to ORSP by March 26, 2008. More information can be found at: http://www.uwsa.edu/oadd/grants/.
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U. Conference Development Grants (OPID)
Programs are typically workshops, presentations, or mini-conferences on teaching-related subject; funding can be used to pay for guest speakers, and to support travel, materials and some expenses incidental to the funded event. This program does not support travel for individual faculty members attending non-OPID-funded events. Awards may range up to $1,000. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/index.htm.
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V. Emerging Technology Pilot Projects
This program seeks to fund the following:
- Projects that will advance the innovative use of technology for teaching and learning, and/or
- Projects related to faculty and instructional development in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning
Funds must be spent in 2009-2010 fiscal year. More information can be found at: www.uwsa.edu/olit/ltdc/crg/.
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