Purpose: To stimulate and encourage faculty RSCA-related activities, such as gathering and
analyzing research data and grant writing and other research writing during the summer.
Eligibility:
All tenured/ tenure-track faculty and full-time lecturers (including .8s) in CPGE
are eligible for Summer Research Stipends. Faculty who are already receiving summer
support as part of start-up packages are not eligible to apply while they are receiving
those summer funds.
Faculty who are also teaching during the summer are still eligible for these Summer
Research Stipends.
Recipients of Summer Research Stipends must submit a report documenting how they used
the research stipend and what the RSCA outcome was by September 1st; they must also
present the research they worked on during the summer as a virtual “brown bag” research
presentation in the following academic year.
Support Amount: Summer research stipends are $5000. Stipends are to be used to support your salary
during the summer (non-duty days) so you can engage in RSCA-related activities, such
as gathering and analyzing research data and writing for peer-reviewed journals and
conferences, books, and/or grant proposals.
Selection Criteria: Priority goes first to probationary tenure-track faculty; second to associate professors
interested in getting promoted to professor; third consideration will be for all other
applicants.
Alignment with SJSU and CPGE research goals (10%)
Topic and problem statement (10%)
Innovation and novelty (Significance) (30%)
Proposed approaches and solutions (30%)
Project plan and available resources (20%)
Selection Committee: The Associate Dean for Academics and the Department Chairs comprise the selection
committee, which will make recommendations to the Dean who will make the final determination
for the award.