Purpose
The purpose of summer research awards shall be to pursue professional development, to conduct research and/or creative activities, and/or to develop methods and materials to improve teaching and curricula with the outcome of increasing the individual’s future contribution to the University. Thirty-five (35) awards carrying a $7,000 stipend are available each summer for the most meritorious research/creative activity proposals. All eligible faculty members are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility/Limitations
All tenured and tenure-track faculty from schools/colleges represented by the Temple-TAUP Collective Bargaining Agreement that meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for a Summer Research Award:
- Award recipients may not accept any teaching or other paid appointment during summer 2025 at Temple or elsewhere.
- Faculty members are not eligible for this award more than twice within a three-year period.
- A Summer Research Award cannot be combined with a sabbatical in the same twelve-month academic year period. In accordance with the Temple-TAUP Collective Bargaining Agreement, the academic year is defined as being divided into three academic semesters-fall, spring, and summer.
- Any publications resulting from supported research must acknowledge support from Temple University.
- Faculty members receiving a summer research award must submit a summary report to their department chair, dean, and the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs ([click-for-email]) within 30 days of summer research project completion.
- Faculty are not eligible to receive Summer Research Awards while serving as department chairs.
Application Submission
In addition to meeting all eligibility criteria, summer research applicants must provide the following for consideration:
- A completed Summer Research Award application form with the endorsement of one’s department chair and dean;
- A 4-part written proposal (not exceeding five double-spaced pages);
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV); and,
- IRB approval documentation if the summer research project involves human subjects.
Applications will be collected and submitted by deans’ offices to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs via Canvas.
Please note: For your application to receive consideration, you must include all above-mentioned materials.
Guidelines for the 4-Part Written Proposal
Written Proposals should not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages. The length of any appendices should be limited. The proposal should be self-contained and not rely on any appended material not otherwise specified.
In writing your proposal, please be mindful that not all award committee members will be from your field of expertise.
4-Part Proposal:
- The first section of the proposal should be an abstract of no more than 250 words explaining your summer research project proposal.
- The second section of the proposal should argue for the importance of the project. If the project is connected to your previous work, please explain how it will extend that work. If the project is designed to take you in a new direction, please explain how that direction will enhance your professional development.
- The third section of the proposal should establish the feasibility of the project through an explanation of what you plan to do. If the project is a scholarly one, you should explain what you plan to do and when you plan to do it as clearly and concisely as possible. If the project will require resources beyond those for which you are applying, you should explain how you plan to obtain those additional resources. If the project requires the collaboration of others, you should provide evidence that you can get that collaboration. If you are applying for more than one type of award for a single project, you should explain why each award is necessary to bring the project to fruition.
- The fourth section of the proposal should return to the issue of the project’s importance, this time by explaining as clearly as you can what products will come of it. These products could include publications, presentations, performances, and curricular materials, among other possibilities.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Provide an up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV).
- If you have received previous sabbatical, grant-in-aid, or summer research awards of any sort, please highlight the products that resulted from those awards in the up-to-date CV included with your application.
Consideration/Awards
Applicants must submit all application materials to their Department Chair then Dean for review. Please keep in mind any internal application deadlines that may be imposed by your school/college.
Deans’ Offices shall forward to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs all summer research award applications (electronically via Canvas) by the advertised award deadline: Friday, October 11, 2024.
Award decisions are based on three primary criteria:
- the importance of the project
- the feasibility of the project
- the applicant’s record of effective use of previous awards
Instructions for accessing, completing, and submitting the Summer Research Award Application and required materials.
- Click or copy the link below to go to the AdobeSign University Summer Research Award application.
- Read and agree to Adobe Terms of Use by clicking the ‘Continue’ button, if applicable, or if your first time using.
- Fill in the application form fields (Required and Optional, if relevant) including the applicant signature. Note: Required fields are noted with a red asterisk (*) in the top left-hand corner of the form field.
- Once every Required form field has been filled, including the applicant signature field, you will get a ‘Click to Sign’ button pop up at the bottom of the screen. Please click the ‘Click to Sign’ button
- You will be prompted to enter an email address. Please enter a Temple email address then click the ‘Click to Sign’ button. In clicking the ‘Click to Sign’ button, you are acknowledging that you have read all Summer Research Award application guidelines and eligibility requirements, and that you hereby agree to abide by all.
- You may get a screen acknowledgment to confirm your email address. If so, navigate to your Temple email and open the Adobe-related email. Click the ‘Confirm my email address’ link.
- You will then get another email with your finished application. When you open it, click ‘Open agreement’ then save it as a PDF via ‘Download PDF’ and/or print it. To "unlock" the PDF for others to sign it digitially, use "Microsoft Print to PDF" in the Print options and that will allow you to save it in a format that can be signed by others.
- Submit the signed, Summer Research Award application and other required application materials (4-part proposal, up-to-date CV, IRB documentation-if applicable, and a copy of your most recent Summer Research Award summary report-if applicable) to your department chair, following department/college submission instructions and timing.