Contents
- Application Information
- Submission Checklist
- Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Award History
- Allowable Expenses
- Expenses Not Allowed
- Human Subjects
- Narrative Proposal
- Submission of Application
- Results
- Evaluation and Scoring
- Acceptance
Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Application Information
Address Information
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- College of Applied Health Sciences
- 110 Huff Hall, MC
- 586 Phone: 333-2131
Application must contain the following information as a Microsoft Word document or PDF file.
- Investigator Name(s) (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name), ranks and highest degrees
- Note about Investigators
For multiple applicants, put the name of the primary investigator at the top, followed by other investigators. For multiple investigators, the primary investigator is responsible for the administration of funding. The PI must be tenured or on the tenure track.
- Note about Investigators
- Telephone Number(s)
- E-mail Address
- Campus Address including Mail Code
- Note: In the case of a joint appointment, enter only the name of the department or unit in which the project research will be conducted. Do not use the street address unless there is no building name.
- Investigator's Department/Unit Name
- Date submitted
- Project Starting Date
- Project Title (topic specific)
- Proposal Summary (100 words or less)
- Budget Request
- For Research Assistants: $ amount requested
- For Research Support (non RA): $ amount requested
- Total Funding Requested: total funding $ requested
- Budget Justification (100 words or less)
- How does your proposal support your career goals? (100 words or less)
- What is the focus of your current research projects, whether or not they are related to the proposed project? (200 words or less)
- Previous Neer Fund Awards (if applicable)
- Include attachments—see instructions for more details.:
- NIH or NSF style vitae for each investigator
- Proposal Narrative
- IRB or IBC approval for human or animal subjects
Submission Checklist
- Yes No Are you tenure or tenure-track professor?
- Yes No Have you received a Mary Jane Neer Research Fund
Award as a Principal Investigator in previous years? If so, give details below.
- Yes No Are you currently receiving Mary Jane Neer Research Funding? Provide information below.
- Yes No Will this project include the use of human subjects? See below.
- Yes No Do you have other funding for this project. If so, please list amount, source, and percent effort of funds in the space provided below along with the reason you are applying for additional funding.
Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Award History
- List previous Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Awards.
- List outcomes of previous Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Awards:
- External Grant proposals submitted
- External grant proposals funded
- Peer reviewed manuscripts
- National or international professional presentations
- Other outcomes as a result of Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Award
Allowable Expenses
Non RA Support
- Hourly Wages (other than RAs)
- Supplies
- Software (specify)
- Travel, excluding conference travel. Include per diem. Include itemized travel budget in narrative. Only travel for research-related expenses, such as data collection, is permitted.
- Equipment (inventory and justify need for individual items valued at $500 or more). Include freight and shipping charges.
- Other (animal costs, photocopying, participant fees, film processing, etc. participant or subject fees, photocopying, film processing, mailings, telephone charges, fees, printing charges, publication subventions, or any other miscellaneous research expense not contained in other categories.).
RA assistance
- Research assistants—must be current graduate students at the UIUC; post-docs are not eligible for
Mary Jane Neer Research Fund
- number
- duties
- percent time
- time period of employment (no more than 11 months in a year)
Expenses Not Allowed
- Salaries for faculty, post-doctoral research associates, research technicians, or computer programmers are not supported by the Fund.
- Conference travel is not permitted
- Full-time appointments of any kind
- Graduate research assistantship appointments for greater than 50% time, more than two months in the summer session, or persons not currently enrolled as graduate students at UIUC
- Ordinary research supplies and materials of the kind usually available in departmental laboratories, storerooms, and libraries
- Certain forms of travel: to meetings and symposia, to principal sabbatical leave destinations
- Book publication subventions for non-refereed or commercial press
- Preparation of an index for a publication
- Funds for computer time on UIUC computers
- Dissertation project research costs which are not clearly also faculty research costs
- Construction and remodeling of facilities
- Non-research costs
Human Subjects
If the proposal will involve the use of human or animal subjects, the principal investigator must obtain approval from the UIUC IRB Committee or Animal Care Committees and funding is contingent on their approval. Approval is required prior to data collection but not prior to submission of proposal. If applicable, attach a copy of the materials submitted to the IRB or, including a copy of the proposed informed consent form.
Narrative Proposal
A narrative proposal sufficient for peer review must be submitted with the application. The length of the narrative will vary with the project, but limit to two pages (not including references), single-spaced, half-inch margins, font no smaller than 11 point Arial.
What to include in the narrative
Include in the narrative:
- A statement of the objectives and significance of the proposed research/creative activity.
- A summary of relevant previous work by the applicant and/or others.
- A description of the plan for accomplishing the objectives, including methodology.
- Any plans for future support if the requested support will not allow completion of the project.
Submission of Application
Submit one copy of the application as a Word document or PDF by e-mailing the application as an attachment to:
Submit application to:
- Bo Fernhall (fernhall@uiuc.edu).
Make sure the application, narrative and brief biographical sketch are submitted in one file. Multiple files will not be accepted. Also submit a hard copy of the application to:
Mail application to this address:
- The Neer Grant Committee
- 110 Huff Hall, MC-586.
Applications (both electronic and hard copy) are due before 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date.
Results
The results of the Mary Jane Neer Research Fund Committee’s decision will be sent by mail to the applicants as soon as possible after the review deadline.
Evaluation and Scoring
- Proposals will be evaluated and scored according the following criteria (100 points total):
- Importance of the Question/Issue (need/impact/relevance) 15 points
- Significance, benefit and impact to the study of disability or to people with disabilities. 10 points
- Quality of Research Design (appropriateness and feasibility of design and methods) 35 points
- Qualifications of Investigator(s) to conduct project 10 points
- Budget (appropriateness for project scope) 10 points
- Potential (potential to yield larger scale endeavor and/or external grant application) 15 points
- Interdisciplinary Focus (the extent to which investigator(s) has drawn on available cross-departmental expertise) 5 points
Acceptance
By accepting a Neer Award, recipients agree to submit a progress report one year from the start date of their award and to present the results in poster format in conjunction with the Michael J Ellis Distinguished Lecture on Disability Science and Practice during Disability Awareness Month (April). If an investigator has not used all of the allotted funds by the end of the first year, at the time the progress report is submitted the investigator may request a no-cost extension for use of the remaining funds, for a period of up to one additional year. The investigator may be asked to present a poster on preliminary data if the project is not completed, as described above.
