OMI Discretionary Seed Grant Applications
The Office of Metropolitan Impact (OMI) is currently distributing 2019-2020 Discretionary Engagement Funds and invites rolling applications from all faculty interested in obtaining funds to support and/or augment unique and/or innovative engagement activities.  Through this grant opportunity, OMI seeks to support a wide array of activities and projects that promote community engagement strategies. 


Purpose

To contribute to the building of knowledge and skills related to innovative, interdisciplinary and integrated community engagement strategies. To make it easy for faculty to cover expenses such as books, travel, production or exhibition costs, software, data collection, payment of subjects, or other types of support needed to complete the activity or project. 


Eligibility

Tenure track, non-tenure track, clinical, research, and library faculty, as well as staff, are eligible to submit applications on an as needed basis.  Awards will be reviewed within 15 days of receipt of application and will be granted to new or existing activities.       

OMI is committed to supporting work in which faculty come together for cross-disciplinary exchange.  To that end, priority will be given to proposals that include faculty from multiple disciplines.  

Terms of the Award

Discretionary Community Engagement Funds may be any amount ranging from $50 to $500 and are designed to provide support for such activities as:  hosting expenses; guest speaker fees; books; travel/transportation; workshops, events, and/or registration and ticket fees; production and exhibition costs; software and minor equipment purchases; data collection; payment of subjects; and/or other organizational needs and activities as they emerge from an existing or new engagement activity or project.  Your budget should explain and detail exactly how the funds will be spent; invoices or receipts to be reimbursed are preferred.  Please document any other funding sources you will be utilizing, as Discretionary Community Engagement Funds should not account for more than 50% of your budget.  Faculty may only be awarded discretionary funds once per semester.

Criteria for Awards

Degree to which this funding makes it possible to increase impact, broaden scope, or otherwise makes it possible to complete an aspect of a project that otherwise would not have occurred or been possible without this additional funding.
Focus on innovative, interdisciplinary, or integrated engagement strategies.
Clarity of the intent of the proposal.
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Primary Contact Information
Name *
Title *
Department *
Email *
Community Partner Information
Name/Organization *
Email *
Please list any additional faculty and/or community partners and their titles/organizations
Please provide a brief summary of the engagement project that will be impacted by these additional discretionary funds, including the goals of the project and the gaps in funding this request will fill.  This summary will be used in reporting and publicity documents.   *
Please provide a budget below (include other funding sources outside of OMI): *
Please provide a brief impact statement describing how the funding helped advance your research, teaching, and/or service: *
I agree to submit a Concur expense report, including detailed receipts, no later than 45 days after the approved purchases to ensure a prompt processing of reimbursements. *
If this request is funded, I will serve as a reviewer for awards greater than $500 within two years of receiving funding. *
In the event that I am awarded a grant, I have included on the line below, my College’s (CASL, COE, COB or CEHHS) administrative contact person and my department’s shortcode for fund disbursement. *
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