DePaul
Community-based Research Faculty Fellowship
CALL
FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline: May 8,
2017
The
Steans Center seeks community-based research (CBR) proposals for the 2017-18 academic
year. The community-based research project must satisfy the following criteria:
(a)
involve the community (i.e., driven by the interests of a community/community
organization),
(b)
benefit the community (i.e., improve the quality of life for residents of a
Chicago community),
(c)
draw on the faculty member’s expertise, and
(d)
advance the faculty member’s scholarship.
The
Center will fund up to three Community-based Research Faculty Fellows for
2017-18. Each Fellow will receive a $4,000 stipend (in two installments) and a
funded research assistant for three academic quarters at a 25% appointment. Additional funds will be provided for each
Fellow and research assistant to present their research at an academic
conference of their choice.
A fellowship can be proposed by any
DePaul University faculty member – tenured, tenure-track, or
part-time/full-time contract faculty with ongoing teaching responsibilities.
Adjunct instructors are not eligible. Fellowship
applications are encouraged from any discipline or academic profession.
NEW THIS YEAR: Past fellowship recipients may apply
for a senior fellowship. Dates and criteria for the senior fellowship will be
the same as for first-time applicants.
Evaluation Criteria
Proposal
submissions will be judged based on the following criteria:
1.
Significance
of the proposed research question(s)/pursuit;
2.
Strength
of the partnership with a community-based organization;
3.
Level
of involvement by the community partner (at a minimum, the research question(s)
is defined in partnership with the Chicago partner; relevant community participation
in other stages of the research process is strongly encouraged);
4.
The
integration of some aspect of the research project (e.g., survey development,
data collection, data analysis, etc.) into an undergraduate or graduate course taught
by the Faculty Fellow during the 2017-18 academic year; and
5.
Potential
for deriving scholarly products from the proposed project.
Additional
Expectations
1.
A
research report or working paper will be submitted to the community-based
organization partner and the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning;
2.
A
paper proposal based on the research will be submitted to an academic conference
of the Fellow’s choosing (the Steans Center will fund reasonable expenses for
conference attendance for both the Fellow and the student research assistant)
within a year of completion of the project. The Fellow is strongly encouraged
to include the student research assistant as co-presenter.
3.
The
Fellow will submit an article based on the research project to a peer-reviewed
journal of their choice within one year of completing the project. The Fellow is strongly encouraged to include
the student research assistant as co-author on the article.
4.
The
Fellow and/or her/his research assistant will make a presentation based on the
research at a forum at the Fellow’s academic department as well as at a
university-wide seminar organized by the Steans Center for faculty across the
University.
5.
The
research assistant must be a DePaul student from the faculty member’s
department, school, or college.
6.
DePaul’s
IRB must approve the research project.
Application Process
Submit proposals in MS Word format as
an email attachment to Jeffrey Howard, Director of Faculty Development, Steans
Center for Community-based Service Learning at: jhowar15@depaul.edu. A faculty review committee comprised of faculty
experienced with community-based research methods will make recommendations and
the Steans Center leadership will make the final decision.
Timeline
February 23,
2017 Disseminate CBR Call for
Proposals
April 25, 2016 Submit proposal draft
to Jeffrey Howard for feedback (optional but suggested)
May 8, 2017 Final proposal
due to Jeffrey Howard
June 8, 2017 Decisions
announced
Aug/Sept 2017 Deadline to begin the project
September 2017 Send first installment of $2,000 to Fellows
January 31, 2018 Interim/Midterm report due to Jeffrey
Howard
Academic Year17-18 Integration of some aspect of the research
into a course taught by the Fellow
July 2018 Complete the
CBR project
July 31, 2018 Final Report
(including the project description, outcomes, and specific plans for
submitting a conference proposal as
well as an article submission in the next year) due to the community partner
and Jeffrey Howard
August 2018 Send second installment
of $2,000 to Fellows
Academic Year18-19 Conference presentation
Article submission to peer-reviewed
journal
Spring 2019 Presentation about project at
the Fellow’s Departmental Gathering and at a University-wide seminar hosted by the
Steans Center
Proposal
Structure
Project description should not exceed
7 double-spaced pages and include the following:
·
project
abstract (3-5 sentences);
·
project
rationale/statement of need;
·
research
aims/goals;
·
research
question(s) to be addressed in the cbr project;
·
theoretical
foundations;
·
methods;
·
how
the project articulates with the goals and objectives of the community-based organization
partner;
·
brief
description of the DePaul course that will involve students in some aspect of the
community-based research project during academic year 2016-17 and how students
will be involved;
·
timeline;
·
plans
for submission of the research proposal to the University’s IRB; and
·
a
short bibliography relevant to the research
As separate documents, submit the
following as Word documents when submitting the proposal:
·
a
job description for the research assistant (undergraduate or graduate)
·
a
letter of support from the partnering community-based organization on their
letterhead
·
the
faculty member’s c.v.
For questions, please contact Jeffrey
Howard at: jhowar15@depaul.edu
