Office of Research and Professional Development

MEMORANDUM

DATE: April 26, 2006

TO: All Full-Time Faculty Members

FROM: Dr. George Hong, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professional Development
Dr. Joe Wetchler, Chair of the Research Board

RE: PUC Incentive Award for Principal Investigators

We are pleased to announce the PUC Incentive Award for Principal Investigators (PIs). Effective July 1, 2006, this award will recognize and reward PUC faculty who have received external grants/contracts during the 2006-2007 fiscal year (July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007). Listed below are the specific guidelines for this new initiative.

I. Award

1. Either 25% time release or $2,000 in cash as professional development funds supported by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Deans.

2. Up to 10 awards to PUC faculty in the 2006-2007 fiscal year.

II. Qualifications

1. The applicant must be a PI who received an external grant/contract during the 2006-2007 fiscal year.

2. The winning grant must be more than $50,000 per year.

3. Preference will be given to grants that generate indirect cost and salary saving.

4. Multiple years grant is eligible to receive one award only.

5. PIs who received more than one external grant in the 2006-2007 fiscal year are only eligible to receive one award per year.

6. All eligible PIs are not guaranteed an award.

III. Requirements

1. Applicants must submit their applications to Ms. Terri Chance in CLO 176 by either December 31, 2006 or June 30, 2007. A peer review committee will evaluate all applications twice a year.

2. Applicants should send a one-page cover letter with an attached award letter from the funding agency, the RFP, and the original grant proposal.

IV. Award Operation

1. The Research Board will organize a peer review committee to evaluate applications.

2. Awards are jointly administered by the Office of Research and Professional Development and the academic Deans’ Office.

3. The number of awards and the eligibility requirements may be adjusted periodically based on the availability of indirect cost funds and the Deans’ funds.