Global Initiative Grants (GIG) Award Cycle: Rolling Grant size ($): up to 7,500 Total funding available over academic year ($): 60,000 Description: Mission: The mission of the Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation (CGII) is to stimulate research addressing problems and challenges of global scale, scope, concern, perspective, and impact. research/inquiry” is an elastic term that links the local and the planetary, aims to “Global expand the compass and range of disciplinary commitments and possibilities, and seeks to promote collaboration among UVa colleagues and with colleagues beyond UVa and outside the U.S. Proposals may be for research collaborations, or intellectual gatherings (symposia, conferences, seminars, invitations) which, for whatever reason, could not be submitted in-cycle. GIGs fund time-sensitive proposals that fall out of the regular cycle for CGII Grants (Center Grants and G-PODs). Proposals that can be submitted to meet an upcoming CGII deadline, or reasonably could have been submitted for a past deadline are not eligible. Proposals will be evaluated by members of the CGII grants committee. Eligibility: All full-time faculty may apply. Proposals must involve two or more UVa colleagues from different disciplines, schools, or units. How to apply: Step 1: Because GIGs are for emerging issues that do not fit into the CGII grant cycle, the application process starts with an e-mail explaining the need for out-of-cycle consideration. Please address this e-mail to Brian Owensby (bpo3a). Step 2: Once step 1 has been resolved, proposals should be a single document not exceeding two pages (excepting CVs), and should include the following: Name of submitter(s) with school/unit and departmental affiliations. Title and 100-word description of project. One-page statement including: proposed research/inquiry description of submitters’ contributions description of proposed use of funds (e.g., travel, equipment, gathering)
Global Initiative Grants (GIG) Award Cycle: Rolling Grant size ($): up to 7,500 Total funding available over academic year ($): 60,000 Description: Mission: The mission of the Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation (CGII) is to stimulate research addressing problems and challenges of global scale, scope, concern, perspective, and impact. “Global research/inquiry” is an elastic term that links the local and the planetary, aims to expand the compass and range of disciplinary commitments and possibilities, and seeks to promote collaboration among UVa colleagues and with colleagues beyond UVa and outside the U.S. Proposals may be for research collaborations, or intellectual gatherings (symposia, conferences, seminars, invitations) which, for whatever reason, could not be submitted in-cycle. GIGs fund time-sensitive proposals that fall out of the regular cycle for CGII Grants (Center Grants and G-PODs). Proposals that can be submitted to meet an upcoming CGII deadline, or reasonably could have been submitted for a past deadline are not eligible. Proposals will be evaluated by members of the CGII grants committee. Eligibility: All full-time faculty may apply. Proposals must involve two or more UVa colleagues from different disciplines, schools, or units. How to apply: Step 1: Because GIGs are for emerging issues that do not fit into the CGII grant cycle, the application process starts with an e-mail explaining the need for out-of-cycle consideration. Please address this e-mail to Brian Owensby (bpo3a). Step 2: Once step 1 has been resolved, proposals should be a single document not exceeding two pages (excepting CVs), and should include the following: Name of submitter(s) with school/unit and departmental affiliations. Title and 100-word description of project. One-page statement including: proposed research/inquiry description of submitters’ contributions description of proposed use of funds (e.g., travel, equipment, gathering)
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