Recruit Grants
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The Graduate College is starting a new grant program to increase efforts at the departmental, unit or interdisciplinary program level to recruit underrepresented graduate students (African American, Hispanic, or Native American in most fields, or men or women in some disciplines.)
Grant Amount
Up to $2,000 each. May not be used for investigator salary, faculty incentive pay, or for student visits.
Who Is Eligible to Apply?
Faculty from any ISU academic department and/or interdisciplinary programs
Grant Purpose
- To provide financial assistance to implement recruiting initiatives/projects at the departmental/program level. This is likely to be seed money.
- To build awareness and encourage discussion about underrepresented graduate student recruitment among departmental/unit faculty and in-house graduate students.
- Where appropriate, faculty from multiple departments and colleges can create recruiting teams to recruit across departmental lines for interdisciplinary programs, such as IGERTs, research centers, and interdisciplinary degree programs. In this case, the requested grant amount can be increased. The increased amount needs to be justified in the proposal.
2012/13 Grant Winners
- College of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture
- Chemistry
- College of Business
- Toxicology
- Apparel, Merchandising & Design
- Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
- School of Education
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
- Mechanical Engineering
Grant Proposal Format
The proposal should be no more than two pages in length and should include the following:
- Description of the project, e.g., faculty retreat, invited speaker, faculty seminar series, research partnership with minority serving institution, recruiting travel, etc.
- Expected outcomes of project and how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated. It is acknowledged that the ultimate goal of increasing number of underrepresented students with advanced degrees may not be visible for many years.
- Description of how the project fits with current departmental or interdisciplinary program recruiting goals.
- Number of faculty that the grant will impact.
- Itemized budget
- Contact person
- Signature of the lead faculty member and Department Chair
Deadline/Conditions
- One proposal per department or unit may be submitted.
- Prior RECRUIT grant winners may apply for a new award, but preference will be given to new applicants.
- Submit your proposal electronically to Craig Ogilvie, , on or before January 31, 2013.
- A Graduate College subcommittee will review the proposals and select which projects will be funded.
- The RECRUIT grant winners will be asked to join a small FacultyLearningCommunitytosharebestpracticesinrecruiting.
- ThewinnersoftheRECRUITgrantswillparticipateinapaneldiscussiononrecruitingduringthespring2013semester.
- FundsreceivedmustbespentbyJune30,2013.
- Aone-pagesummaryoftheinitiativeanditseffectivenessmustbesubmittedtotheGraduateCollegebyJuly15,2013.
Questions? Contact Craig Ogilvie at
294-5590 or 294-2219