Application for Supplemental Funding for Research Support

Social Justice Research Center (SJRC)

Application for Supplemental Funding for Research Support

Due: Friday, September 29, 2017 (by 5pm)

*Submit completed proposals to the SJRC via email AND please submit a hard copy of your proposals to the SJRC office (Beta House 314)

Proposals must be a Microsoft Word document.

Make sure that your proposal follows stated guidelines.

About the SJRC

Social justice is defined as the advancement of a just society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity so that all people have a right to unbiased treatment and a fair allowance of community resources. A just society exists when individuals’ well being is not constricted based on gender, sexuality, religion, political affiliations, age, race, belief, disability, location, socioeconomic circumstances, veteran status, or group membership.

The center is funded through the UW Social Justice endowment to focus on social justice related scholarship. The opportunity to participate in the SRJC is open to any and all faculty, staff and students across the University of Wyoming. Its strength lies in the degree to which it is able to capitalize on an interdisciplinary pool of scholars. To learn more about the SJRC visit our website www.uwyo.edu/sjrc

Proposal

The Social Justice Research Center’s primary mission is to support research with a social justice focus. Social justice grows out of the history of the Civil Rights Movement and draws on decades of work in Anti-Racist, Black and Ethnic Studies, and Women's Studies[1]. Social justice utilizes a vocabulary and framework that considers the dominant or targeted social group identities of participants within an analysis of social hierarchies. Many social justice scholars bring a level of analysis including (but not limited to) a) attention to understanding the social forces and institutions that support inequity in social systems as well as the interpersonal behaviors, individual attitudes, or beliefs that reflect and also help to perpetuate unequal social relationships; b) acknowledgement of the inter-relatedness of phenomena and thereby employ multiple lenses including historical, political, cultural, economic, legal, etc.; and c) value and affirmation of multiple perspectives and points of view including the use of counter-narratives. Social justice research attends to problems of oppression and generates strategies for working toward their resolution. Social justice research also requires scholars to attend to modes of inquiry as well as their implementation.

Funding can be used for research support (such as books or data analysis software), data-collection support (such as funding for field work to collect data), or conference support (for dissemination of findings). In 2017/18 the center has approximately $20,000 for proposal awards. We encourage multi-author proposals. An example of this would be graduate students working with their advisors. We believe that multi-author proposals are beneficial to the field and study of social justice by helping make resources readily available and encouraging an environment of learning. Funded projects in the past have received $1,000-$5,000.

SJRC Proposal Guidelines

  State a central research question.

  Describe the problem under study.

  Write detailed description of research methods.

  Outline the intentions for public dissemination (i.e. specific conference presentations, book chapters, journal articles, public performances, etc.).

  Include a connection to social justice research.

Requirements for Funding:

Those selected for funding will be asked to participate as scholars of the SJRC for that year. As a SJRC Scholar you will meet with the Center’s Director at least four times during the year, (1) Spring 2017 SJRC Scholars Meeting the afternoon of Wednesday April 6, 2017 (2) Fall of 2017, (3) February 2018, and (4) 2018 Shepard Symposium on Social Justice. You are also required to attend SJRC events and help build a community of scholars who are committed to pursuing social justice via scholarly activities.

We cannot stress enough the importance of documenting your work. The SJRC puts together an annual report where all of our research grants recipients are highlighted.

Failure to document your research will jeopardize future requests for funding from the SJRC. Please note that 10% of your awarded funds will be reserved in the SJRC until all requirements are completed. In addition, scholars must meet the following requirements:

Funding requirements:

·  Post information about your SJRC funded project in the Social Justice section of the WySR (Wyoming Scholar Repository). At minimum this would include the project’s title and abstract. Please consider depositing additional related scholarship such as data sets, posters, abstracts, published papers, book chapters, and conference presentations.

o  As you publish your findings you will work with SJRC Advisory Board Member, David Macaulay () about your rights management and publication agreements.

·  You also must present your project or works in progress at the Shepard Symposium on Social Justice in 2018. If those dates do not work for you, inform the SJRC Director, and you will need to present at another conference.

·  Within 60 days after funds have been used, recipients who receive funding are asked to submit a one-page description of their project and specifically detail how the funds from the SJRC were used in support of this project.

We ask that you include the SJRC as a supporter in any work that is made public (verbally in public presentations or in written form for written works).

SJRC Grant Process Checklist

To be considered for funding, complete this application form. Undergraduate or Graduate Students must include a letter of support from their advisor.

(Note that submitting this application is not a guarantee of support.)

Checklist

  Applicants must be a member of the SJRC and the UW community (http://www.uwyo.edu/sjrc/membership/)

  Completed application. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

  Proposals must be a Microsoft Word document. (PLEASE make sure your proposal reads well.)

  Project summary (formatted for your discipline), including

o  Title of the proposed research

o  Purpose

o  Project Abstract

  Proposed budget outline

  If you are a student submitting a proposal you will need a letter from a faulty/staff member providing support for your project. This letter should provide the review committee with information that your faculty/staff understands and supports your project/proposal. It may be sent with your proposal or separately by faculty/staff.

o  Letter attached

o  Letter sent by ______

Name.

All applicants must become members of the SJRC to be considered for funding.

Name______

UW Email______Contact Phone______

Additional Status (circle one)

Undergraduate Student Graduate Student Staff Faculty

Students need to submit a letter of support from their advisor.

Department/Program ______

Project Title ______

Additional Researchers:

Name______

UW Email______Contact Phone______

Name______

UW Email______Contact Phone______

Have you received funding from the SJRC in the past? Yes No

If yes, please list date(s), amount(s), and outcome(s) of the award(s).

Additional information you would like the SJRC to know about your proposal:

Project Title______

Description of Scholarly/Professional Activity:

·  Abstract: Include research question, problem under study, & research methods.

Connection to Social Justice Research
(Make sure to review the SJRC’s definition of Social Justice and explicitly tie your proposed work to this definition. The SJRC’s working definition of social justice can be found at: http://www.uwyo.edu/sjrc/whatissocialjustice/ )

·  How does the scholarly activity explicitly relate to social justice?

·  How does this research advance discovery and understanding of social justice?

·  What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to the study of social justice?

Plans for Sharing Work

·  What do you have in place to make your research successful?

·  Please provide a realistic timeline for your research project.
Include: start date, approximate end date, and presentation at the SSSJ.

·  If research involves human subjects, where is your project in the IRB process?

  Approved

  Under review

  Needs to be submitted

·  Summary of IRB consent procedures (3-5 sentences)

·  For Students Only: Is this proposed work related to coursework, and/or thesis or dissertation work? If yes, please explain. (Make sure to include course number and title)

Proposed Budget

Budget Description: 1-2 Sentence description of how money will be used.
While additional funding is not required, it enhances the application. You must disclose other possible funding sources. The SJRC may contact other groups on campus to discuss your proposed other funding sources. Please be specific about how the SJRC funds will be used. Please note: most proposals are funded between $1,000-$5,000.

Budget:

(List all expenses; [place an asterisk* next to those expenses you hope SJRC to fund])

Potential funding sources include SJRC funding, other department funding, and/or personal funds. SJRC Funds if awarded will be used to cover the listed expenses/costs

Item/Expense / Approx. Cost / Potential Funding Sources (place an asterisk* next to those expenses you hope SJRC to fund)

Total project costs from all funding sources:______

Total requested from the SJRC:______

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