EFAC and the Dean’s Office sponsor research awards for faculty in the College. Applications for the COE Research Awards are typically available in February with applications due in March.
Proposals are for 3 units of reassigned time (no cash awards) in either Fall or Spring the next academic year. Awardees are required to submit reports October 1st during the next academic year after receiving the award.
Research Competition Guidelines
Faculty can submit a research proposal to the Equity and Faculty Affairs Committee of the College in the spring of each year. Winners of the competition will receive 3 units of release time to complete the proposed study. The winners may choose to use the award in either the fall or spring semester.
The following are instructions for the Michael D. Eisner College of Education Reseach Competition:
Evaluation Criteria:
Each section of the narrative will be evaluated for clarity, cohesion, and specificity (sufficient detail). In addition, extra points will be awarded to proposals from new (years 1-3) faculty and for cross-departmental collaborative proposals. The sections will be weighted as follows:
- Purpose 20%
- Methods 30%
- Timeline 10%
- Contribution to the Field 30%
- Merit for publication 10%
Bonus:
- New faculty applicant
- cross-departmental proposal
Instructions:
- Use the space provided to describe each aspect of your proposed project (narrative responses shall be limited to 5 pages plus references).
- Application must be typed (double spaced, 12-point font)
- Attach reference list of works cited. See Sections I, IV, V.
- Attach your document and an abstract to the online application
Note: Proposals that do not follow the above guidelines will not be reviewed.
Tips for a Winning Faculty Research Application
- Propose a project that is mainly research, not mainly setting up a program or intervention. The main goal of these awards is to promote faculty contributions to the field in terms of research and publications. There are other internal and external grants available for intervention projects.
- Make a strong argument for the need or importance of the research, grounded in the literature, to show you are knowledgeable in the area (with at least several references).
- Describe a clear research plan step by step, including how you will safeguard research ethics and obtain IRB approval, research design, setting, sample (including access), data collection methods and procedures, data analysis methods and procedures, ethical safeguards, validity, etc.
- Show logical connection between your purpose and methods.
- Have a solid but realistic timeline. For example, don't propose to write 3 empirical articles within 1 semester if you are just starting new research.
- If you propose to mainly re-analyze existing data, explain why this is needed and how the new analysis will differ from your previous work.
- If you propose to do mainly a literature review, give several examples of sources you will consult for the review.
- Throughout your narrative, please use clear, jargon-free description in terms that a fellow professor can understand who is not from your department or particular field.
Past Research Awardees
2013-2014 Research Awards
- Monica Garcia, SED, Holding on by a thread: Patterns of improvement among high achieving Latina high school students
- Dimpal Jain, ELPS, Building transfer pride: Linking a transfer sending culture and a transfer receptive culture between community colleges and universities
- Ellen Schneiderman, SPED, Verbal reasoning and problem solving: The use of expressive language by same-age deaf/hard-of-hearing students and hearing students when discussing pictures of every day situations
2012-2013 Research Awards
- Joannie Busillo-Aguayo, EPC - Early Childhood Education Workforce: Status of Graduates Teaching at Community Colleges
- Shartriya Collier, EED - What’s Sex Got to Do With It? : The Preparation of Elementary Male Teacher Candidates
- Peggy Johnson, ELPS - Developing Leadership Capacity
- Wendy Murawski, SPED - Examining the Impact of Collaborative Teaching in the Student Teaching Experience
- Nancy O'Rode, EED - An Evidence-based Approach for Improving Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
- Dana Stone, EPC - Supporting MFT Graduate Students in the Academic Writing Process
2011-2012 Research Awards
- Carrie Rothstein-Fisch (EPC)
- Merril Simon (EPC)
2010-2011 Research Awards
- Joyce Burstein & Greg Knotts (EED): The Effects of Integrating the Visual-Performing Arts into the Elementary Social Studies Curriculum (link to report)
- Susan Auerbach (ELPS): Leadership for Authentic School-Family Partnerships
- David Moguel (SED): Teaching About Race and Cross-Cultural Understanding in the United States: Cultural Religious and Historical Perspectives