Faculty Innovative Summer Grant Development Award

Purpose

To strengthen our college’s competitiveness for external research and scholarship funding, Dean Shogren and the CNPD Research and Scholarship Committee are pleased to announce summer funding opportunities for faculty. This support is intended to foster interdisciplinary and/or innovative collaborations that lead to the development of external grant proposals.

Deadlines

Summer Grant applications must be submitted no later than March 31, 2026, by 5 pm.

Funding

Three, $10,000 awards are available to support summer salary and fringe benefits for CNPD Faculty to work on an external grant submissions. Please note that funds cannot be used to support salaries of faculty members in positions outside of the CNPD or travel.

1. Half of the funds will cover the work to prepare the grant proposal during the summer semester May 15, 2026– August 15, 2026.
2. The second half of the funds will be awarded upon submission of the Verification of grant proposal submission must be submitted to receive the second half of the funds. The deadline to submit the grant is December 31, 2026 – unless negotiated with the Associate Dean of Research.

Eligibility

1. Two interdisciplinary $10,000 awards:
   • If two CNPD faculty from different departments want to submit for one shared award, they will split the funding.
   • If one CNPD faculty plans to work with someone across campus or outside the University, the CNPD award can only cover the CNPD employee’s salary; we cannot cover another department’s faculty member.
2. One open $10,000 award:
   • This award is not required to be interdisciplinary (but it can be). However, this award does need to include a CNPD applicant with one or more co-applicants from the same or different UND departments or colleges, or from outside the University.
3. Awards are open to all CNPD faculty (tenure, tenure track, and clinical) who have at least a 60% appointment with CNPD.

Timeline

• Time period for receiving 50% of funding will be May 16, 2026, to August 15, 2026, for writing the grant proposal. The grant proposal must be prepared during these months.
• Verification of grant submission to the funding agency by December 31, 2026, unless negotiated with the Associate Dean of Research.

Application

Questions on Application

1. Project Title (200 Characters)
2. Principal Investigator or Project Lead (Name, Phone, & Email)
3. Co-Principal Investigator or Project Lead (Name, Phone, & Email)
4. Other Investigator(s) or Project Members(s) (include affiliations)
5. Anticipated Funding Source (Name the Intended Funding Agency and request for proposals)
6. Link to Funding Source Application OR Attach the RFA with this application
7. Estimated Amount Requested from External Funder
8. Project Description: Describe the project that you plan on further developing for submission to an external funding agency. Describe how your project aligns with the mission and goals of the funding agency. (500 to 750 words).
9. Attach Biosketch or CV of all Primary Investigator(s) and/or Project Lead(s)

10. Attach Historical Grant Support at the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines: (Include copies of final reports related to this or other CNPD-funded projects, if applicable.)

11. Signatures from:
    • Principal Investigator
    • Department Chair
    • Co-Principal Investigator
    • Department Chair

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