Bailey Award

Bailey Research Career Development Award

Deadline to College Offices: March 01, 2012

Background

This award was established with a generous estate gift from Carl A. and Grace A. Bailey. Mr. Bailey was an ISU alum of our electrical engineering program and a long-time employee of General Electric before retiring to Arizona. The overall goal of this award is to foster research that is innovative (outside of established research program) and, not only increases knowledge, but has practical applications. It is expected that the Bailey award will allow faculty to devote time toward high-risk, high-impact research addressing emerging scientific, technical and/or societal problems resulting in practical applications and, in appropriate disciplines, extramural funding.

Two awards of $50,000 per year for two or three years will be made competitively in spring 2012. The award number may vary in subsequent years.

Eligibility

Any full-time tenured associate professors and professors may apply for this award. Each award will be given to an individual, but he/she can have collaborators on the project. The award may be used for faculty salary support, staff salary support, graduate student and postdoc support, travel, equipment, hourly labor, and supplies.

Applications

Applications (completed in 11 font size) should include the following:

  1. Cover page with the name of this program, the title of the proposed project, the total amount of funding sought and the date application is submitted to the respective college. 
  2. Summary. Provide a 200 to 300 word summary of the project (ON SEPARATE PAGE) in language that scientists in other disciplines can understand. Include statement of problem, significance, research plan and outcome.
  3. Research plan (four pages maximum, excluding references) outlining the problem to be addressed, project objectives, research design and plan of work, and timetable.
  4. Project justification (one page maximum) with the following components:
    1. Innovation: Explain the ways in which the research is innovative (outside of your established research program) and involves risk.
    2. Practical applications: What practical applications are expected to result and why are these likely to have a high impact?
    3. Funding plan/career development: Explain how the project fits with the priorities of funding agencies and give a plan for obtaining future funding. Also address how this award will benefit personal career development.
  5. Budget and budget justification. A detailed budget on how funds will be expended. Involvement of graduate students in the proposed study is encouraged. Funds ($50,000 per year for up to three years) will be provided that could be utilized for faculty salary, staff salary, graduate student and postdoc support, supplies, equipment, hourly labor, and travel.
  6. Citations. All relevant publications cited in the research plan and justification statements should be included (no page limit). 
  7. Biographical Sketch. Please include a curriculum vitae, no longer than 5 pages.
  8. Previous, current and pending grant support. List all grants and contracts by project title, PI and/or Co-PI, source, and amount requested/awarded, and the time period of the award.

Grant Review

Each college will be asked to forward no more than one application to the Award Committee, which is made up of faculty members and administrators. This Committee will make the final recommendation to the VPR/ED.

Deadline

Deadline for receipt of applications in the colleges will be March 01, 2012;  applications should be submitted electronically to the respective associate research dean in the PI's college.  Colleges must provide their selections electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (gmsimon@iastate.edu),  by April 1, 2012.

Announcement of Award

Announcement of award will be made by June 1. Funding will start July 1, 2012.