Manship and College Summer Research Award Guidelines
LSU College of Arts & Sciences
Each year, the College will award Manship Summer Research Fellowships and Arts and Sciences Summer Research Funding to support research during the Summer Session to faculty members meeting the following criteria:
- Faculty must not have been on leave during the preceding regular academic year.
- Faculty must be on full-time, tenured or tenure track appointments in the College of Arts & Sciences.
The application must:
- Consist of (1) a proposal narrative (not to exceed three pages) and (2) a current curriculum vitae;
- Include an indication of whether this is to be considered for the Manship Summer Research Fellowship (humanities projects) or Arts and Sciences Summer Research Funding (non-humanities projects);
- Be submitted via email to Ann Whitmer (awhitme@lsu.edu ) by March 1 (or the next business day) for the following summer.
A committee to review and rank-order applications will be appointed by the College, with recipients of the awards from the previous summer being the preferred appointees. Criteria to be used by the review committee will include:
- Significance of proposed work;
- Appropriateness of the scope of the proposed research;
- Adequacy of the design and methodology;
- The clarity of the proposal, including its organization and prose;
- Probability of successful completion of the proposed project during the period of funding;
- The relationship of the proposed project to other external grant funding, including future proposals and/or previous or existing funding.
Preference for the awards will be given to persons who have not received the Manship Summer Research Fellowships previously. A final report (not to exceed three pages) of the accomplishments during the period of funding will be due on October 1st of the year of the fellowship.
The amount of the awards will be $5,000, with the number to be awarded each year being determined by availability of funds. Awards are not to be combined other summer funding in excess of one month’s pay or with any summer teaching. Faculty must return to LSU duties the academic year following the period of funding or be responsible for reimbursing LSU for expenses incurred during the funding period.
