Team Formation:
Teams must consist of at least one UTSA faculty member and one UTSA graduate student. Faculty and students do not need to be from the same program or college. Teams may also include postdoctoral trainees and/or staff but must include at least one faculty member and one graduate student.
Eligibility:
Faculty must be full-time tenured/tenure-track or FTT at UTSA. Graduate students must be enrolled at the time of the proposal and expect to remain enrolled for the duration of the project. Applicants may not participate on more than one proposal to this program.
Proposals Due:
March 3, 2023. See required deliverables below.
Awards Announced:
At the 30 to R1 reception on Monday, April 3, during Graduate Student Appreciation Week (first week of April).
Project Implementation Dates:
June 1, 2023 – May 30, 2024. Projects are not expected to take a full year for implementation but may be carried out at any point within this time frame.
Final Report due:
August 1, 2024. Details provided to awardees.
Proposal Submission
Proposals should be submitted on March 3, 2023 by 5 p.m. to Graduate.VPDean@utsa.edu. All proposal elements should be included in a single, text-searchable Adobe Acrobat pdf file.
The proposal must include the following, in 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins in the order listed below:
- Cover Page (example)
- Proposal title
- All team members listed, including full name, department, and program
- 250-word abstract that summarizes the essential content of the proposed project, including objectives, benefits, and significance
- Project Description -- 3-page maximum, single-spaced
- Rationale for the project
- Who will be impacted
- How will it support graduate students' professional development
- Detailed description of the project
- Evaluation of impact and potential to expand to a larger audience
- Rationale for the project
- Budget with justification -- 1-page maximum summarizing all expected costs for the project. Note that stipends for faculty and/or students are not allowable costs.
- Key references -- 1-page maximum
If any items requested above are not included at the time of submission, the proposal will be deemed non-compliant and will not be reviewed. Appendices may be included; however, reviewers are not obligated to read this supplemental material. If two or more appendices are included in a proposal, they should be designated Appendix A, Appendix B, etc. A violation of this format will disqualify the proposal from review.
Mini-Grant Review
Applications will be reviewed by a Review Committee established by the Graduate School. Committee members will be from a variety of academic backgrounds.
As such, proposals should be clearly written in a way that the goals, rationale and methods of the proposed project can be understood by all reviewers. Avoid field specific terminology as much as possible.
Proposals will be evaluated on a 100-point scale. The team is expected to include all required proposal components and to fully and clearly address each criterion.
| Proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria: | |
|---|---|
| Are the goals, objectives, and anticipated results stated clearly and aligned with the professional development goals of this opportunity? Is this project clearly led by graduate students with faculty in a supporting role? | 25 |
| Is the significance and merit of the project clearly documented? | 25 |
| Are the methods outlined likely to have the expected effect? | 25 |
| Is the project clearly taking a novel approach to providing professional development opportunities or providing exposure to career paths beyond academia? | 15 |
| Number of graduate students impacted by proposed project relative to cost. | 10 |
For more information on this opportunity, please contact Rebecca Weston at Rebecca.Weston@utsa.edu.
