Research

Award Description: Elliott School Supplemental Research Awards are intended to support Elliott School faculty research and associated activities that would otherwise go unfunded. As these funds are limited, we encourage faculty to consider other available funding streams prior to applying for one of these awards. Award funds may be used to supplement new or ongoing research and research-related activities to include domestic travel, travel for domestically-based collaborators, event and/or honorarium expenditures, survey expenses, printing costs, translation expenditures, or other demonstrable research needs. We are limiting eligible expenses this round to expenses that can be incurred without international travel.

Eligibility: Awards are open to all active-status, full-time (primary or secondary) Elliott School faculty who are continuing in service at the Elliott School for the duration of the award period. Priority will be given to applications from faculty who have not received ESIA supplemental funding in the last two cyles.

Budget: All qualifying proposals from $100 to $3000 will be considered. Funding may not be used for faculty summer salary or stipends, pay for release time for faculty, or everyday living expenses that would be incurred regardless of the project.

Application Procedure: The complete proposal must be submitted electronically. The application consists of four main components:

1. Application form - The application form can be found here.

2. Narrative - This should include a description of your research project, a timetable for completion, and an explanation of how the funds you are requesting will enhance the rigor, value, or impact of your research. Your description need not exceed one page.

3. Budget - The budget should have a breakdown of the costs you are requesting funding for. Your budget need not exceed one page.

4. Current and pending support - A statement of current and pending support, consisting of the name of the proposal, the sponsor, the amount of funding requested, and whether the proposal is current or pending, must be supplied. These final three items should be submitted as a single, merged PDF.

Review Process: Awards will be based on the merit and necessity of your request (including your access, or lack thereof to alternative sources of funding), the clarity of your proposal, the potential of ESIA supplemental funding seeding further external funding, and the availability of funds.

Award Administration: PI’s will report expenses and receive reimbursements via the iBuy+ Expense Reporting System. PI’s are expected to expend the award funds in a manner consistent with the approved budgetand in keeping with GW and Elliott School policies. Please note, expenses must be submitted within sixty days of the date such expenses were incurred or paid (thirty days if expenses are paid for with a PCard). For more information on expense reporting and compliance, please see the iBuy+ Finance Division webpage and consult the GW Travel, Entertainment, and Business Expense Reimbursement Manual.

FUNDED PROPOSALS INVOLVING HUMAN RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS, USE OF ANIMALS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AND RADIATION SOURCES must be approved through the Office of Human Research, the Office of Compliance and Privacy, the Office of Research Integrity, and/or the Technology Commercialization Office before the actual research begins.

For more information, consult these pages:

• Office of Human Research

• Office of Animal Research

• Office of Laboratory Safety

All travel must adhere to GW’s Travel Policy found here:

• Domestic Travel

• International Travel

Final Report: Recipients are required to submit a brief written report detailing the use and impact of the expended award to [email protected] no later than 30 days after the end of the award period. Reports need not exceed one page