EIU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Application Forms:

Fall CFR Research

Application Packet

Fall CFR

Creative Activity

Application Packet

Departmental Project

Evaluation Form

Final Report:

Guidelines for the Research/Creative Activity Fall Competition

Eligibility

All tenured/tenure track University faculty in Bargaining Unit A and department chairs and associate chairs are eligible to submit a CFR proposal.

An individual may receive only two consecutive fall awards, after which the individual will be ineligible for an award in the third fall competition.  

A faculty member who has failed to fulfill all obligations of a completed grant in any other internal funding program administered by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is not eligible to apply for a CFR grant. Faculty who have received CFR grants in the past should make sure a progress/final report for that award is on file in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs prior to their current application being reviewed.

Members of CFR may apply for funding, but may neither deliberate upon nor vote for any proposals during a funding round in which they have a proposal under consideration.  Any CFR member who applies for such funding will be replaced by an alternate from the same college.  Alternates will be selected from among applicants who turn in petitions.  If no applicants are available, alternates from the appropriate college will be recruited by the Faculty Senate or the VPAA according to established selection procedures.

If you have any questions regarding eligibility, please call the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at 581-2125 or e-mail eiugrants@eiu.edu.

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• Fall CFR Application Packet
• Vita
• Bibliography
• Proposed Budget
• Departmental Project Evaluation Form
• Supportive Materials (optional)

• Margins must not be smaller than one inch.
• The font should be 11-point Arial, Helvetica, or Times New Roman.
• This limitation does not include the other components of the application packet (project details, budget summary, submission checklist).

Vita: may not exceed five single-sided pages.  

Supportive Materials: Include no more than three pages of supportive materials. 

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• Itemize all expenses that comprise the total in each line item (commodities, contractual services, travel, equipment and student help).
• Include justification for determining these figures.
• If necessary, verify classification of line items with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

The total of each line item and the grand total should also be shown in the Budget Summary section of the Fall CFR Application Packet. Line items must be prioritized in the Budget Summary.

Pre-award expenses will not be funded.

Travel that is necessary to conduct research or creative activity. (The applicant must show that the proposed activity requires travel to the destination specified.)

• CFR does not fund graduate assistantships, and students are not eligible for pay from student help funds during any term in which they are being paid a graduate assistant stipend.

• Equipment purchased with CFR funds is the property of the university.

Commodities and contractual services related to the proposed project.

• Expenses for curriculum development solely for one’s own classes;
• Completing a dissertation;
• Classroom/office equipment;
• Typing and copying of finished manuscripts;
• Publishing expenses, e.g., page charges assessed by journals and publishing subventions;
• Travel to present results of research;
• Shipment of property for the purpose of performance, exhibit, etc.

Proposals will be reviewed based on responses to the questions, budget, and credentials of the applicant.

• Sample Research Review Form
• Sample Creative Activity Review Form

• it is submitted late;
• it is submitted by ineligible personnel;
• it exceeds size limitations;
• it lacks any of the following: a cover page, supervisor’s recommendation, vita, budget, bibliography, and if required, copies of the research instrument;
• it is the second proposal listing the same principal investigator during a given funding round.

• Failure to complete this requirement may prohibit the researcher from future funding.  

• The official year-end dates for CFR travel applications and vouchers will be available on the EIU Business Office website: https://www.eiu.edu/busofc/yearend.php.