K-State Mentoring Fellowships
The K-State Mentoring Fellowships for women and minority tenure-track faculty in the sciences and engineering were established in 1995 with a grant from the Alfred E. Sloan Foundation.
They are now funded from the K-State Office of the Provost. These fellowships are designed to help tenure-track women and minority scientists and engineers find mentors and develop their research programs to a level that attracts outside funding. For a description of the minority categories please click on the following link. Race/Ethnic Identification.
Below you will
find the request for proposals, application
procedures, criteria for selection, closing
dates, and evaluation forms for both the fall
and spring competitions. The fall competition is open to tenure-track
women and minority faculty in the sciences and engineering appointed
since January 1 of the current calendar year. The closing date for applications
in the Fall 2011 competition is September 13, 2011. The spring competition
is open to all eligible tenure-track women and minority faculty in the
sciences and engineering. The closing date for applications in the Spring
2012 competition is March 19, 2012.
Request for Proposals for the K-State Mentoring Program for Women and Minorities in the Sciences and Engineering
KSU awards fellowships that provide mentoring for tenure-track women and minority faculty in the basic sciences, applied sciences, and engineering disciplines. The KSU mentoring program will support up to five mentees per year at approximately $6,000 each. Typically, four awards are made in the spring competition and one award is made in the fall competition of each year. The fall competition is open only to new tenure-track women and minority faculty in the sciences and engineering appointed at K-State since January 1 of the current calendar year. The funds provided for the Fall 2011 award are to be used during the current academic year, 2011-2012. The spring competition is open to all eligible faculty members, and the Spring 2012 awards are for the next academic year, 2012-2013. Eligibility for both the fall and spring competitions is limited to those who have not yet received significant external funding.
The goal is to provide women and minority scientists and engineers with mentors who will help them secure the external funding usually necessary for achieving tenure in these fields. The award monies can be used for such things as personnel, attendance at short courses, meetings that enhance professional development, seed money for research, or other justifiable uses. Each award recipient submits a report toward the end of the academic year that describes the results of the progress achieved as a result of the fellowship. Individuals who are awarded fellowships graduate from the program upon receipt of substantial external funding. If a fellowship recipient does not receive extramural funding during the year of the award, a request for renewal for a subsequent year may be submitted, but it is important for applicants to show both progress in their research and attempts to obtain extramural funding to be considered for a renewal.
Application Requirements
- A project description (not to exceed two pages). The project description should be informative and understandable to a scientifically literate, but nonspecialist, reader.
The two-page description should include:
- A detailed budget for the project and budget justification.
- Description of importance of the project to the professional development of the applicant.
- A list of previous, current, and pending research support. Include the funding agency, names of other principal investigators, amount of support, start and end dates. Also include this same information about proposals and fellowships applied for, but not funded.
- A description of the extent of applicant’s involvement in obtaining previous and/or current funding and in carrying out any previously and/or currently funded research projects.
- A detailed description of the role of the mentor and the proposed interactions between the mentor and mentee.
- Two-page curriculum vitae from both the mentor and mentee.
- Detailed letter of commitment from the mentor.
Selection Criteria
- Scientific merit of a research project in a basic science, applied science or engineering discipline
- Importance of the project and specific budget request to the professional development of the applicant
- Appropriateness and design of the mentor/mentee collaboration
- Potential for attracting external support
Closing Dates
Fall: September 13, 2011
Spring: March 19, 2012
Submit one copy of the completed application to:
Associate Provost
106 Anderson Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
