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FRCACFACULTY RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITY COMMITTEEOffice of Research Services,010A Sam Ingram Building,2269 Middle Tennessee BlvdMurfreesboro, TN 37129

FRCACF001: GRANT APPLICATION PAGE

1. PROJECT INFORMATION

1.1 Choose your submission type: New Submission Resubmission – USE FRCACF101 – Resubmission Packet

1.2 Proposal Title

[Title]

1.3 Proposal Classification: Applied Sciences Social Sciences/Liberal Arts Creative Activity Interdisciplinary

Other

1.4 Project Award Category: Individual/Single Applicant Program Development & Evaluation (Not eligible for stipend)

Multiple Applicants External Grant Proposal Writing 1.5 Award Duration – Choose all applicable boxes and fill the appropriate spaces: Stipend for the academic year 20 to cover credit hours.

Research for the academic year .Award Questions Response Remark(s)Expected start date mm/dd/yyyy Anticipated completion date mm/dd/yyyy Other source of funding

1.6 Check List (Incomplete applications will not be reviewed) Mandatory If applicable

Abstracts (F002) IRB/IACUC approval notice (IRBN001/IACUCN001) Project Narrative (F003) Final Reports from all previous FRCAC funding (send separately) Bibliography (limit 35 references) Budget & Justification (F008) Co-investigators’ Biosketch(es) (2 pages maximum each) Significance (F004) Supplemental documents for budget justification PI’s Biosketch (F009) Illustrations & Schematics (4 images limited to 2 pages) Key-Personnel Other Attachments like Travel Authorization template

1.7 Budget (Amounts will autofill from the Budget Page)Stipend Other funds Total Budget (limit $10,000)

$0 $0 $0

Complete this form for new submissions only. Use FRCACF101 resubmission packet when responding to response/rebuttal to reviewers’ comments.

FRCACF001 Ver 3.0 Rev 10.20.2015

http://www.mtsu.edu/frcac/forms/FRCAC-Co-InvestigatorBiographicalSketch.docx

http://www.mtsu.edu/frcac/forms/FRCACFianlReportForm.docx

PI Name FRCAC MTSU

2. INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION

2.1 Principal Investigator (PI) Information:

For multiple PIs, provide contact information in Section 2.2 below by entering “Co-PI” in the space designated for “Role.”Name PI Name Email @mtsu.edu

Rank Asst. Prof Assoc Prof Prof Tenured M# Department College Contact Building Room Box# Telephone (615) xxx xxxxURL (if available) Previous FRCAC Details:

Received FRCAC funds ## times in the past Received Summer Assistance ## times.

2.2 Co-Investigators and Key personnel (other than the PI) to be included in this project:Regardless whether funding is requested or not, list all of the researchers who will contribute towards this study

Name, Contact and Role in the Study Department/InstitutionInstitution details required if non-MTSU

Funding History

Name: Email: Role:

DEPARTMANT: Faculty Undergraduate Staff Graduate PhD. Candidate Other Non-MTSU:

Funds requested here Past/Current FRCAC/

URECA Awardee

Name: Email: Role:



URECA Awardee

Name: Email: Role:



URECA Awardee

Name: Email: Role:



URECA Awardee

Name: Email: Role:



URECA Awardee

Name: Email: Role:



URECA Awardee

Name: Email: Role:



URECA Awardee

PI’s Remark(s): 3. SIGNATURES

3.1 Applicant’s Assurance

I, PI Name, hereby certify that 1) this proposal is my original work and it complies with the University’s Responsible Conduct in Research policies

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PI Name FRCAC MTSU2) the information provided here is accurate to the best of my knowledge and I am aware that incomplete proposals

will not be reviewed3) I will duly acknowledge FRCAC if this study or a portion of this study is disseminated in any form 4) if funded, I will duly notify and obtain a written approval to implement any essential deviations to this proposal5) I am aware that each applicant can submit only one FRCAC application per funding session and I am also aware

that an investigator may not receive more than one FRCAC funding at the same time6) I agree to submit a final report to FRCAC once this project has been completed and failure to do so will make me

ineligible for future FRCAC funding. I also agree to present the results of this study at the following Scholars’ Week

By entering my name in this electronic signature, I agree to the above assurance statements<ENTER APPLICANT's NAME> Date: Click here

Instructions to the Applicant: Complete this section only after the entire application packet has been completely filled After placing your electronic signature, forward this document to your Department Chair for signature approval Subsequently, the Dean of your College must sign-off Send completed applications to [email protected]. INK SIGNATURES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED. If the application packet is altered subsequent to the Dean/Chair’s endorsements, then the document packet must be

sent back to them for a second review before it can be sent to FRCAC.

3.2 Support/Endorsement

I certify the following by entering my name in the electronic signature box below,1) I have reviewed this proposal and I am aware of all of the proposed research and creative activities and I have no

objections for this study to be conducted in my Department/College 2) I am also aware of any time-release requests made by the applicant and I approve such requests3) I am aware of the current time commitments of the applicant and I will inform FRCAC if the applicant is charged

with additional commitments that would impact his/her commitment to this research

Electronic Signatures and Recommendation (to be completed by the Department Chair and the College Dean)

Electronically signed by <Full Name must be entered by the Chair> Date: Click here<Chair's Recommendation>

Electronically signed by <Full Name must be entered by the Dean> Date: Click here<Dean's Recommendation>

Instructions to the Chair/Dean: Complete this section only if the entire application packet has been adequately filled. After placing your electronic signature, please provide a brief support/recommendation statement. You can either send this document back to the PI or forward it to the next endorsee. Please retain a copy of your endorsed application packet for your Department/College records. Any changes to this document packet by the PI needs to be approved by you prior to a FRCAC review Forward your questions to [email protected] and INK SIGNATURES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED

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FRCACFACULTY RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITY COMMITTEEOffice of Research Services,010A Sam Ingram Building,2269 Middle Tennessee BlvdMurfreesboro, TN 37129

FRCACF002: ABSTRACTS PAGE

You can either type or paste from a formatted document to fill in the spaces given below. While pasting ensure you either use Times New Roman (12pt) or Arial (11pt).

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT(Maximum 1,200 characters)

NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT(Maximum 1,200 characters)

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FRCACF003: PROPOSAL NARRATIVE [Five pages maximum: Times New Roman (12pt) or Arial (11pt)]

Type or paste from a formatted document to complete the following narrative sections. If pasting ensure you either use Times New Roman (12pt) or Arial (11pt) with a 1.5 line spacing or more.

1. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

2. SPECIFIC AIMS of the RESEARCH or CREATIVE ACTIVITY

3. RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODOLOGY

4. MILESTONES & TIMELINE

5. RESOURCES NEEDED & AVAILABLE ASSETS

6. OTHER FUNDING

7. DISSEMINATION & EXTERNAL FUNDING REQUEST(S)

FRCACF003 Ver 1.0 Rev 06.20.2016

FRCACF003A: SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (TWO pages maximum)

Instructions: Convert the illustrations to an image format (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP etc.). Each page of a PDF file can be easily converted to individual image files by using the “save as” option. Once you have the image files ready, then click in the center to activate the upload dialogue box. Navigate to your file location and select the image file to be uploaded. Once uploaded, the images can be resized or deleted; please note that deletion of objects cannot be undone. To remove an uploaded object simply click on the object and press the delete button.

Exhibit 1: Type caption




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FRCACF003B: BIBIOLOGRAPHY(Limit 35 references)

References can be typed or pasted from a formatted document within the space provide below. Refer to the FRCAC recommended format when compiling bibliography and citations. Be advised that the embedded word processing options may be limited to the source operating system and they may not work efficiently from your computer.

FRCAC recommended bibliography format can be downloaded from http://www.mtsu.edu/frcac/docs/References.pdf.

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http://www.mtsu.edu/frcac/docs/References.pdf



FRCACF004: SIGNIFICANCE(1½ to 2 pages limit)

Type or paste from a formatted document to complete the following narrative sections. If pasting ensure you either use Times New Roman (12pt) or Arial (11pt). There are no restrictions on line spacing.

1. INNOVATION

2. SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PI’s FIELD

3. BENEFITS TO THE PI’s LONG-TERM RESEARCH GOALS

4. FUTURE PLANS FOR THE PROPOSAL INCLUDING EXTERNAL FUNDING

5. POTENTIAL IMPACT ON MTSU’s RESEARCH & TEACHING MISSION

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FRCACF008: BUDGET & JUSTIFICATION

Part A: BUDGETComplete this itemized budget below and CHECK ALL YOUR ARITHMETIC. You must provide a detailed explanation in the attached budget justification page to support each line item listed in this budget. You must also attach supporting documents substantiate the requested funds.

Principal Investigator: PI NameProject Title: [Title]Funding period: Begin date: mm/dd/yyyy End date: mm/dd/yyyy

1. Stipenda (Total summer stipend MUST NOT exceed $6,500) Fall Spring Summer Subtotal NA NA $ $02. Salariesb - Adjunct, outside consultant, technician and other personnelProvide Name, Credit hours & Role on Project Fall Spring Summer Subtotal

$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Total Salaries & Contracts $ $ $ $03. Graduate Student Workerc

Provide Student Name & Role on this project Semester Hours Rate/hr Total Wage Subtotal

$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Total Student Wages Requested $0 $04. Research-related Travel Expenses - FRCAC DOES NOT FUND CONFERENCE TRAVELS Amount SubtotalTransportation: $0Accommodation:

$0

Per diemd $0Applicable fees: $0Other: $0

Total Travel Expenses $0 $05. Equipment ($500+) - List equipment name, description and purpose

Vendor/Supplier & Part #

Amount Subtotal

$0 $0 $0

Total Equipment Costs $0 $06. Operational Expensese – Provide a short description if necessary Amount Subtotal $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Total Operational Expenses $0 $0TOTAL PROJECT COSTf GRAND TOTAL $0f

NOTES: a. Summer Stipend: FRCAC has restructured “summer pay” to a stipend structure. The applicant may request a full stipend ($6,500) or a half stipend ($3,250) b. Adjunct Faculty Pay: Adjunct faculty with a PhD will receive $700 per credit hour assigned. Do not include fringe benefits. c. Student Workers compensation: The Graduate Assistants can only be paid on hourly basis and undergraduates are not supported by FRCACd. Per diem: MTSU does not reimburse meals expenses – Consult with your Departmental administrator for current per diem allowancese. Operation Costs: Examples – supplies, chemicals, archival materials, stationary, compensation to human participants, etc. f. Limit: MUST NOT exceed $10,000

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PI Name FRCAC MTSU

Part B: BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

Principal Investigator: PI Name Budget

$0

The FRCAC offers “seed money” up to $10,000 to faculty PIs for generating preliminary data towards research proposals to be submitted for external granting funding. It is therefore crucial the grant seeker provides a compelling case for why FRCAC should award them the funds. In addition, the applicant must also elucidate the justification for each item listed in their proposed budget.

1. STIPEND Requested Stipend: $00Starting from August, 2016, this stipend structure will replace the previously awarded “Reassigned Time” and “Summer Salary.” Requests for a stipend can be made in the Fall as well as the Spring funding cycles. Funding can be requested for either $6,500 (Full Stipend) or $3,250 (Half Stipend). The applicant has to make a clear judgement on the fund requirements before making a request. The justification can include various aspects, such as the time commitment, and why the stipend is are essential to complete the research goals. The funding seeker must also provide details on other commitments that may influence his/her productivity, teaching and service, while carrying out the proposed activities. FRCAC will only use the scientific merit or creative value of the proposal when making its determination and will no longer use the faculty rank or seniority as a criteria.

Restrictions on Summer Stipends: Untenured PIs may receive up to FOUR summer stipends and they may be dispersed in consecutive summers. Tenured PIs may receive up to THREE summer stipends in a six-year period but the applicant may not receive

them in consecutive summers. No PI may receive more than SIX summer stipends in total. The previously awarded “Summer Salary” also count towards the overall total. Funds requested through the “Proposal Development” do not qualify for summer stipend.

2. PERSONNEL SALARIES Requested Salaries: $00The FRCAC will consider funding personnel, such as technicians, research assistants, professional consultants and collaborators. Requests for funds to compensate current MTSU students cannot be made under this category. The FRCAC will also pay adjunct salary if applicable. Consult your departmental administrator for adjunct pay rates. The PI must demonstrate that the personnel salaries are justified adequately. The essential job function of the personnel for whom compensation is requested must be clearly articulated. Provide additional documents, such as CV/Resume, publications certification(s) and other documents demonstrating professional competence for FRCAC’s review.

3. GRADUATE ASSISTANTS Student Assistantship: $0The FRCAC will consider funding personnel, such as graduate assistants necessary to complete the study. Please note that FRCAC only funds graduate students and undergraduate researchers can request funds through the URECA Research Grants. FRCAC only pays hourly wage of the graduates and funds cannot be used to pay for their tuition or GA/GT stipend. FRCAC recommends the applicants determine critically if the student has a commitment to research and higher education. FRCAC considers various aspects of the potential student researcher, including prior research experience in the proposed field, academic records and expertise, scholarly activities, potential to succeed as a researcher and other achievements that may indicate the students’ passion for a research career. The applicant may provide CV/resume of the student and proof for other scholarly and professional activities to further justify the funding request.

4. TRAVEL Travel Funds Requested: $00The FRCAC will consider funding travel necessary to carry out the study. A filled travel authorization (TA) with tentative dollar figures presented along with this budget justification if travel to out-state or international locations is expected. FRCAC does not fund undergraduate students. Therefore, the applicants are urged to help undergraduate researchers seek travel funding through URECA,

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PI Name FRCAC MTSUSTEP-MT or TLSAMP and graduate students may apply through the College of Graduate Studies travel fund. MTSU does not reimburse meals expenses and all of the items listed in budget must be adequately explained and justified.

5. EQUIPMENT COST (more than $500) Equipment Requested: $00The FRCAC may support the purchase or rental of any item(s) essential to the completion of this study. The identified items were either not owned by the investigator’s department or it is not available for the PI through an MTSU inter-departmental sharing scheme. Mandatory attachments with budget include: (a) Letter from the Department Chair stating that funds are unavailable to procure or rent the specified item; (2) competing price quotes from potential vendors; (3) sole supplier certificate from the prospective vendor if multiple sellers are unavailable; and brochure or other product literature. Equipment purchased using FRCAC funding will be considered as MTSU’s property and should be available for other MTSU faculty. Laptops and other computer equipment are not funded by FRCAC. Provide a description of how the proposed acquisition would improve the chances of succeeding in your research goals and how this purchase or rental would be a long-term benefit to the MTSU research community.

6. OPERATIONAL COSTS Total Operational Expenses: $00The FRCAC funds operational expenses for carrying out a project when each proposed cost is adequately justified. Frequently approved spending includes, purchase of laboratory supplies & chemicals, consumables, specialized stationary not available through the Department or the University, applicable fees & surcharges, maintenance expenses, general supplies, small equipment less than $500, instrument usage fee like microscopes, procure or rent small tools, compensation for human participants enrolled in a research study, documentation & storage, shipping charges, and archival supplies. The disallowed expenses include, conference fee, publication cost, hospitality and food, photocopying and other documentation expenses carried out within MTSU using the University’s facilities, cost of transporting the research team members, gifts/ incentives & honorariums, team meetings, and other recreational expenses even if they are related to the project. NOTE: the compensation to human participants has to be nominal and has to be approved by the University’s IRB and FRCAC encourages the using one of the University outlets to provide the compensation, such as gift cards to MTSU cafeteria or the book store.

RESTRICTIONS: The total funds requested may not exceed $10,000. Only the PI is eligible for the stipend. All requested expenses must comply with MTSU finance policies. Funds must be spent within the period for which it was allocated. Even if FRCAC approves

extensions, the funds may not be available because annual budgets are set by the central office. Restructuring of an approved budget is permitted only upon a written consent by FRCAC. IRB/IACUC – applicants must secure IRB/IACUC approval prior to the start date of the funds.

However, FRCAC recommends the applicants to obtain the appropriate approval before submitting their proposal because any changes or modifications recommended by IRB/IACUC must also be reviewed by FRCAC to ensure the research goals and methods for which funding is recommended did not alter by the regulatory revisions.

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FRCACF008: BUDGET & JUSTIFICATION

Part C: KEY-PERSONNEL Principal Investigator: PI Name Budge

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Provide a description on the expertise, qualifications, specific role in the study and the percentage of commitment towards the project for each member of the research team regardless whether funding is requested for the researcher or not.

PI(s) – Qualification, expertise, specific role in the proposed study and percentage of commitment

PI’s Responsibilities during the proposal period Y N Details

Teaching Commitments Other Research & Consultant Projects

Service Commitments

Co-Investigator Profile(s)Provide the Name (rank/affiliation), qualification, and expertise of each co-investigator and describe below the specific role of each co-investigator in the proposed study and his/her level of commitment. Click here to download co-investigator biosketch.

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http://www.mtsu.edu/frcac/forms/FRCAC-Co-InvestigatorBiographicalSketch.docx

FRCACF009: PI’s BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHThis biosketch corresponds only to the PI; complete a separate form for each key investigator. Do not exceed TWO pages.

Name: PI Name Position Title:

EDUCATION/TRAINING AND ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEBegin with baccalaureate or other professional education, such as nursing. Also include postdoctoral training and prior

academic/professional appointments.

Institution and LocationDegree

(if applicable) Year(s) Field of Study/Title

LIST ALL PREVIOUS/CURRENT FRCAC FUNDINGProject Title Total Budget Project Period

Must attach copies of final reports from all previous FRCAC awards

RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY List in chronological order the title, all authors and complete citation for all publications, performances and/or exhibitions during

the last five years. Earlier publications, performances and/or exhibitions may be included if pertinent to this application. Briefly describe your qualifications to successfully complete the project as proposed and current or previous funding from

FRCAC as well as other sources._________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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FRCACF009 – Biosketch (PI) Ver 1.2 Rev 08.08.2017

ENCLOSURES & ATTACHMENTS

Use this section to upload supplemental documents like price quotes, IRB/IACUC approval notices, co-investigator biographical sketches, certificates and many more. Follow these directions to upload 20 pages:

Convert the documents to an image format (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP etc.) prior to upload Each page of a PDF file can be easily converted to individual image files by using the “save as” option Once you have the image files ready, then click in the center to activate the upload dialogue box Navigate to your file location and select the image file to be uploaded Once uploaded, the images can be resized or deleted; Please note that deletion of objects cannot be undone To remove an uploaded object simply click on the object and press the delete button

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