Internal Research Support

1. Departmental: Contact Department Head/Chair
   1. Departmental ICRE
      1. 1. Cost-share commitments
      2. Start-UP
   2. Departmental Budgets 
   3. Lab Fee (Instructional Development Activities)
2. College of Sciences and Mathematics: Contact Associate Dean for Research
   1. Dean Research Initiative (DRI)
      1. $5k max
      2. Cost-Share required
      3. "Seed" Research Activities
      4. Non-tenured Faculty encouraged
      5. Call for proposals, fall odd years
      6. Only one award per faculty member
   2. Associate Dean's Discretionary Funds
      1. Small Scale Assistance (<$1k) for special needs
      2. Travel, Page Charges, etc.
      3. Cost-share encouraged
   3. COSAM Indirect Cost Recovery Funds (ICRE)
      1. Primarily used to support cost-share
      2. Formula funded (1:1:1) - department: college: VPR
   4. COSAM Travel Fund: Contact COSAM Travel Committee
      1. Amount <$500
      2. Limit one award per year
      3. Bi-annual call
   5. Truelove Undergraduate Scholarships
      1. Support for Undergraduate Research Projects in Life Sciences
      2. Coordinator and Contact - Bob Boyd, Biological Sciences
      3. May apply at any time
3. Office of the Vice President for Research: Contact Carl Pinkert, AUPR (pinkeca@auburn.edu)
   1. Competitive RGI
      1. Amount $3k-10k
      2. Cost Share required above $3k
      3. Non-tenured Faculty encouraged
      4. Proposals Due in January
   2. Mentor Program
      1. Amount <$3k
      2. Annual
      3. Proposals due fall
   3. Small Equipment Grant Program
      1. Amount $1-5k
      2. Cost Share required above $1k, 1:1 MATCH
      3. Proposals due fall
   4. Biogrants Program
      1. Amount $25-85k for 2 years
      2. Possible one year extension
      3. External Matching Funds encouraged
      4. Exploratory Research to support competitive proposal development
   5. Undergraduate Research Fellowships
      1. Seven per year: competitive application process
      2. Roughly $6k/year funding (stipend for student and research support)
      3. Applications due in fall
   6. Oak Ridge Associated University- Faculty Grant Program
      1. Non-tenured faculty
      2. $10-20k
      3. Three applicants per campus
4. AU Space Grant Program: Contact David Beale (bealedg@auburn.edu)
   1. Two graduate Fellowships per year $20k each
   2. Six undergraduate scholarships per year ($1k each)
5. Miss/AL Sea Grant: Contact Barry-Costa Pierce, Director (Bep@seahorse.ims.usm.edu)
   1. Support Marine-related research
   2. Fellowships available
6. AU-CMB: Contact: cmb@auburn.edu
   1. Peak program to support cellular & molecular biosciences
   2. Six graduate Fellowships per year $18K each
   3. Summer undergraduate scholarships ($3k each)