Rationale.

The College of Business is committed to the continuing professional development of its faculty. One way in which the College supports this development is through its Summer Grants program, which provides additional compensation to faculty to complete summer projects in support of the College's mission:

1. Assist faculty to prepare scholarly publications. In general, the College seeks to fund proposals that address our mission. However, proposals to support theoretical research are also encouraged. In either case, the emphasis is on research that will lead to publication with widespread dissemination. Such publications should identify the author as a faculty member in the College of Business at San José State University. Projects whose end product will be a conference presentation or proceeding are discouraged.
2. Assist faculty to improve instruction and/or curriculum. In this category, we welcome proposals that develop innovative curriculum or disseminate new instructional methods.

Eligibility.

Preference will be given to full-time probationary or tenured faculty members. However, full-time temporary faculty may also be eligible if they are best qualified to complete a project of benefit to the College. To be eligible for a summer grant, applicants must be continuing their employment in the College in the following fall; a recipient who accepts a summer grant but who does not return in the fall may be required to repay the grant. Applicants must be free of CSU-related employment for at least one of the six-week summer sessions so that adequate time can be devoted to grant work. Faculty who received summer grants in the past three years for which they did not submit the promised deliverables are ineligible.
 
 

Submission Process.

Proposals may not exceed three, single-spaced pages. All proposals must provide the following:

• Project title, category (research, curriculum, or special), and rationale (i.e., how your project supports the College's mission).
• Discussion of methodology or major project activities.
• Timetable (some projects may extend into Fall semester).
• Description and expected submission date of project deliverables.
• Research Grants Only: Intended outlet for publication of research product.
• Curriculum Grants Only: Methods of (1) assessing the product and (2) disseminating results to CoB faculty.

• The years and a brief description of the deliverables of each funded summer grant in the past five years. No vita is required.
• Other CSU-related obligations during the summer (e.g., summer or off-campus course assignments, other research grants, faculty internships, administrative assignments, etc.)

Review Committee.

Two review subcommittees will be appointed by the associate deans: one to review research proposals, and one to review curricular and special proposals. The membership of these committees will be drawn from the elected college-level committees (R&D, C2I2, PD&I, and Assessment) plus the department chairs. Ideally, faculty who have submitted a proposal should not serve on either subcommittee. However, at minimum, those who have submitted a proposal will not be assigned to the subcommittee evaluating their category of proposal (e.g., someone submitting a research proposal may be assigned to the curriculum/special review committee).
 
 

Evaluation Criteria.

Different criteria are used for evaluating research proposals versus curriculum proposals. All proposals will first be evaluated for acceptability (i.e., clarity of purpose, likelihood of completion) and extent to which the proposal supports the college mission, e.g., applied, multi-disciplinary, collaborative. Proposed projects that have received or are likely to receive funding from external sources will be assigned a lower priority than those that do not have this funding. If faculty submit a proposal that has received or will receive such funding (e.g., CSU Research or Faculty Development Grant, publisher's grant or advance, royalties, consulting fees, etc.), they should disclose this support in their proposals.

Research proposals will be evaluated using the following additional criteria:

• The proposed deliverable's contribution to the field.
• The breadth of the intended audience
• The relevance of the research outcome to improving the effectiveness/competitiveness of organization and/or managers.

• Feasibility of implementation: Proposals that provide a realistic timeframe/ implement-ation plan and are strongly supported (e.g., by a curriculum committee or other faculty group) will receive the committee's highest priority.
• Assessment plan: Proposals that provide a brief but well-articulated assessment plan will be given preference.

• Faculty who have maintained a consistently successful record of publication of their prior research.
• Tenure-track faculty.
• Faculty who had a previously acceptable proposal but did not receive funds due to a limited allocation