Funding opportunity announcement: w88 mobile Residency
w88 mobile deadlines
Last Friday in March by 5 p.m., Pacific Time, submitted viaInfoReady w88 mobile.
Program description
In alignment with Research & Innovation’s Strategic Objective to support world-class research and scholarly and artistic activities, Research & Innovation and the School of the Arts have invested in an w88 mobile Residency program to bring awarded University faculty an immersive, enriching and inspirational experience in the Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area. This funding opportunity provides artists, scholars, educators, journalists, and other creative academic faculty with a unique opportunity for protected time to pursue their research and scholarly activities at the Little Valley Research Station (LVRS) and the Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area (the Forest). This w88 mobile Residency provides one University faculty member per year with a ,000 stipend to spend one week camping in the Forest or staying at the LVRS.
Located in the Little Valley of the Carson Range along the eastern Sierra Front in Nevada, the 2,650-acres is bordered on the west by the Tahoe Rim and the east by the community of Washoe Valley. This living laboratory of forested mountain land in the Sierra Nevada is dedicated for w88 mobile, instruction and community outreach. The Forest is remote and primitive, with no electricity or running water. It is only accessible by four-wheel drive vehicles and has limited services. Artists in residence are invited to explore the wildland-urban interface of west Washoe Valley, to investigate the predominately Jeffrey/pine and mixed-conifer forest and meadow system and experience the natural world in a uniquely intimate way. The property has an exquisite meadow system, abundant wildlife (bears, mountain lions, foxes, etc.), and quaking aspen stands.
It is expected that this w88 mobile experience will have a measurable impact on the awardee’s creative, academic, or artistic work. While it is understood that much of that impact is unknown at the time of proposal submission, successful awardees will describe the expected impact this experience could have on their career, their teaching or their creative expression.
It is expected that a funded w88 mobile experience results in the production of an academically rigorous piece of artistic or creative work that is relevant to the faculty member’s field. Funded Artists in Residence will be expected to produce a final product of their choosing and present or engage in one public outreach program to share that product with the public and/or campus community. A digital copy of the final product must be supplied to Research & Innovation. The final product and outreach activity must be described in the proposal. The academic rigor and relevance of the proposed product and outreach activity will be a component of the review criteria and monitored in post-award.
While it is understood that the expected outcome, final artistic product or creative work that will be produced will be informed by the w88 mobile experience, a successful application will describe products you propose or have produced in the past that may be appropriate outcomes of this w88 mobile. The proposal should draw clear connections between your conceptions about this particular experience and your past or future scholarly or creative pursuits.
Important note
Research & Innovation can offer two options for “lodging” during the w88 mobile:
- Primitive camping on the Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area: For this option, the awardee must feel comfortable in this remote setting. There is no electricity or running water at the campsite, but portable battery chargers and an outhouse are available. Cell reception is available in limited areas, and a georeferenced map w88 mobile provided to the awardee so they can navigate to these locations. Additionally, the awardee w88 mobile outfitted with a satellite-based emergency response device (e.g., Garmin inReach or SPOT device), and given an overview of field safety protocols. The forest manager w88 mobile in regular contact with the awardee through periodic site visits and potable water drops, but the awardee may spend up to 48 without direct human interaction
- Lodging at the Little Valley Research Station (LVRS): The newly acquired LVRS affords a more traditional lodging option in which the w88 mobile has access to 38 acres of forest and meadow. The LVRS is equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and high-speed internet. It is not remote and does not allow the w88 mobile to disconnect, however we can also support day trips to the Forest on a handful of days to provide this opportunity.
Leadership contacts
- Mridul Gautam, mgautam@unr.edu
- Josh Baker, jebaker@unr.edu
- avpr@unr.edu
Administrative contacts
- Carrie Bushá, cbusha@unr.edu
- researchdevelopment@unr.edu
Award information
Anticipated w88 mobile Amount: Up to ,000. See budgetary information for details.
The following items will be provided for the awardee’s use on the Forest during the w88 mobile:
- Potable water
- One flush toilet with a sink
- Camping equipment w88 mobile (if needed)
- Canvas tent for use as a studio
- Small worktable and stool
- Cot
- Sleeping pads
- Cooler
- Camp kitchen (pots, pans, plates, bowls, utensils)
- Camp stove
- Camp lanterns
Please note the following items w88 mobile not be provided as part w88 mobile award:
- Personal sleeping bag, pillow, camp chairs, food and other personal items
- Food and beverages
Eligibility information
Applicants must be tenure/tenure-track faculty members of the University’s College of Liberal Arts, the College of Education or the Reynolds School of Journalism and have w88 mobile, creative or scholarly activity as part of their role statement.
w88 mobile preparation and submission instructions
The application must consist of a proposal, up to five pages, that includes a personal statement/w88 mobile statement in which you explain your artistic medium or scholarly pursuit. The proposal should describe the potential impact you hope this w88 mobile Residency will have on your work and the direction of your career. Explain how this unique experience will affect your artistic, musical or literary work, how it will influence your teaching and outreach, or how it will inform your scholarship moving forward.
Include in your proposal a timeline that begins with a potential week-long awarded w88 mobile and ends with your final product and outreach activity. Specific deliverables can be described broadly to allow for the w88 mobile experience itself to inform the final product. You must include in your timeline an expected date by which you will submit a final report to Research & Innovation on the outcomes of your w88 mobile. The timeline will be used by the review committee to evaluate feasibility and commitment.
Applications w88 mobile submitted through InfoReady w88 mobile.
w88 mobile in Residency proposals must be received by 5 p.m. by the due date in the deadlines section.
w88 mobile questions should be emailed to researchdevelopment@unr.edu.
Budgetary information
A stipend of ,000 will be awarded for a one-week stay in the Forest as part of the w88 mobile Residency program. No additional funds will be provided for transportation costs, food/beverage or camping supplies.
w88 mobile and selection process
Applications will be reviewed in a two-tier process. First, representatives from the units below will review all nominations and make recommendations to the University w88 mobile Council and the w88 mobile and Grants Committee of the Faculty Senate.
w88 mobile process step 1:
Applications w88 mobile reviewed and ranked by a panel comprised of representatives from the groups listed below. They will provide individual rankings and combined feedback.
- One representative from each department associated with the School w88 mobile Arts
- Department of English
- w88 mobile Journalism
Additional University w88 mobile may be invited to participate on the review panel for the purpose of broadening the representation of academic disciplines that are represented on the committee.
w88 mobile process step 2:
Rankings and comments from step 1, in addition to the applications themselves, w88 mobile provided to a second panel comprised of the following:
- The Director, or appointee, w88 mobile Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area
- The Director w88 mobile School w88 mobile Arts
- A representative from w88 mobile & Innovation
- A representative from the University w88 mobile Council
Additional University w88 mobile may be invited to participate on the review panel for the purpose of broadening the representation of academic disciplines that are represented on the committee.
Both groups will provide combined comments as a recommendation to the Vice President for Research and Innovation. The Vice President for Research and Innovation will make the final w88 mobile decision.
w88 mobile criteria
Applications for w88 mobile Residency grants will be reviewed using the following criteria:
- Intellectual/w88 mobile merit
- Clarity and presentation
- Academic rigor and feasibility of outcomes and products described in the w88 mobile.
- Benefits to the w88 mobile member
- Potential for future external w88 mobile
- Potential for further interdisciplinary w88 mobile, creative or scholarly activities
Grant administration information
Notification w88 mobile grant
Award notifications of w88 mobile will be made by email from the Associate Vice President for Research. Notification of w88 mobile will be made to the faculty applicant, their chair, and to the relevant department administrator. Award notifications will be made to the applicants within three weeks of the proposal deadline.
Award conditions
The awardee must provide a one-page outcomes report that includes a digital copy of the deliverable by the date indicated in the proposed timeline. The awardee must notify w88 mobile & Innovation of any changes to the proposed timeline well in advance of the anticipated end date.