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Large Program Development (LPD) funds are awarded to cohorts of faculty for research that is not yet supported by organized or directed programs. The intent of the LPD is to stimulate new, major, transdisciplinary, extramurally-funded research programs by supporting multidisciplinary teams to work together for an extended period of time. The LPDs are intended to identify new research cores at OSU and to generate research that advances SP3.0. LPDs are normally expected to run for 2 years, and so are most appropriate for development of emerging research opportunities. In some cases, a federal or international RFP for the topic may not yet exist, but is envisioned.
Faculty are only allowed to be part of one LPD at any given time, and may be part of only one submission per solicitation.
Professorial faculty at any rank are eligible to serve as Principal Investigator. The proposal must include a co-PI who is a faculty member in another college, and who must hold a faculty rank. Other faculty, Research Associates, Postdoctoral Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows, Courtesy Faculty, and students are eligible to serve on the team.
Proposals should be submitted by the PI and at least one co-PI. The maximum number of PIs and co-PIs is three. Others may be involved in the research, but the three PI/co-PIs will be responsible for the deliverables.
New faculty with uncommitted start-up funds are not eligible to act as lead PI. However, participation by new faculty as a co-I is welcome.
Investigators may receive an award from the LPD program only one time in a 36-month period. Prior funding from the Small Grants (SG), General Research Fund (GRF), or Faculty Release Time (FRT) does not affect eligibility.
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Large Program Development |
Anticipated Funding |
Number of Awards (approximate) |
Range of Award Amounts |
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LPD |
$160,000 |
Two each year |
Approximately $35,000 per year for two years. |
Applicants will be notified via email of award decisions.
Matching funds are encouraged but not required. To the extent that matching funds give the proposed plan a greater chance of success, matching funds are an advantage.
The Research Office will accept one resubmittal of a previously unfunded proposal. The proposal will be deemed a resubmittal if the PI or any co-PIs propose the same or substantially similar research or if a substantially similar proposal comes from members of the same team. Resubmitted proposals must be accompanied by a letter, not to exceed one page, explaining how the reviewers' comments from the previous submission have been addressed.
Budget items eligible for support
Budget items ineligible for support
If the proposal involves active engagement of activities requiring compliance oversight, it is the responsibility of the Investigator to obtain approval from the appropriate compliance committee(s) prior to the initiation of the research project. Please allow sufficient time for the review and approval process which could take up to ten weeks.
The Research Office reviews all proposals for eligibility. Those requests that qualify are generally reviewed by the Research Council, which may elect to have others review the proposal (possibly including individuals suggested by the Investigator from Oregon State University). The Research Council will provide a prioritized list of recommendations for funding to the Associate Vice President for Research, based on the quality of the proposals as reflected in the evaluation criteria. The Associate Vice President for Research will make all final award decisions based on the recommendations and available funds.
Incomplete proposals or proposals not following the guidelines and format instructions (including page limits, spacing, font size, and margins) will not be reviewed.
Proposals may be reviewed both by knowledgeable colleagues and by members of the Research Council. Reviewers will be asked to provide a summary recommendation for each proposal consisting of:
Funding decisions will be made by the Associate Vice President for Research.
Review criteria are in the table below.
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Criteria |
Comments |
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Merit |
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Facilities and Administration (F&A) costs |
Proposals must show a viable path to fully-overheaded (at 47%) extramural grants. |
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Project team |
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Quality of plan, including milestones. |
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Other desirable criteria include the following.
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While the ideal project would involve some of these, it is recognized that the funding level is modest and not every other desirable goal can be achieved. Some goals may be achieved later while others are achieved earlier. |
Incomplete proposals or proposals not following the guidelines and format instructions (including page limits, spacing, font size, and margins) will not be considered for funding.
Award recipients and anyone funded by the program are required to present at a campus research forum to be held in the spring of each year of funding.
Award recipients (PIs) are required to submit a final report60 days after completion of the project.
This final report will be posted on the Research Office website and will be archived such that future applicants and awardees will be able to access it as a source of reference. If there is a valid reason for not wanting the final report posted on the website, submit the justification (limit one page).
Award recipients (Investigators) who fail to submit the required final report will be ineligible to receive future funding from the Research Office Incentive Programs.
The final report shall contain the following information:
Submit the final report electronically to Research Office Incentive Programs at Incentive.Programs@oregonstate.edu.
Contact Research Office Incentive Programs at: Incentive.Programs@oregonstate.edu
