Financial Incentive Program for Grant Proposals

The Research and Grants Center will provide, on a trial basis, financial incentives for those faculty and unclassified staff who submit to the Research and Grants Center a competitive grant proposal which has been submitted to an off-campus grant agency.  This program is a joint effort between the President's Office and the Research and Grants Center.

Criteria for developing and submitting a grant proposal for the incentive stipend are as follows:

  •  To be eligible for an incentive stipend, faculty and unclassified staff must submit to the Research & Grants Center a competitive grant proposal to be submitted to an off-campus grant agency.  This excludes pre-proposals and letters of intent, individual fellowships and grants, non-competitive renewals, and non-competitive contracts and sub-awards.  
  • Applicants may receive the incentive stipend for only two proposals each fiscal year.
  • Applicants for the incentive stipend must follow existing proposal submission guidelines and policies as set forth by the Research & Grants Center.
  • Incentive stipends will be awarded according to the sliding scale below.*
  • Co-principal investigators will split the stipend amount. 
  • Incentive stipend dollars will be placed in a restricted user account within the department to be used for professional development activities.                                                                            

Grant Proposal Amount*

Incentive Stipend Amount

  $5,000 - $24,999  

$500

  $25,000 - $49,999     

$750

  $50,000 - $99,999

$1,000

  $100,000 - $149,999

$1,250

  $150,000 -   

$1,500

*If a proposed grant budget includes indirect costs, the applicant will receive an additional $500.