The Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Broadening Participation in STEM (LSMRCE) announces
the launch of its LSMRCE Collaborative Broadening Participation Research Mini-Grants Program to support broadening participation
research collaboration at LSMRCE-affiliated colleges and universities.
The LSMRCE Collaborative BP Research Mini-Grants program was developed to support faculty at LSMRCE-affiliated colleges
and universities partner with BP researchers to conduct timely, relevant broadening participation research that may add to the broader BP literature,
improve experiences for historically underrepresented populations in STEM locally, or allow for the testing of BP interventions across multiple institutions, to name a few.
Purpose
LSMRCE Broadening Participation Research Mini-Grants Program seeks to support STEM faculty at non-LSAMP campuses
engage in social science research that investigates locally important broadening participation issues.
Qualifications of Applicant
The primary applicant must be:
- A PI-eligible faculty or staff member at an LSMRCE-affiliated college or university
- Planning to conduct collaborative broadening participation research
Collaborating co-principal investigator should be identified in the application.
Priority will be given to collaborative partnerships that demonstrate the inclusion of a social science researcher.
Qualification of Research
The proposed research study must be:
- Be conducted over the 18-month award duration
- Focus on relevant broadening participation in STEM concern
- Include social science research methods/methodology
Award Amounts and Duration
All LSMRCE Broadening Participation Research Mini-Grants are for $5,000, with $2,500 available each academic year of the award.
Access to the second $2,500 amount is contingent upon demonstration of satisfactory progress. Awards will be for two sequential academic years (i.e., 2021-2022 and 2022-2023).
Number of Awards
LSMRCE anticipates making three (3) $5,000 awards during the 2019-2020 academic year and four (4) $5,000 awards during 2020-2021 academic year.
Grant Requirements
- Please refer to https://go.osu.edu/lsmrce-minigrant-overview for all the application requirements.
- Funding will only be released to your institution after a receipt of a completed payment agreement with Chicago State University.
- All grantees are required to submit an interim project report demonstrating satisfactory progress near the conclusion of year one of funding to initiate the release of year two funds.
- All grantees must submit a copy of institution-approved IRB application by the time the interim project report is submitted.
Timeline and Due Dates
- August 2022 Cohort 4 application window opens
- October 28-30 Cohort 2 & 3 (awarded in 2020, 2021 respectively) present at the LSMRCE conference
- November 4, 2022 Cohort 4 applications due
- November 18, 2022 4 awardee notifications
- May 31, 2023 Interim report due for cohort 4 (awarded in 2022)
- May 31, 2023 Final report due for cohort 3 (awarded in 2021)
- May 31, 2024 Final report due for cohort 4 (awarded in 2022)
- October 2024 Cohort 3 & 4 present at the LSMRCE conference
Submission Guidelines
Proposals will be submitted via Qualtrics portal.
Once the application is live, you can submit by visiting
https://go.osu.edu/lsmrce-minigrant.
Applications must be received by November 8, 2021.
