Graduate Research Assistantships to Support Faculty Research

Overview

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will make available 8 Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) awards to support faculty research across all College disciplines in 2024- 2025.  These awards are intended to support high impact faculty research projects that elevate the research profile of the unit.

Each individual award provides for a 9-month, non-renewable .50 GRA appointment with a salary of $21,000.  Resident rate tuition of 9 hours per semester and all required fees will be provided.  Additional credit hours (up to 12 per semester) may be covered if such enrollment is required by the program and necessary to maintain degree progress.  Awards are made to an individual faculty member, who may then select the GRA recipient from among eligible doctoral students.  Awards must be used for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 (8/18/24-5/16/25).  Single semester and/or summer awards are not allowable. 

Call for Nominations

Eligibility 

The faculty member must be tenured or tenure-track in any College department or program.

Requirements

• Provide a 1-2 page proposal that clearly articulates:
  1. the nature of the work the GRA will conduct
  2. how the support of the GRA position will serve as a catalyst to advance the faculty member’s scholarship in a specific way (e.g. prep for award submission, submit a book or paper for publication, complete a creative project, etc.)
  3. their commitment to follow through with their proposed project
• Proposal should include a brief statement from applicant’s department chair supporting the application with chair’s signature.
• Agree to award the GRA to an advanced doctoral student in good academic standing.
• Agree to prepare and submit a mentoring plan for the GRA. (A template will be provided.)
• Agree to submit a brief report to the Executive Dean’s office upon completion of the project, detailing progress made.

Priority Allocation

A committee appointed by the Executive Dean will determine the allocation of awards using the following priorities:

• The GRA will make a significant impact on research progress, either through the research the GRA is conducting, or by relieving the faculty member’s time in a defined way.
• The proposed project will contribute to the development of the doctoral student’s research skills broadly defined (i.e. the research conducted by the GRA is not required to contribute to the student’s dissertation or degree progress).
• Collaborative and interdisciplinary research is encouraged, but not required.
• In cases where the GRA is to support the submission of an external award application, the award being applied for is:
  • highly competitive and sufficient to support sustained research activity.
  • includes some form of support for graduate students (if allowable by the funding agency).   

Application

Faculty who wish to apply must apply using the online application form no later than noon (12:00 pm) on Friday, April 12, 2024.   

Questions?  Please contact coga@ku.edu.