1. Incentive Programs Rich Holdren & Debbie Delmore October 23, 2014

2. Incentive Programs Faculty Release Time ◦oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/frt.htm General Research Fund ◦oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/grf.htm Research Equipment ◦oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/rerf.htm Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity ◦oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/urisc.htm New Faculty Orientation

3. Faculty Release Time (FRT) oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/frt.htm Goal: Goal: Faculty time to develop scholarship Focus: Focus: Junior faculty/ faculty making major shifts in focus Funds: Funds: Average $5,000 + Varies by department and college Limits: Limits: One course, for one quarter per year New Faculty Orientation

4. General Research Fund (GRF) oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/grf.htm Goal: Goal: Seed funding / bridge funding multidisciplinary initiatives Focus: Focus: Young investigators, but open to all Funds: Funds: $10,000 maximum Limits: Limits: No extant RO start-up funding; only once every 24 months

5. New Faculty Orientation Research Equipment Reserve Fund (RERF) http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/rerf.htm Goal: Goal: To acquire, modernize, repair or improve capital equipment Focus: Focus: Safety first, multi-user equipment generally not smaller items Limits: Limits: No desktop computers or software; Value must be > $10,000 Limitations on fabricated equipment Requires matching funds

6. New Faculty Orientation Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/urisc.htm Goal: Goal: Involve undergraduate students in the scholarly enterprise Focus: Focus: Student initiated, student written projects Limits: Limits: One academic year & one summer award per student Matching funds required for summer program

7. New Faculty Orientation Decision Process FRT: FRT: Decisions made by the VPR GRF and RERF: GRF and RERF: Research Council makes recommendations to the VPR URISC: URISC: Select faculty committee makes recommendations to the AVPR

8. New Faculty Orientation QUESTIONS ?? Contact information: Rich Holdren 7-8390 Debbie Delmore 7-8390