Sponsored Activities and Research Catalyst (SPARC) Program

Goal: To support faculty in new and continuing research projects, ultimately to support follow on funding.

REDE announces the Sponsored Activities and Research Catalyst Program (SPARC) to support scholarly activities that lead to submission of competitive extramural proposals. This program will provide seed funding for projects to build the capacity to enhance and support proposal development and submission. SPARC participants will be encouraged to participate in a variety of curated professional development experiences. A SPARC writing accountability group will be facilitated by the Office of Research Development.

The program will provide up to $10,000 per project. Up to ten projects may be selected for SPARC during FY24. The funds can be used for scholarly activities including supplies, travel, participant incentives, student assistantships or other expenditures required to support the project. The budget may include up to a total of $4,000 for reassigned time and/or summer salary for up to two faculty included on each project team.

Faculty designated as either fixed-term or tenured/tenure-track are eligible for participation in this program. Startup program recipients with funding during FY23 and FY24 may not participate in this program. One goal of this program is aid faculty with limited grant experience in developing competitive extramural proposals. Thus, faculty with no funding history and/or those with few intramural awards between FY19 and FY23 will be given priority. Interdisciplinary efforts across departments (including clinical departments), schools, colleges, and/or centers/ institutes are strongly encouraged. Requests to collaborate with faculty at other institutions to prepare competitive proposals also will be considered; however, no funds will be transferred to other institutions.

Proposals are due April 3, 2023, with funds available beginning May 8, 2023. Funds can be spent in FY23 or FY24. Please review the full RFP at https://rede.ecu.edu/ora/wp-content/pv-uploads/sites/462/2019/07/SPARC-program-ECU-Spring-23.docx

Primary Submitter's Name (Last Name, First Name)*

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Primary Submitter's Email*

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Primary Submitter's Department/C&I/Office, etc.*

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Primary Submitter's Professional Title*

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Additional Faculty Team Members (Last Name, First Name)

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Name of the Primary Submitters Chair/Directors (Last name, First Name)*

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Please list titles and years of intramural grants awarded as PI since FY18-19

Please list titles and years for extramural grants awarded as PI since FY18-19.

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Upload your budget using the provided Budget Form. The Budget Form can be found at https://rede.ecu.edu/wp-content/pv-uploads/sites/383/2018/04/SPARCProgramTemplate_01.31.23-final.xlsx
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