Large-Scale Collaborative Research, Teaching, and/or Public Projects

We invite proposals from groups of three or more faculty members and graduate students from various departments to pursue extended crossdisciplinary collaborative projects (normally year-long projects, but also for one or two quarters, or possibly for a multi-year period). While it is hoped that such collaborative projects will involve three dimensions (research, teaching, and public events designed to engage members of the greater Seattle community), this is not a requirement. Collaborative projects may grow out of the work of a crossdisciplinary research cluster. They might include a series of linked courses over the academic year that addresses a subject across disciplines, along with a series of public lectures open to the community. Or they can be organized around a humanities graduate seminar (HUM 596) focusing on the subject of the seminar. If the project is explicitly designed to foster research, it is essential to note the form of the completed research (an edited book, a website, etc.). Faculty undertaking particularly complex projects will receive support in released time or summer salary.

Application

Submit the following as one document:

1. A proposal that explains the project and its significance, and outlines the project’s plans for development, conduct, and publication or dissemination (if appropriate). 
   
   
2. A budget that detail expenses such as faculty buyouts, stipends or honoraria, travel, accommodations, hospitality, promotional materials such as posters or postcards, office or instructional supplies, printing, copying, postage costs, and facilities rentals.
   
   Please note that proposals that require faculty buyouts must be submitted in the fall.
   
   
3. Curriculum vita(e) for the organizer(s) (maximum five pages per person).

Checklist

• Proposal cover sheet (print out and submit to your departmental chair and administrator/fiscal specialist for signatures, return signed hard copy to the Simpson Center)
  (PDF and Word versions available shortly)
  
  
• Complete a brief Catalyst survey. This contains the same information as the paper cover sheet: www.simpsoncenter.org/coversheet
  
  
• Upload project description, including budget and curriculum vita(e) as single Word or PDF document. www.simpsoncenter.org/application
  

Assistance

Assistance using Catalyst Tools is available on the Catalyst Website.

Simpson Center Funding Deadlines and Procedures