Type of Support

Research Scholar Status: Typically, Research Scholars will receive :

• A 0-time non-tenure-track appointment in the academic unit of his or her discipline and/or the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
• The privilege of applying for external support through the University, which could include salary for the scholar
• The privilege of applying to the Research Board for funding of their research efforts of up to $10,000 during the lifetime of their appointment as a Research Scholar
• Full faculty library privileges
• An electronic mail account
• Research support services, such as clerical help, consistent with the level of indirect costs recovered through external support
• The privilege of using University letterhead with either the departmental or Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research designation
• Campus mail service, including a mailbox located in the endorsing department
• Telephone service (messages and routing of calls)
• Space, to the extent it can be negotiated
• A staff identification card and associated privileges
• Faculty-staff parking privileges
• Orientation and materials provided to new academic staff

Please note that Research Scholar status carries no commitment on the part of the endorsing unit or the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for a future appointment to the UIUC faculty or staff.

Research Board Grant: A Research Scholar is eligible to apply for support of their research of up to $10,000 during the lifetime of their appointment as a Research Scholar. An application for a grant may be made at any regular Research Board deadline. Awards from the Research Board are mainly in the form of research assistantships, equipment, extraordinary supplies and other research expenses, publication subventions, and travel to research sites. Requests for other types of support may be considered if the request represents a critical research need or an important opportunity. Prior consultation with the Executive Secretary of the Research Board is advised for requests for unusual types of support.

Scholars' Travel Fund: Research Scholars are also eligible to apply for Scholars' Travel Fund awards using the criteria and deadlines of that program. Funds awarded are applied to the total maximum of $10,000 for which Scholars are eligible.

Types of Support not Normally Funded: The Research Board has identified certain types of support which it does not fund except in extraordinary circumstances. These include:

• Faculty salaries
• Full-time appointments of any kind
• Post-doctoral research associates
• Research technicians
• Computer programmers, except where the primary focus of the research is programming and the programmer is integrally involved in research
• Graduate research assistantship appointments for greater than 50% time, more than two months in the summer session, or persons not currently enrolled as graduate students at UIUC during the academic year
• Ordinary research supplies and materials of the kind usually available in departmental laboratories, storerooms, and libraries
• Travel to meetings and symposia
• Principal sabbatical leave destinations
• Travel for graduate students
• Page charges for publication of research articles
• Book publication subventions for non-refereed or commercial press
• Preparation of an index for a publication
• Funds for computer time on UIUC computers
• Database creation from existing data
• Dissertation project research costs which are not clearly also faculty research costs
• Construction and remodeling of facilities
• Equipment maintenance costs
• Non-research costs.
  

 

Contact Information:

Executive Secretary of the Research Board

408 Swanlund Administration Building
(217) 333-0030