MANRESA PROJECT  MARQUETTE  UNIVERSITY  

                                 Manresa Research/Writing Award

                                         Proposal  Date:  March 2008                           

                               Deadline for Proposals: May 5, 2008     

CONTENTS___________________________________

 

RESEARCH/WRITING AWARD______________________

 The Manresa Project announces an awards program designed to encourage research and writing about vocation in a variety of disciplines and professions by providing seed money for travel, materials, research, and writing.  Many faculty members have had positive experiences teaching courses using Manresa themes and questions.  Their prompting and the hope of the Manresa Project to expand discovery about vocation, service, moral and ethical behavior, meaning and purpose across the disciplines have sparked this opportunity for research and writing.  So we pose these questions: 

 

 

We want you to do some scholarly thinking, research and reflection about: 

  

ELIGIBILITY_____________________________________

Full and part-time faculty who are returning to Marquette for the next academic year, are invited to apply for Manresa Research/Writing Awards to:      

               

This award is not restricted to previous recipients of a Manresa Award.  

GRANT AWARD___________________________________

Faculty who develop an approved research project/proposal or write an article, or book including vocation/or issues of faith, service, morality, and/or justice will receive $2,000.  All awards will be issued through the university payroll system in salary dollars. Payment will be $1,000 at the time of the announcement of the award and $1,000 at the time the research project/proposal is developed/completed or when documentation is submitted related to publication.   

RECIPIENT EXPECTATIONS__________________________

If granted, award recipients will be expected to: 

  

EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH/WRITING GRANTS____________

We invite you to consider a research or a writing project to address these concerns but not limited to them: 

  

FORMAT  ________________________________________

YOUR PROPOSAL NARRATIVE MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS IN THIS ORDER.   CLEARLY IDENTIFY IN YOUR PROPOSAL EACH OF THE FOUR HEADINGS.  YOUR PROPOSAL IS LIMITED TO FOUR PAGES. 

  

APPLICATION PROCEDURES___________________________   

Applicant must submit five copies of the following materials: 

  1. The completed and signed application form (see attached)  
  2. An abstract of 150 words or less 
  3. A statement indicating why you are the person for this effort 
  4. The proposal narrative.  A narrative that describes the research/writing, identifies vocation (and/or the intersection with Catholic Jesuit mission in higher education). The narrative should be no more than four pages in 11-point type with 1-inch margins.   

   

Submit all application documents by May 5, 2008 to:    

 

Manresa Award Selection Board 

The Manresa Project  707 Building, Room 332 

   

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Manresa Project  Research/Writing Award  

Proposal Application 2008   

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Please check all that apply.        Tenured faculty        Non-tenured faculty        Non-tenured track faculty        Full-time faculty        Part-time faculty        Other _______________________________________________ 

Signature of the Applicant(s) ________________________  Date _____ 

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Signature of chair or program director:   __________________________  Date _____

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