The Research Faculty Mentor Program is a two-year mentoring program thats pair tenure-track or tenured faculty mentees with tenured faculty mentors that have an active research and creative activity agenda to promote sustained collaboration, accelerate research independence, and provide structured support for grant development and submission.
In addition to faculty collaboration, each mentoring team is paired with an ORS Pre-Award Specialist, who will:
- Help identify relevant funding opportunities
- Provide project management support throughout the year, and
- Assist in the preparation and submission of grant proposals to external agencies, such as: Department of Energy, Illinois Arts Council, Institute of Education Sciences, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation.
Program Goals:
- Adding mentees as senior key personnel on proposals.
- Assisting mentees in submitting proposals as Lead PI.
- Co-authoring publications.
- Integrating mentees into writing groups.
- Expanding publishing networks through faculty connections.