Faculty are encouraged to apply for institutional grants to support their research, professional travel, or teaching related expenses in several ways listed in this section. If a faculty member is awarded a grant, the faculty member may be given a stipend, Stonehill may pay for expenses from their grant award account or be reimbursed following institutional financial policies and guidelines.
Expenses such as travel, research materials, and memberships can either be reimbursed or paid through Stonehill or by requesting a cash advance. All expenses require original receipts.
Professors of Practice, Visiting Professors, and Laboratory Instructor & Coordinators are not eligible for Research, Writing & Artistic Production Grants and publishing support funds. They are eligible to apply for the Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE). They also are eligible for annual Faculty Development Funds and may apply for Seminar/Institute Grants and grants sponsored by CETL. Non-tenure track faculty must be current in their Faculty Review cycles in order to apply for the above-mentioned internal grants, unless a Faculty Review Cycle Waiver has been approved by the Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Requests are made by submitting the Request for Faculty Review Cycle Waiver form available in the Resources for Academic Program Leadership section of the Academic Affairs myHill page.
Professional Support Grants
Annually, Stonehill College awards grants to individuals or groups of faculty members for Research, Writing & Artistic Production and Seminar/Institute Support. These grants are competitive in nature. Information on the application and evaluation process for both Grants can be found in the Application for Faculty Grants and Internal Funding Sources section of the Academic Affairs myHill page. Applications for externally funded grants and/or contracts must be submitted through the Office of Sponsored Research, Grants & Projects, for more information, see Chapter 4.
Publishing Support Grants are available to help subsidize the cost of publication for scholarly works (e.g., page charges, indexing, editing). Limited funds are available. Application is made to the appropriate Dean; there is no specific deadline.
Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
The Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program provides an opportunity for students who have completed their first year at Stonehill to conduct significant, publishable full-time research under the guidance of, and in collaboration with, a full-time faculty member for either eight or 10 weeks during the summer. The experience, available in all disciplines, helps to solidify and define students’ career choices, both through graduate school decisions and in post-college employment. All SURE Scholars and faculty mentors receive a stipend for their participation in the Program. SURE benefits faculty by providing them with research assistance on their scholarship, as well as the opportunity to work more closely with their students. SURE applications are submitted jointly by the student and the faculty mentor and are due the third Monday in December with notification made by mid-February. The SURE Program is administered by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Operations. For more information, visit the SURE myHill page.
For additional faculty grants funded by Stonehill, see the Applications for Faculty Grants and Internal Funding Sources section of the Academic Affairs myHill page.