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PROGRAM CALENDAR FY 2008

October 5, 2007	Request for proposals
December 3, 2007	Proposal deadline: due by 4.45 p.m. CST
December 5, 2007	Proposals sent to Committee
December 10, 2007	Committee meets to select proposals
December 14, 2007	Awardee(s) notified by Email
January 1, 2008	Fellowship starts

Proposal Development

Approximately $1600 is available for competitive distribution to fund this program in FY 2008

Students may submit only one application. This will be considered for both the above fellowships.
Proposals are solicited from NUFS graduate students to fund research in the following disciplines: nutrition, food science, and hotel & restaurant management.
The objective of this program is to encourage innovative research, enhance critical thinking, and develop grant writing skills.
Proposals need to be developed with the concurrence of the graduate student’s Major Professor.
Proposals will not be accepted from individuals who have previously held a Malone Zallen endowment.
It is anticipated that TWO proposals will be funded for FY 2008.

Approximately $1,600 is available for competitive distribution to fund this program in FY 2008

Proposal Format

The required format for the proposal is given below:

Margin: 1 inch - top, bottom, left, right;
Minimum font size - 11 points;
Double spaced, single sided 8.5 x 11 inch pages;
Limited to a maximum of three (3) pages excluding the cover page and budget page.

The proposal text should contain the following items:

Budget

Budget: one-half to one page simple budget; Budgets shall not include indirect costs.

Supplies	$
Travel (excluding conferences, meetings etc.,)	$
Equipment	$
Other (specify)	$
Total Project Costs	$

Checklist of items that need to be submitted:

Cover Page – 1 page limit with required signatures (available for download PDF Version);
Proposal – 3 page limit;
Budget page;
Student curriculum vitae including average GPA standing.

Proposal Deadline

Proposals must be submitted both electronically and in hardcopy format (signatures required only on hardcopy) no later than 4:45 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007 to Ms. Alicia Pugh, Administrative Assistant, 101 Poultry Science Building.
Electronic proposals should be sent to Ms. Alicia Pugh as an e-mail attachment at pughali@auburn.edu.

Files must be saved as a single Adobe PDF file

PROPOSALS WHICH DO NOT FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES/FORMAT WILL BE RETURNED UNREVIEWED

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