Auburn University
Auburn University
Auburn University

Competitive Graduate Research Fellowships

PROGRAM CALENDAR 2012

January 10, 2012 Request for proposals
February 3, 2012 Proposal deadline: due by 4.45 p.m. CST
February 6, 2012 Proposals sent to Committee
February 13-15, 2012 Committee meets to select proposals
February 29, 2012 Awardee(s) notified by Email
March 5, 2012 Fellowship starts

Proposal Development

  • Approximately $6,000 is available for competitive distribution to fund this program in 2012.
    • Malone Zallen Graduate Research Fellowship: $5,000
    • Nutrition, Dietetics, & Hospitality Management Graduate Research Award: $1,000
  • Students may submit only one application. This will be considered for both the above fellowships.
  • Proposals are solicited from NDHM graduate students to fund research in the following disciplines: nutrition, dietetics, and hospitality 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 Competitive Graduate Research Fellowship endowment.

Proposal Format

The required format for the proposal is given below:

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

The proposal text should contain the following items:

  1. Hypothesis
  2. Goals and objectives
  3. Approach/methods
  4. Anticipated results
  5. Significance
  6. Time-frame

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:

  1. Cover Page – 1 page limit with required signatures (available for download PDF Version)
  2. Proposal – 3 page limit
  3. Budget page
  4. 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., Friday, February 3, 2012 to Dr. Baker Ayoun, 328 Spidle Hall
  • Electronic proposals should be sent to Dr. Baker Ayoun as an e-mail attachment at bma0002@auburn.edu

Files must be saved as a single Adobe PDF file.

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


Previous Competitive Graduate Research Fellowships Awardees

2011
  Carl Okerberg $2,500
  Chenchen Yu $1,500
  Alana Dillette $1,250
  Louis Rowe III $400
  Yang Cao $350
2010
  Guang Ren $1,500
  Beibei Xu $1,010
  Alexis Sabol $1,000
2009
  Jian Zhang $1,600
  Douglas W. Murray $1,400
  Yinghui Rong $1,000
2008
  Edmond Huang $600
  Alice Chow $1,000
2007
  Ywh-Min Tzou $1,600
2006
  James Papizan $2,600
2005
  Julie Taylor $960
  Melvin Carter $500
  Amy Jo Riggs $500
  Tanya Taylor $650