Competitive Graduate Research Fellowships
PROGRAM CALENDAR FY 2010
| November 6, 2009 |
Request for proposals |
| Januaray 29, 2010 |
Proposal deadline: due by 4.45 p.m. CST |
| February 1, 2010 |
Proposals sent to Committee |
| February 8-12, 2010 |
Committee meets to select proposals |
| February 26, 2010 |
Awardee(s) notified by Email |
| March 1, 2010 |
Fellowship starts |
Proposal Development
- Approximately $3,500 is available for competitive distribution to fund this program in FY 2010
- Malone Zallen Graduate Research Fellowship: $2,500
- Nutrition and Food Science Graduate Research Award: $1,000
- 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 Competitive Graduate Research Fellowships endowment
Approximately $3,500 is available for competitive distribution to fund this program in FY 2010
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:
- Hypothesis
- Goals and objectives
- Approach/methods
- Anticipated results
- Significance
- 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:
- 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., Friday, January 29, 2010 to Tung-Shi Huang, Ph. D., 101C Poultry Science Building
- Electronic proposals should be sent to Tung-Shi Huang, Ph. D as an e-mail attachment at huangtu@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
| 2009 |
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Jian Zhang |
$1,600 |
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Douglas W. Murray |
$1,400 |
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Yinghui Rong |
$1,000 |
| 2008 |
| |
Edmond Huang |
$600 |
| |
Alice Chow |
$1,000 |
| 2007 |
| |
Ywh-Min Tzou |
$1,600 |
| 2006 |
| |
James Papizan |
$2,600 |
| 2005 |
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Julie Taylor |
$960 |
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Melvin Carter |
$500 |
| |
Amy Jo Riggs |
$500 |
| |
Tanya Taylor |
$650 |
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