RGI Overview
The RGI aims to substantially expand UWM's research enterprise through investing University research dollars in selected proposals of exceptional quality with anticipated return on investment (ROI) through extramural funding.
RGI Objectives
- Grow our research by investing in externally evaluated projects from faculty and staff;
- Align research investments with desired research and extramural support outcomes;
- Enhance researcher competitiveness by seed funding early stage research projects;
- Stimulate submission of highly competitive proposals to extramural funding sources; and
- Invest in projects that lead to externally funded, and thereby self-sustaining research programs.
Eligibility
- All faculty and staff with PI status are eligible for this program.
- Future faculty with appointments beginning in spring or fall 2010 are eligible to apply. A UWM e-mail address is required. For those beginning in the fall, funds will not be released until the end of August 2010.
- Lead PIs are limited to submission of two proposals per application cycle.
- Each application must have a UWM PI as the lead. Co-PIs can be non-UWM employees or eligible UWM employees. Non-UWM employees as Co-PIs cannot receive salary from RGI funds, but other payment-for-service options are possible.
- PIs who have had previous funding from the RGI and who have not made significant progress in completing their objectives and/or meeting the milestones in the earlier proposal will need to make a compelling case for any additional awards.
Proposals Appropriate for Program Support
- Projects that lead to submission of competitive proposals for externally funded, and thereby self sustainable research.
- Projects that have a one-year or two-year time frame (one-year projects are preferable).
- Proposals to establish multi-/inter-disciplinary research centers/institutes will be considered for seed-funding. These proposals need to identify specific research projects and funding sources for sustainability of the center beyond the RGI award.
- RGI does not fund projects where the emphasis is solely for infrastructure; however, infrastructure may be included in a research proposal.