RGI Award Selection Process
Selection Process and Criteria
All proposals will be evaluated by external reviewers and rated according to the criteria listed below. The top-rated proposals will subsequently be reviewed by panels using the same criteria. Reviewers and panelists are researchers with national reputations and experience serving on selection panels for national organizations. Panel recommendations will be used by campus leadership to make the awards. Funding decisions are made in March, with awards to commence July 1.
The evaluation criteria for RGI proposals are:
- Quality of Proposal: Excellence and novelty of concept; appropriateness of approach or methodology; clarity of project plans; degree of scientific/intellectual merit.
- Risk of Failure: Availability of necessary skills and experience; likelihood of completing the project plan within the given timeframe.
- Return on Investment: Probability of securing extramural funding or engaging in commercialization; potential for self-sustainability after the seed investment phase. The expected return is three times the requested seed funding.
Graduate School staff members are available to work with you up to the proposal deadline to facilitate the submission of successful proposals.
Award Conditions
Your timely completion of milestones and deliverables from any past RGI awards will be taken into consideration during the award selection.