BIPP Grant Opportunities

Scholarly Development Grants

Include in your proposal a description of the project that includes the following information (a maximum of two single-spaced pages, excluding the bibliography):

• The question or thesis of your research.
• The methodology and how your work builds on existing scholarship in the field or fields involved.
• The significance of your study in terms of the results you anticipate and the contribution your work will make to public policy.
• Your expectations for publication.
• If the research involves human subjects, note your compliance with requirements for such research.
• A bibliography of relevant material.
• The amount of funds requested and a budget, which may include expenses such as fees for consultants, student research assistance, travel or the acquisition of resource materials not generally available. Faculty may use the funds for a summer stipend.
• A detailed work plan.

Curricular Development Grants

In your proposal include a description of the proposed course, including the following details (a maximum of two single-spaced pages):

• How the course fits within the goals of the Institute.
• The gaps in the curriculum that the course fills.
• How often you anticipate teaching the course in the future (we ask, at minimum, the course be offered twice in the next three years).
• A rationale for development funds (i.e. does this course require a significant change in pedagogy, a new area of teaching, etc.).
• Acknowledgement that the course can be listed as an elective for the public policy minor.
• The amount of funds requested and a budget, which may include expenses such as fees for consultants, student research assistance, travel or the acquisition of resource materials not generally available. Faculty may use the funds for a summer stipend.
• A detailed work plan.

Additional Required Materials

• A current curriculum vitae for each participant.
• List of other Bucknell grants applied for and past grants received.

Review Criteria

Proposals will be prioritized on the following criteria:

• Suitability of the project for BIPP goals.
• Contribution and significance of the project.
• Clarity of the rationale and the objectives.
• Feasibility of the research or curricular development effort.
• Effectiveness of the methodology or procedure.
• Indication of expected results: course(s), publication or other effects.
• The quality of the proposal: clarity, completeness, organization and presentation.
• Appropriateness of the budget or funds requested.

End-of-Grant Responsibilities

At the end of the funded project, all grant recipients are required to submit a descriptive assessment of their summer activity to the director of the institute. Grant recipients may be asked to speak at a BIPP function and/or contribute to the BIPP blog/website.

Faculty awarded scholarly research grants should:

• Notify BIPP of presentations and/or publications resulting from the work.
• Acknowledge BIPP’s support in the resulting publications.
• Supply BIPP with a copy of those publications.
• If possible, provide a working paper or policy brief for BIPP’s working paper series.

Faculty awarded curricular development grants are expected to:

• Offer the course at least twice in the following three academic years.
• List the course as an elective or methods course for the public policy minor.

Submit application materials

Any questions, please reach out to Carrie Ellis, BIPP Program Coordinator, at cle005@bucknell.edu.