The 2016-2017 Professional Development Grant Program for Retirees is now available and calling for grant proposals. The deadline for proposal submission is December 15, 2015.

The seventh cycle of grants to help retirees pursuing projects related to their scholarship has been announced by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of the Provost, and University of Minnesota Retirees Association.  All faculty members, professional and administrative, and civil service retirees from the Twin Cities and Coordinate Campuses of the University are eligible to apply for the grants (up to $5,000).  The guidelines for applying were sent to UMRA members via e-mail and are available at 2015-rfgp.pdf. The deadline for applications is December 15, 2015.  Awards will be announced about March 1, 2016 by the Office of the Vice President for Research,  commence on April 1, 2016, and end on June 30, 2017.

Eligible expenses include travel and per diem costs related to research trips and conference attendance, stipends for undergraduate and/or graduate research assistants, photocopying, the purchase of books, computer, software, and other relevant costs of scholarship.  Ineligible expenses include salary for the applicant and institutional overhead charges.  UROP, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, has agreed to fund the cost of undergraduate assistants who work with grantees.  Details about the UROP opportunity are in the guidelines. 

More information about the Professional Development Grant Program can be found at the "Grants for Retirees" page.

If you have questions, please contact Chair, Janice Hogan [[email protected]] or committee members: Judson Sheridan, Richard Caldecott, Calvin Kendall, Kim Munholland, Joanne Eicher, Russell Hobbie, Craig Swan, John Adams, Paul Quie, Hal Miller, and John Howe, Roger Clemens, Louis Janus, Kathleen O'Brien, Donna Peterson, and Dick Poppele.