How to Apply for a Major Grant
Read the CCCS Constitution 
Five-seven page statement articulating:
- Problem/Question project will address
- Proposal: what the project seeks to do/say to address the problem
- Project and the Purpose of the CCCS
- Product/s: outcome/how disseminated? book? separate articles? conference? lectures? audience?
- On-campus dissemination
- Popular print/media outlet
- Procedure: How the work will proceed: individual writing? consultation? conference? reading group with summary session/s?
- Price: budget, including salary replacement, travel, book acquisition, consultation/conference expenses, publisher subvention, etc.
Curriculum Vitae of all participants &
Three letters of recommendation:
- An on-campus person,
- A non-Calvin person, and
- A person of your choice; and Bibliography.
Faculty planning research with human subjects:
Faculty involved in the planning of research that involves human subjects in any way, from interviews or questionnaires to medical procedures with living persons or bodily substances, must submit a research proposal to the current chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The board is mandated by governmental agencies to review and approve research with human subjects using one of the following processes:
- Provide an exemption
- Conduct an expedited review approval or
- Approve the project after full review
As a small board which meets regularly, the IRB is committed to facilitate the advancement of faculty research programs as quickly and easily as possible.
Cover Sheet
Lastly, fill out cover sheet (MS Word), attach cover sheet to proposal, and return to the CCCS by the due date.
Proposal Deadline
- October 15, 2008 at 5:00 PM.
- For more information, please, contact the Program Coordinator, Dale Williams.
Important Links
- Cover sheet (MS Word 20K)
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Current Projects