Provost Communication, Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Hello everyone,

Happy Wednesday. I hope you are having a good week. 

URPC Divisional Presentations

Thanks to those of you who were able to join the University Resources and Planning Committee (URPC) this past Friday, December 6, 2024, for the Divisional presentations from Advancement and Athletics who reported about their budget reductions and impacts from the last fiscal year. If you missed the meeting, you can view it here. 

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank the URPC committee for the great work they have done this semester. To view the list of members click here.

2025 McCrone Graduate Fellowship Award

The Sponsored Programs Foundation is pleased to request nominations for the McCrone Promising Faculty Scholars Award for Cal Poly Humboldt faculty members. This award will recognize Humboldt’s newer faculty, acknowledge their potential in their field of research, and encourage their continued achievement.

Please submit a nomination letter through the online portal which can be accessed through Engagement Hub. Nominees will be invited to submit a current curriculum vitae and a brief (no more than two pages) statement about their current and anticipated research activities. Letters of Nomination must be submitted through our online portal which can be accessed through Engagement Hub by Thursday, February 27, 2025, by 11:59 pm. Awards will be presented at a reception held from 4-6 pm Wednesday, November 12, 2025. The recipient must be available to attend the reception in person and give a short presentation of their research.

Research and Creative Projects for Equity and Justice (RCPEJ) AY 25-26 Grant Program

The Research and Creative Projects for Equity and Justice (RCPEJ) grant program, funded by Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (SPF) & the Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation, supports research and scholarship that benefits historically marginalized communities served by Cal Poly Humboldt, with a focus on black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC). 

Due: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 11:59 pm

Funding Range: $10,000 - $40,000 per project

To download the full call for proposals and apply, you can visit the RCPEJ competition page which you can access through Engagement Hub.

ELIGIBILITY: Principal Investigators (PIs) as defined by SPF Policy are eligible to submit proposals to this RFP. These include Humboldt tenure or tenure-track faculty; salaried directors of formally authorized institutes, centers, cooperatives, or auxiliaries; full-time administrators/MPPs; emeritus faculty, visiting faculty, and research associates; and full-time Federal employees that are housed on the campus under agency cooperative agreements. Other Humboldt staff, students, student organizations, etc. are invited and encouraged to participate in proposed projects, provided that an eligible PI is taking responsibility for proposal submission and award administration in case of an award.

There is a limit of one application per Principal Investigator. A PI who received a Research and Creative Projects for Equity and Justice Grant within the last 12-month cycle is not eligible to submit a new proposal. For more information, please contact Erika Wright, Research Development Lead, at erika.wright@humboldt.edu. For assistance with completing the application please contact one of our Pre-Award Specialists: Pia Gabriel at pg12@humboldt.edu, Kaz Wegmuller at jkw77@humboldt.edu, or Jocelyne Takatsuno at jt366@humboldt.edu.

Thank you for all you do and have a wonderful rest of your week.

Jenn Capps

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Jenn Capps, PhD 

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs 

Cal Poly Humboldt