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C-FAR Research Calendar
FY09 External Competitive Grants Program
| September
20, 2007 |
Request for pre-proposals
issued |
| October 25 |
12:00 p.m. (noon), pre-proposals due (including
both the online submission and hard copy submission
to C-FAR office) |
| November
5 |
Pre-proposals sent to WG participants for review
and evaluation
- WG participants who are affiliated with a university
or other research entity will not receive pre-proposals
for review and evaluation to prevent a perceived
or actual conflict of interest
- Alternates to WGs will also not receive pre-proposals
to ensure fairness among the C-FAR membership
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| Early December |
Working Group chairs and vice chairs,
Research Committee chair and vice chair and university
research leaders (who serve in an advisory capacity)
meet to review pre-proposal rankings as submitted by
WG participants and identify pre-proposals for which
a full proposal is desired |
| December
7 |
Full proposals invited
from a select number of pre-proposals. Principal investigators
of pre-proposals not selected are notified |
| January 24, 2008 |
12:00 p.m. (noon), full proposals due
(including both the online submission and hard copy
submission to the C-FAR office) |
| March 3-5 |
Working Groups meet to review and prioritize projects
for funding (WG meetings will be held in Champaign-Urbana)
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| TBD |
Working Group chairs and vice chairs,
Research Committee chair and vice chair and university
research leaders meet to finalize the FY09 External
Program portfolio of funded projects once the FY09 appropriation
by the State of Illinois is known |
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University Internal Research Programs
Details regarding the four C-FAR partner universities internal competitive
grants programs to be announced at a later date.
Strategic Research Initiative (SRI) Program
| No SRI program (for new initiatives)
will be conducted in FY08. |
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