Magnus the Good Award : Advice for Applicants

Proposal Deadline: Send intent to apply to cis@stolaf.edu by March 12, 2008. Completed proposals should be sent electronically to Susan Carlson by March 19, 2008.

Award Announcements: April 1, 2008.

The Award is open to projects from any discipline or combination of disciplines. The Award is equally available to applicants who propose research projects (regardless of the field), or innovative applications of learning in new, practical situations.

The selection committee will favor proposals for actual collaborations between faculty and students over proposals that represent student work supervised by a faculty member, or faculty work in which the student participates.

Strong applications will situate the proposed project in the context of the student's interests and work, and also in the context of the faculty member's interests and work. They will also make clear the value of the work to the applicants.

The Award is generally intended to encourage collaborations between a single faculty member and a single student, but applicants may also propose collaborations between a faculty member and up to three students.

The Award requires a commitment to make the results of the project public, but the selection committee appreciates the risk of failure entailed in any venturesome project, and will be happy to see the public sharing of surprising or unexpected results, as well as of hoped for results.

Every proposal should include

  • the names of the proposers,
  • the title of the proposed project,
  • a description of the project itself,
  • a total budget for the project, including the place of the award in the proposed budget,
  • a statement of each applicant's interest in the project and how the project fits into their other interests and academic carrers.
  • a statement of how the results of the project will be shared with the public

One or more awards of up to $2000 each will be made.

The Award can fund projects to be carried out at any time from June 1, 2008, through the end of the 2008-09 academic year.

Contact Mary Titus (titus@stolaf.edu) or David Schodt (schodt@stolaf.edu) or see the Call for Proposals