UM Submission Instructions: Schmidt Science Polymaths 2022
Sponsor: |
Schmidt Futures |
Award Title: |
Schmidt Science Polymaths |
Amount: |
$2.5M
$500,000 for up to five years (up to $2.5 million total) |
UM Deadline: |
08/10/2022 |
Sponsor Deadline: |
08/31/2022 |
Description: |
The program will offer long-term research support to recently-tenured professors (within the past 3 years, including any month in 2019) with remarkable track records and highly promising futures. Awards will consist of USD $500K per year for up to 5 years to support part of a research group. These grants are intended for the exploration of new ideas across disciplines that use new technologies and insights that are generally too new or risky to garner regular support. They are not intended to relieve the researcher of pursuing other grants to continue their mainstream work, nor be large enough to fully support a modern lab.
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Number of Applicants University is Allowed to submit: |
3 |
Additional Requirements: |
Recently-tenured professors (w/in past 3 years) |
Sponsor Guidelines: |
https://drive.google.com/file/d/184fhoK5aJfDGOcMBDFb76bt1I0tAE2nM/view |
UM Nominations Process: |
To be considered for nomination, please submit the following pre-proposal materials as a single pdf document (with at least 10-pt font, 1.5 line spacing) to vpfaa@umn.edu by 4:00 PM on August 10, 2022.
1. Cover page including nominee's name, Department & contact information.
2. Link to nominee’s CV.
3. Description of up to two pages (by nominee) of “remarkable record of accomplishment in area(s) of science and engineering.”
4. Links to up to 5 of the nominee’s most influential peer-reviewed articles in each of two or more fields, chosen by nominee.
5. Explanation of up to two pages (by nominee) demonstrating a need for additional funding to enable new experiments, explorations, or shifts in research directions.
6. One-page letter of endorsement (by chair/head). Only one nominee per department, please.
7. If the applicant is chosen to move forward, the nomination form has an open-ended question: “Reasoning (Optional) - Please feel free to provide any context or supporting information for your nomination”) The chair/head should be prepared to provide a one-paragraph answer to this question no later than noon on August 30.
Contact Chris Bremer at breme006@umn.edu@umn.edu with questions.
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Peer Review Coordination: |
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost contact email |
Status: |
No longer accepting applications. |
Please note: |
To be considered for peer review and internal selection, faculty must follow the above submission guidelines and meet the UM deadline as set by the office coordinating the peer review for this opportunity. |
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