Research Focus Group Application Form

RFG Information
Please note: This form only accepts characters from the Latin alphabet. We are in the process of expanding options for more types of characters.
Funding year*
Name of Group*
Is this a new or continuing group?*
If continuing, when did the group start activities?
Has the group changed its name?
Names, titles, home departments, and email addresses of all conveners*
Attachments
RFG Description*
A document (1-2 pages single-spaced) describing the research interests of the group and indicating the names of the conveners of the group, as well as the names of faculty and graduate students who have agreed to participate in the group and/or strategies for identifying and recruiting members.
PDF File Required
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB.
Activities Plan*
A completed activities plan form that specifies dates, speakers, and topics.
PDF File Required
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB.
Budget*
An itemized, proposed budget for the year’s activities (please use this budget if you need a template). Please itemize all expenses and explain any costs that are not self-explanatory. If requesting funds for a graduate student assistant, please include a list of the student’s specific administrative tasks.
PDF File Required
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB.
Report of Activities for Current RFGs
A completed activities form that specifies dates, speakers, and topics. This report should demonstrate that the RFG has devoted at least half of its meetings and at least one meeting per quarter to research-related events such as works-in-progress presentations by local faculty and graduate students and discussions of new works in the field.
PDF File Required
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB.
Budget Report for Current RFGs
Please itemize all expenses for the year and explain any costs that are not self-explanatory. All outstanding RFG expenditure requests must be submitted to the IHC by June 1 for processing before fiscal close. The IHC will not accept expense requests after this date. Unused IHC RFG funds do not carry over.
PDF File Required
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB.
Confirmation Email
Name of Person Completing Form*
First Last
Email Address for Confirmation*