Office of Research Services

Tips For Writing ORS Proposal

ORS has discretionary funding to encourage and support creative activities on the downtown campus. We are committed to awarding such funds to increase faculty productivity and to enhance CU Denver’s reputation. (See links below)

Proposals are evaluated by a standing committee that consists of ORS personnel as well as some outsiders, all of whom have broad experience in evaluating proposals, but whose backgrounds vary widely. It is critical, given these broad backgrounds, that you address your proposal to that group in understandable terms for a lay audience. We will not fund proposals that are not broadly understood.

 

• ORS General Funding Announcement (rev Feb 2020)
• ORS Large Grant Funding Application (rev Feb 2020)
• ORS Small Grant Funding Application (rev Feb 2020)
• ORS New Faculty Grant Funding Application (rev Feb 2020)
• ORS Travel Grant Funding Application (rev Feb 2020)
• ORS Publication Grant Funding Application (rev Feb 2020)​
• ORS Interdisciplinary-Collaborative Grant Funding Application (NEW 2020)

Faculty have other funding needs that may not be met by our grant programs (e.g., matching commitments, infrastructural needs (equipment, etc.)). We will try to help meet such needs when (1) a clear connection between a request and the development of your scholarly/creative activities warrants and (2) if ORS can identify funds to help. Contact Bob Damrauer  to arrange a time to meet.

Individual Meetings

All of us in ORS are happy to meet with you in an individual meeting. Just let any of us know to schedule a time to meet. 

The Creative Research Collaborative (CRC) is a campus wide initiative to foster innovative and interdisciplinary research activities to strengthen collaboration across academic units on the downtown campus. It provides support for various forums to discuss, deliberate, and investigate avenues that cultivate a broader understanding and appreciation of how new forms of research and community outreach within the creative arts can emerge to support the university’s mission of becoming “a leading public research university with a global reputation for excellence in learning, research and creativity, community engagement, and clinical care”. Central to this goal is the exploration of questions involving what constitutes “research” within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and how existing conventions can be transformed to better enrich the campus academic environment. These types of activities will provide the foundation for a strong interdisciplinary research on campus while simultaneously creating beneficial partnerships that positively engage our local, national, and global communities.

If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions about the Creative Research Collaborative (CRC), please contact Michael Jenson, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities at michael.jenson@ucdenver.edu

​The following are examples of successfully funded Small, Large, and New Faculty proposals as part of the ORS internal grants program.

Small Grants:

• Small Grant Example 1
• Small Grant Example 2

Large Grants:

• Large Grant Example 1
• Large Grant Example 2
• Large Grant Example 3

New Faculty Grants:

• New Faculty Grant Example

Small Grants Awarded:

Fred Chambers, CLAS

Liang He, CEDC

Hani Mansour, CLAS

Sam McGuire, CAM

Charles Musiba, CLAS

Andrew Rumbach, CAP

Elizabeth Steed, SEHD

Edward Tyndall, CAM

Andrea Velasquez, CLAS

Large Grants Awarded:

Benjamin Crawford, CLAS

Keith Guzik, CLAS

Eric Jewitt, CAM

Katherine Kelsey, CLAS

David Liban, CAM

Chris Miller, CLAS

Chris Phiel, CLAS

Scott Reed, CLAS

Jean Scandlyn, CLAS

Alan Vajda, CLAS

Sara Yeatman, CLAS

New Faculty Grants Awarded: ​

Cecelia Wu, CAM

Travel Grants Awarded:

Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, CEDC

Ajeyo Banerjee, BUS

David Bondelevitch, CAM

Brian Buma, CLAS

Maria Buzek, CAM

Howard Cook, CAM

Brian DeLevie, CAM

Storm Gloor, CAM

Rachel Gross, CLAS

David Liban, CAM

Yong Liu, CLAS

Howard Movshoitz, CAM

Krista Ranby, CLAS

Scott Reed, CLAS

Jeungbo Shim, BUS

Karen Sobel, LIB

Stan Soocher, CAM

Leila Tolderlund, CAP

Sarah Tyson, CLAS

Alireza Vahid, CEDC

Gregory Walker, CAM

Cecilia Wu, CAM

Publication Grants Awarded:

Heather Johnson, SEHD

Annika Mosier, CLAS

Cindy Munoz, CEDC

William Swann, SPA

Liliya Vugmeyster, CLAS

Discretionary Funds Awarded:

Ruben Anguiano, SEHD

Sebawit Bishu, SPA

Manuel Espinoza, SEHD

Keith Guzik, CLAS

Bryn Harris, SEHD

Julien Langou, CLAS

Jung-Jae Lee, CLAS

Jessica McGaugh, CAM

Scott Reed, CLAS

Ronica Rooks, CLAS

Alireza Vahid, CEDC