Canisius College

What is the Summer Research /Publication Fellowship Program?

The Summer Research/Publication Fellowship Program at Canisius College exists to contribute to the professional development of the faculty, particularly in the area of research and/or publication. The funding of the application must be based on the mutual benefit to the individual faculty member and to the college. The fellowships are not intended to fund course preparation and curriculum development. Regulations regarding these fellowships are found in the current Faculty Handbook, 2007 Chapter 7 Section B.

This program is open to full-time faculty members who have completed at least two academic years of full-time service at Canisius College. Two summers must elapse between the awarding of one fellowship and that of another. Thus, a faculty member who received a summer fellowship for 2007 would not be eligible for another fellowship until the summer of 2010.

The Fellowship program is competitive.

Evaluation Criteria for SummerResearch/Publication Fellowships

Intellectual merit – up to 40 points

How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields? To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative and original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to the necessary resources?

Clarity of presentation - up to 25 points

Past record of scholarly publication – up to 10 points

Probability of completion of the project within one year – up to 10 points

Dean’s Recommendation – up to 10 points

Chair’s Evaluation – up to 5 points

The maximum score for the proposal is 100 points.

2008 Winners

		Susan Aronica, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology "Breast Cancer Metastasis: Exploring the Chemokine/Integrin Connection"

		George Boger, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy "Aristotle's ancient underlying logic - translating Prior Analytics A1-2, A4-6, A7, A23"

		Keith Burich, Ph.D. Professor of History "Conceived in Hope, Born in Despair: The Thomas Indian School and the "Forgotten" Indian Children of NY"

		Robert Butler, Ph.D. Professor of English "Richard Wright's Uses of His Religious Background in Uncle Tom's Children and Collected Haiku Poems"

		Kristin Finn, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Adolescence Education "Adolescent Misbehavior in School"

		Judith Larkin, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology "A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Understanding Student Retention"

		Ronald Rivas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing "A Study of Corporate Rejuvenation in the Global Biomedical and Genetics Industry: The Role of Speed Entry and Speed of Accumulation of Resources"

		Philip Sheridan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology "Continuing Construction of a Molecular Jet/Laser Ablation Spectrometer for Studying Metal Containing Molecules"

		Steven Szczepankiewicz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry "Light-Activated Chemistry of Carbon Dioxide"

		Timothy Wadkins, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology "Getting Saved In El Salvador: A Public Polling Project on Religious Belief and Practices in El Salvador"

2007 Winners

		M. Fernanda Astiz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Adolescence Education "Education for Citizenship. An International and Comparative Perspective."

		Rene A. De La Pedraja, Ph.D. Professor of History "The Insurgency in Venezuela, 1960-1980: Reasons for its Defeat and Permanent Disappearance"

		Michael G. Dolan, MA Professor of Sports Medicine "Effects of analgesic balms on pain and function following delayed onset muscle soreness."

		Guy H. Gessner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management

		Raymond W. Vegso, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management

		Linda A. Volonino, Ph.D. Professor of Information Systems "Development of Assurance of Learning Assessment Tools for Busniess Ethics"

		Marya Grande, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education "The Effectiveness of the 6+1 Traits of Writing on the Writing Performance of At-Risk Students in Urban Schools"

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