New Faculty Startup Program
The New Faculty Startup Program, administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean, provides supplemental funding for faculty startup costs. The program's objective is to make SIUC competitive to hire the highest quality faculty that have the greatest research potential.
Commitments of startup funds are made on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the following principles:
- Higher priority is given to hires that are considered particularly critical.
- Higher priority is given to hires where the level of startup commitment will influence the success of the hiring process.
- Higher priority is given to hires demonstrating outstanding research potential.
- Equipment costs are emphasized, but the program does not exclude requests for other types of funding.
Commitments for startup can be made over several fiscal years, including the current fiscal year. That is, hires made early enough may allow commitment and expenditure of current FY funds as part of the package.
Requests for startup commitments to a candidate should be forwarded by the College Dean to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean, address the above priorities, and include itemized information and justification of the startup needs using the New Faculty Startup Request (see below for instructions). Attach copies of the candidate's resume and letters of recommendation.
* NOTE: The New Faculty Startup Request form is a fillable PDF and can be filled out onscreen using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or higher. Save the document to your hard drive by holding down SHIFT while clicking on the link. Next, open the saved document, fill it out, then print it. You also can fill out the form using the free Adobe Reader software, although you will not be able to save the filled-out information on your hard drive. If you cannot access PDF files, call the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (453-4551) to get a paper copy.