College of Education Turner Thacker Grant Funding Portal

Welcome to the College of Education Turner Thacker Grant Funding Portal.

Grants of up to $1,000 are available to College of Education doctoral candidates who have passed their qualifying examination and are working on their dissertation. A letter of study approval from the dissertation committee chair is required at the time of award. The College of Education’s Student & Faculty Recognition Committee will review the applications and make the awards

Application Deadlines:
November 15 by 5 p.m. for fall funding
March 15 by 5 p.m. for spring funding

All application materials should be combined into one PDF with section labeled clearly and uploaded to this system by the bi-annual due date of interest.

The application consists of the following:

1. 2-page proposal (single-spaced, Ariel font, minimum 11-point) to include:

Student Name and ID Number
Qualifying Exam Date
Introduction and Statement of the Problem Significance
Specific Aims
Methods
Plans to disseminate the findings
Other Items (not included in page limit maximum):
References (required)
Appendix (optional)
Tables (optional)
Figures (optional)

2. Detailed Budget with justification for expenses

budget items such as salary, gift cards, computers, tablets, and photocopying are not permissible
examples of acceptable expenses include: mileage to classroom visits, travel fees to conferences, heart rate monitors, consumables for research (testing strips, alcohol swabs, etc.), flash drives, tripods, money to pay transcribers, etc.

3. Letter of support from dissertation adviser

4. Biosketch/vita/resume (choose one format)

Awards Notes:

Winners are selected within two weeks after applications are due. Funds are available immediately after winners are announced. Funds can often be applied retroactively to recent dissertation expenses. Please combine the proposal into one PDF in the order described above.

It is expected that recipients of this scholarship will present their completed or work in progress at the annual Spring Research Conference sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, University of Louisville, and the University of Kentucky.

The inclusion of monetary incentives for subjects in the budget for the Turner-Thacker dissertation awards will be allowed providing the use of the funds is approved by the IRB. If funds are approved for this purpose, you will need to present an approved IRB which includes the use of the incentives, to the College of Education Associate Dean for Research to release these funds.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Collin Shepley, College of Education Research Advisory Committee Chair, at collinshepley@uky.edu.

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