The College of Education's Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration (SPARC) is a competitive grant program for new assistant professors and doctoral candidates. There are two types of grants, New Assistant Professors and Doctoral Graduate Students.
SPARC is a responsibility of the Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Partnerships.
Applications are reviewed by 3 faculty members representing each of the departments. All applications will be screened by the Associate Dean’s office prior to review by the committee, verifying that each application is complete and meets all application requirements; those not meeting pre-review requirements may be disqualified from that cycle. Proposals sent to the committee will be reviewed according to the criteria specified in the proposal guidelines.