1) What applications will be considered? Applications focused on the recruitment of outstanding, highly funded faculty members. Faculty recruits with existing and transferable funding will be given top priority.

2) Application criteria: Applications will be considered for recruitment of individuals:

a) who are at the Associate Professor or higher faculty level and have current extramural support.
b) have funding from NIH, NSF, or other entities identified in the ‘Growth with Purpose’ strategic plan, have a demonstrated record of research productivity and outstanding potential for generating continued extramural support.

3) Applications should include:

a) the GWP FRF application form submitted by the Dean of the School/College,
b) the curriculum vitae of the faculty member who is being recruited, and if applicable, letters of commitment of matching support from individuals other than the applicant.

4) Application submission: Applications should be submitted by the Dean of the School/College. The application form should be submitted to the Project Director of Strategic Initiatives- ckhadka@uab.edu 

1. Review process: Applications will be considered by the ‘GWP’ Investment Committee (Dr. Ray Watts, Dr. Anupam Agarwal, Mr. Tom Brannan, Dr. Chris Brown, Dr. Brian Burnett, and Dr. Janet Woodruff-Borden). The Project Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ms. Chandni Khadka will manage the administration of the review process.

2. Award notification: The applying Dean and Administrator will receive a notice of the GWP FRF award from the Office of the President. Account set up information will be included in the notice of award.

3. Accounting requirements: An account should be established for the GWP FRF award. To activate the award, a GWP FRF account set-up form should be submitted to FinAccounting@uab.edu

4. Available funding: The Office of the President will contribute up to 25% of the total recruitment package. For example, if the total recruitment package is $1M, the Office of the President will provide up to 25% or $250,000. The maximum available from the GWP FRF is $1M per faculty recruit.

5. Reporting requirements: A GWP FRF award progress report is to be completed upon expending 75% total of both the GWP FRF account and Match account. Funds will not be transferred from the Office of the President without the submission of a progress report to the Project Director of Strategic Initiatives at ckhadka@uab.edu 

For questions related to the GWP FRF award process, please email ckhadka@uab.edu