Research and Creative Practice
Helpful Resources
- 2023 Webinar on Research and Creative Practice
- Tuesday October 24 4-5 pm VIA ZOOM
- Presentations by Rich Margerum and Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni (Research Development Services)
- 2022 Panel on Research and Creative Practice HERE
- Quick Links
College Faculty Awards (2024 Awards due December 18 2023)
The College of Design offers funding to Tenure Track Faculty for research and scholarly work through an annual awards process. The awards are given by the Dean based on evaluations by the Deans’ Faculty Advisory Committee. The overall goal of the awards is to invest in tenure track faculty who will have an impact through research and scholarly work. Note that the number of awards and amount available for distribution could change based on the performance of the endowment funds.
Timeline: 2023-24
- Award applications due: Monday December 18
- Award notifications by February 15
- Awards spending period: Spring 2024 to June 15, 2025
How to Apply
- Complete cover page and budget template: Deans awards Cover page
- One page cover sheet with project title, collaborators, budget summary, and relevant award(s)
- One page budget sheet with expense items, sources of funding and budget notes
- Prepare an abbreviated CV of no more than 2 pages that summarizes your research, teaching, and service
- Prepare a word description (max 500 words) of you proposed research or creative work that includes:
- Jargon-free description of the project
- Significance of project as it relates to your research/creative work program
- Plan and timeline of project, including travel and geographic location of the project
- Images that support your proposal (optional–2 pages maximum)
- Optional: Research/Creative Work partners (collaborative projects must include names of all partners/participants)
- Optional: Letters of funding commitment from partners or other organizations (only include if part of your total budget)
- Create SINGLE PDF of your application
- Submit Proposal via Email
- To: clfo@uoregon.edu
- Subject: 2024 Deans Award Application
Review Criteria:
The committee will use the following criteria to review all applications:
- The quality of the proposal in relation to the award criteria
- The completeness of the information in description and budget
- The likely success given budget and timeline
- The anticipated outcomes and impact of the work
Limitations and Eligibility
- Faculty who resign or retire from the University during the funding period, are currently Emeritus, or in the Tenure Reduction Program
- Faculty who do not have a contract by May 2024.
- Individual faculty may not receive more than one College of Design Dean’s Research and Creative Work Award in an academic year.
- Awards will not be given to support dissertation research.
- Awards will not be given to support travel abroad programs.
- Faculty who fail to report on activities from past College of Design awards may be excluded from eligibility
- Tenure track faculty who received any College of Design Dean’s Research and Creative Work Award in 2022-23 are not eligible for (1) College of Design Board Fellowship, (2) Frances Bronet Award; (3) Dean’s Award; andy(4) Finrow Award
- All Tenure track faculty are eligible for the Tinker Hatfield and Scandinavian Design awards, except for those who previously received a Hatfield or Scan Design award
Awards for All Faculty
Tinker Hatfield Award for Innovation (usually one award of approx. $25,000)
The purpose of this award is to provide tenure-related faculty with support for the creation and delivery of a major, innovative design project that connects two or more areas of the college, preferably with student involvement. “Design,” for this award, is understood to encompass creative/critical work as practiced in all disciplines in the College of Design. The types of work eligible for the award encompass all forms of creative problem-solving and creative problematizing, and include, but are not limited to, creative works, design proposals, published papers, exhibitions, etc. Faculty are encouraged to submit joint applications in cases of collaborative projects. Successful proposals will be visionary, ambitious, and result in significant external dissemination and visibility.
Scandinavian Design Award (usually one award of approx. $10,000)
The purpose of the award is to provide support for faculty in the College of Design to explore and advance knowledge on the impact and influence of Scandinavian design practice in mid-century, modernist, and contemporary forms of architecture and design, including, but not limited to, its local relevance in the Pacific Northwest. Preference will be given to multi-disciplinary research/creative work collaborations in the School of Architecture & Environment, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and the Department of Product Design. Funds can be used for (but won’t be limited to) independent faculty and graduate student research, sponsored studios, lectures, and student and faculty travel. The most recent award supported the 2022 John Reynolds Symposium, which focused on the work of Finish modernist and architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), who designed, among many other notable buildings worldwide, the Mount Angel Abbey library in Saint Benedict, Oregon, using innovative methods in daylighting and luminaries. The award also supported faculty research travel to Denmark and Switzerland to study 3D printing and robotic fabrication, as well as innovative construction of experimental timber design, which will inform future studio teaching. All tenure-related faculty are eligible to apply.
College of Design Board Fellowship (usually one award of approx. $4,500)
The purpose of this award is to support tenure-related faculty working with students on team-oriented research and creative work during the summer term or academic year, including foreign or domestic travel, student wages, and related-project expenses.
Frances Bronet Innovation Award (usually one award of approx. $4,500)
The purpose of this award is to support tenure-related faculty research and creative work during the summer term or sabbatical year, including domestic or foreign travel, and related project expenses for testing initiatives that advance the mission of the College of Design, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary research projects.
Awards Only for Pre-Tenured Faculty
Dean’s Award (usually one award of approx. $4,500)
The purpose of this award is to support pre-tenured faculty research and creative work during the summer term or academic year, including domestic or foreign travel, and related project expenses.
Awards Only for Post-Tenured Faculty
Jerry and Gunilla Finrow Research & Creative Work Award (usually one award of approx. $4,500)
The purpose of this award is to provide tenured faculty research and creative work during the summer term or sabbatical year, including domestic or foreign travel, and related project expenses.
Spring 2021 Awardees
Tinker Hatfield Award $25,000
Nina Amstutz, “Forensic Architecture and the BLM Protests in Portland”
Scandinavian Award $15,000
Nancy Cheng, Philip Speranza, “AALTO : LIGHT—2022 Reynolds Symposium”
College of Design Board Fellowship $4500
Ihab Elzeyadi, “Net-Zero Schools Toolbox: From Design Process to Life Cycle Impacts”
Susan Sokolowski, “Surviving Breast Cancer: Where Sports Product Design and Digital Technologies Inform Recovery”
Dean’s Research and Creative Work Award $4500
Mark Eischeid, “The Miller Garden: Design History, 1955-1971”
Jerry and Gunilla Finrow Research & Creative Work Award $4500
Kate Mondlach, “Art of Attention: Body-Mind Awareness and Contemporary Art (book)”
Rebecca Lewis, “Metropolitan Cooperation to Combat Climate Change through Transportation and Housing”
Eleonora Radaelli, “The Art Museum: An Interdisciplinary Space Across Disciplines”
Frances Bronet Faculty Innovation Award $4500
Joyce Cheng, “Hello Kitty’s Kunstwollen: Kitsch, Ornament, Allegory”
Philip Speranza, “Racial Equity Atlas at the Human-scale, Co-creation METRO, TriMet and the University of Oregon for NSF Civic funding”
Spring 2022 Awardees
Tinker Hatfield Award $25,000
Not awarded
Scandinavian Award $15,000
Not awarded
College of Design Board Fellowship $4500
Yizhao Yang: Aging in Place – Understanding the Enabling Factors and Exploring Actions ($4,500).
Dean’s Research and Creative Work Award $4500
Cory Olsen: Project: Tree Rock Robot Series ($4,500)
Jerry and Gunilla Finrow Research & Creative Work Award $4500
Kristen Seaman: Field Research for the book entitled: Art, Work, and Identity in the Ancient Greek Sculpture Industry ($4,500)
Frances Bronet Faculty Innovation Award $4500
Siobhan Rockcastle and Kyuho Ahn: The Impact of lighting design on occupant perception and behavior in a healthcare environment: an experiment in virtual reality ($4,500).
Spring 2023 Awardees
Tinker Hatfield Award $25,000
Ihab Elzeyadi (Architecture), Taylor Richard (Physics), Sereno Margaret (Psychology) “The Impact of Fractal Spatial Patters on Human Performance and Wellbeing”
Scandinavian Award $15,000
Eleonora Redaelli (PPPM) “Denmark, Museums, and Participation”
John Arndt (Product Design) Arndt Wonhee (Product Design) “A Responsible Chair”
College of Design Board Fellowship $4500
Kiersten Muenchinger (Product Design) Bartell Mike (Product Design) “Reduce, Replace, Recalculate”
Dean’s Research and Creative Work Award $4500
Ceara O’Leary (Architecture) “Spaces of Resilience: Documenting Emergent Community Hubs”
Jerry and Gunilla Finrow Research & Creative Work Award $4500
Amanda Wojick (Art) “The Merrymaking Screens: Weeping/Whirling, Painting/Sculpture”
Frances Bronet Faculty Innovation Award $4500
Jack Snell-Ryan (Art)“Resonant Histories: Cultural Space & Political Landscapes”