EQUIPMENT REPAIR FUND

Application

The Office of Research and Economic Development, in consultation with the Council on Research, is pleased to announce the Equipment Repair Fund for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Before submitting your request, you should closely examine the guidelines below. To submit your request, complete the Equipment Repair Fund application on-line form. If you have any questions, contact ORED at research@lsu.edu.

For the purposes of this program, requests are limited to equipment used for the purposes of research and creative scholarship. Total repair costs must exceed $5,000. This program cannot be used for repairs to computers or laptops. Service contract requests will not be accepted. Requests will be accepted until all funding has been exhausted in the fund.

Guidelines

  1. This program is open to all faculty from departments that participate in the LSU F&A program. Each faculty member may only receive funding twice per fiscal year.
  2. All requests must be submitted using the online form on this site.
  3. All sections of the request form must be completed. Leaving a space blank will cause a delay in the decision process.
  4. Each request should include the following information: description of equipment, description of the repair needed, description of current and future usage of the equipment, a listing of the faculty using the equipment, a listing of the funded projects associated with the equipment, potential external funding opportunities related to the equipment, age of the equipment, cost of the equipment and a listing of the research and student personnel that will be impacted by the repair.
  5. The justification of the repair should include a listing of potential benefits that can include potential funding opportunities or creative scholarship benefits.
  6. Each request should include a repair cost estimate, attached as PDF.
  7. Each request must include a match amount pledge from the appropriate department chair(s) or dean(s)
  8. If the machinery is attached to a University cost center, please indicate such and include a statement on the amount of funds generated and justify the use of the ERF.

Decisions

  1. Requests will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. Applicants will be notified as soon as possible after the decisions are made and will be notified by email.
  2. Decisions will be made using the following priority scale in relation to the match from the department chair(s) or dean(s): 50% or higher match=high priority; 25-49% match=medium priority; 0-24% match=low priority.
  3. All requests will be reviewed by the Council on Research and recommendations will be made to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development.

 

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