{"id":368,"date":"2023-07-28T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:11:50","slug":"new-faculty-research-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/new-faculty-research-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Research Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/BEA2024\/i-LDMPPnZ\/0\/FFNqTmtbSbhc4r3tdzXnJWMsDpmqMrXZFgz2mjzKJ\/X3\/BEA_24_155-X3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stefanie Davis Kempton recipient of the 2024 New Faculty Research Grant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Award description<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>BEA\u2019s New Faculty Research Grant (NFRG) seeks to promote scholarship through achievement by untenured broadcast and electronic media faculty. Every other year a cash grant of $1,000 is awarded for research projects as described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial funding for this grant was provided by Rebecca Hayden, winner of BEA\u2019s Distinguished Education Service Award in 1993, and long-time editor\/publisher of broadcast and media books at Wadsworth Publishing Co. The grant honors the memory of Sydney W. Head (1913-1991) and Harrison B. Summers (1894-1980), two key pioneers in broadcast education. Over time it is hoped that the scope of funded research will encompass technology, law and policy, audience studies, international and foreign systems, production and a variety of other media areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants must be a current BEA individual member or institutional member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have completed the MFA or PhD, the terminal degree as applicable in their field\/discipline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served as an assistant professor (or equivalent) for at least one academic year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not yet under review for tenure \/ pre-tenure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 1, 2025:<\/strong> Nominations open<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 15, 2026:<\/strong> Nomination deadline at 11:59 pm ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 15, 2026:<\/strong> NFRG winner announced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 17, 2026:<\/strong> NFRG winner recognized during the BEA2026 Opening Awards Ceremony<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 17-20, 2026:<\/strong> BEA2026 annual convention<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading beaawards-menu-header\">New Faculty Research Grant<\/h5>\n\n\n<nav class=\" is-vertical beaawards-menu-items wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-layout-1 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"New Faculty Research Grant\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical beaawards-menu-items wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/bea-book-awards\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">About the Awards<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/new-faculty-research-grant\/new-faculty-research-grant\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Application Process<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/new-faculty-research-grant\/past-grant-recipients\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Past Grant Recipients<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/new-faculty-research-grant\/selection-process\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Selection Process<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/new-faculty-research-grant\/program-faqs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Program FAQs<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/bea2014.secure-platform.com:443\/a\/solicitations\/1921\/home\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Submit Application<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">BEA Awards Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award description BEA\u2019s New Faculty Research Grant (NFRG) seeks to promote scholarship through achievement by untenured broadcast and electronic media faculty. 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