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Full-time faculty or staff members from any discipline are eligible to be Primary Investigators (PIs) for a VIP team. Projects can include co-PIs. Projects can include some combination of other faculty members (full or part-time), undergraduate students, graduate students, staff members, co-investigators at other institutions, postdoctoral fellows, or anyone else who might contribute. The Primary Investigator(s), however, must be full-time faculty/staff at KSU.

The VIP program is designed to help faculty launch and sustain high-impact, long-term, large research projects. Faculty or staff who serve as Primary Investigators (PIs) on VIP projects will be well positioned for external funding, publications, and presentations. In addition, the campus will become part of the , which provides resources on best practices in managing large research teams, assessment, etc. There is also initial seed funding for the first year.

All students will enroll in RES 4000/RES 7000 as part of the VIP experience, for a variable number of credits depending on the workload (we recommend one credit per semester so the students do not exceed the maximum credit hours too quickly).

As the Primary Investigator (PI) on this project, you will be assigned a section of RES 4000/RES 7000 each semester, and you will create the syllabus and assign grades at the end of the semester. You will need to include a public dissemination of the work at the end of the semester (typically the Symposium of Student Scholars). Students also will need to write a reflection about their experiences. 

As the PI, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the research, making sure that students are participating effectively, teams are functioning well, and the research is advancing as proposed.

PIs will participate in virtual workshops and trainings before the Fall semester begins to familiarize themselves with VIP. The PI will be responsible for completing VIP progress reports and assessment information. The PI will facilitate internal budget spending in the first year and will work with Sponsored Programs to submit for external funding for their VIP project. PIs are also required to commit a minimum of 1-hour to judge at the Symposium of Student Scholars, each semester.

The Symposium of Student Scholars is a requirement; we are encouraging the VIP teams to share their research with the greater 妖姬直播community so that we may be informed of the great work that is being done and to possibly recruit other students. However, other dissemination activities are also encouraged but will be decided in consultation between you as a PI and your team should you be accepted to the 2025-26 cohort. External dissemination cannot substitute your team鈥檚 presence at KSU鈥檚 Symposium, but it can supplement the accomplishments of your team especially when thinking of finding external funding outside of the one-time initial seed funding you receive from us. 

Yes, PIs are also required to commit a minimum of 1-hour to judge at the Symposium of Student Scholars, each semester.

We have a mandatory orientation for new teams. We try to hold this before July 1, because that is when your funding becomes available. Subsequently, there is an annual 鈥渞efresher鈥� session in the early fall semester for all teams. We also will have recorded video workshops on topics that are relevant to new teams, such as how to mentor large teams of researchers and how to mentor interdisciplinary research teams. Viewing these recorded sessions is strongly encouraged but not required at this point. 

Yes. In the initial year, the Office of Undergraduate Research will provide each team with $5,000 in seed money to launch their VIP team. Spending of these funds must be done in accordance with regulations for state funding. It is expected that VIP teams will seek out external funding for their projects during the first year (if they haven't done so before then) so they can become self-sustaining for future years.

Most of our current PIs do not teach courses over the summer and run their VIP teams during the academic year only. 

The VIP Consortium discourages 鈥渧olunteers," requiring that students earn academic credit and a grade as part of their participation in VIP. 

We encourage PIs to ensure that any 妖姬直播students that join mid-term submit an official application and are registered for the RES course for the next available semester; they must enroll in RES4000 or RES7000 each semester. They will not retroactively receive academic credit for research done as a volunteer, only as an officially enrolled student.

Due to funding constraints, not all applications for VIP teams will be accepted. Reviewers will consider the following factors when evaluating applications:

1. Current external funding or strong potential for external funding in the next academic year: Because the seed funding is for one year, teams will be expected to be self-sufficient for subsequent years. Therefore, priority is given to teams that have already received external funding or who have a strong potential for external funding in the next academic year. 
2. Interdisciplinary: Projects that involve faculty and students from multiple disciplines, and in particular multiple colleges, will be prioritized.
3. Large or potential to be large: VIP teams involve large numbers of researchers (faculty, staff, students, etc.). Priority will be given to teams that are already somewhat large or that have the potential for becoming larger in the next academic year. 
4. Potential for long-term research: VIP teams at more established sites often involve programmatic research over decades. A proposal involving one quick study that will be over in less than a year does not achieve the mission of VIP. Priority will be given to programmatic research that has occurred over a long period of time or that has the potential.
5. Productivity (external funding, publications): On established VIP teams at other consortium sites, the projects result in many funded grants and regular publications in top journals. Priority will be given to projects that have a history of this productivity or that have the potential within a relatively short period of time. 

Applications for new VIP Teams for the 2025-2026 academic year are now closed. 

Faculty interested in the 2025-2026 academic year were required to complete the application no later than Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 11:59pm.

Thank you for your interest. We look forward to receiving your application next year!