Research and Sponsored Programs

Hellervik Prize

Established in fall 2005, the Hellervik Prize is made possible by Dr. Lowell Hellervik, St. Cloud State University alumnus. Dr. Hellervik co-founded Personnel Decisions International, a global consulting firm. He received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award by the Society for Industrial Organizational/Psychologists in 1999 and the 2018 Visionary Award from the SCSU Foundation.

The purpose is to encourage research or scholarly activity which advances knowledge on issues of importance to students, college/school, university, and society. Research is broadly defined as creative achievement and/or the scholarly pursuit of knowledge using recognized procedures in the principal investigator’s discipline or area of study.

Applicants can apply for up to $10,000 and the principal investigator awarded will receive one course release (3-4 credits maximum) during the academic year of the grant award.

Eligibility requirements

Tenured, probationary, or fixed term faculty at the time of application and time of award activity.
Awardees agree to present their research results or scholarly works, in a format appropriate to their discipline.

Submission instructions and requirements

Apply Here
WizeHive Tutorial

Deadline: January 26, 2024 at 4 p.m.

Step 1: Review the eligibility requirements and budgetary guideline sections of this webpage for this grant. You can also review the criteria that the review committee uses by viewing the evaluation
rubric.
Estimated Project Budget

Step 2: Discuss your project and intent to apply with your department chair/director and dean/supervisor as upon submission, your proposal will automatically be routed to them for review and approval. All approvals (signatures) are facilitated electronically in Wizehive and applications will not be considered without all required approvals.

Step 3a: Click on the red "Apply Here" button to login to Wizehive using your StarID.

For assistance using Wizehive, please click on the red "Wizehive Tutorial" button.
Wizehive allows you to save your progress as you work on completing your application.
Do not click the "Submit" button until your application is complete. A complete application includes the finished Application, Estimated Project Budget (download by clicking on red button above), supporting documents and budget justification items, and, if applicable, Co-PI response(s).

Step 3b: If you have one or more St. Cloud State Co-PI's, you are required to complete a Co-PI Request form for each Co-PI participating in the project. This process will trigger a notification to your Co-PI(s) requiring them to acknowledge participation in the project.

Step 4: If applicable, confirm your Co-PI(s) have completed their Co-PI Request forms. You can confirm this by looking for the green box next their name(s) within the Co-PI Request section of your application.

Step 5: Click on "Submit" to put forward your COMPLETE application for consideration. It must be submitted prior to the posted deadline above or it will not be considered.

Changes/updates cannot be made once your application is submitted.
The application will be automatically routed in Wizehive to obtain the necessary approvals (signatures) from your department chair/director and dean/supervisor.
To ensure timely reviews, it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure department chairs/directors and deans/supervisors know the application is coming.

Step 6: Once your completed application is electronically approved in Wizehive by your department chair/director AND dean/supervisor, your application will be distributed to a review panel for review and consideration. Please note that the review process takes time, so please be patient. Updates will be sent out as soon as the review process is concluded.

DISCLAIMER: Applicants are encouraged to submit their electronic application early to avoid potential access issues. Applications after the deadline will not be considered without official confirmation of campus-wide accessibility/technical outages. Previous versions of application forms will not be considered and will be denied.

Budgetary guidelines

The budget will be judged on how realistic it is in relation to being able to accomplish your project. Therefore, it is important to accurately calculate the direct costs and obtain current rates for all items.
Correctly place each cost under the appropriate heading and include a notation of how it was computed.
The budget justification describes –
- Responsibilities for personnel receiving compensation.
- Connections between the requested budget expenditures and the strategy of the project.
- Concise description of the need for each requested item in carrying out the proposed project.

Allowable budgetary items:

Travel related to the project.
Supplies and equipment needed for the project (purchases remain property of St. Cloud State University).
Computer services.
Personnel (e.g., clerical/student salary/compensation and fringe costs).
Other identifiable costs
- If you request compensation for an expert outside of St. Cloud State, you must provide the individual’s credentials, justification for the award, and explanation of your relationship with the individual.

Award selection

Review of applications will be in collaboration with Dr. Lowell Hellervik, the Associate Provost for Research, and peer reviewers.

Recipient responsibilities

Awarded funds are to be used exclusively for the work outlined in the proposal narrative.
Recipients are responsible for the submission of a final report to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs within 30 days after the project’s scheduled completion date.

Previous recipients

2022 Recipient

Lindsey Vigesaa & Mary Clifford - $9,975
Criminal Justice, "Public & Private Collaborations to Promote Student Success: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Analyze Agency Data in the Criminal Justice Classroom"

2021 Recipient

Matthew Davis - $9,997
Biology, “The Evolution of Fishes that Light up the Oceans”

2020 Recipient

Scott Miller - $9,959.57
Music, “Sonic Augment Reality (SonAR) Study”

2019 Recipient

Robert Galler - $9,972
History, “Researching the History of St. Cloud State University”

2018 Recipient

Heiko Schoenfuss - $9,544
Biology, “How Do Changes in Selective Pressures Over a Lifetime Affect Adult Performance?”

Previous recipients are showcased in RSP’s annual report.

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