Faculty Research Awards Committee
New Policy Update, June 2025
Standard Operating Procedure for Combined Fellowship and Off-Campus Duty Assignment Support
Program Applications & Deadlines
FRAC Applications will only be electronically administered through InfoReady. InfoReady is found in the PackPortal and requires Duo sign-in. Login for InfoReady is through Single Sign On (SSO) Banner, which is your network ID and password.
Applying to FRAC through InfoReady, which is located within the Tools menu in the PackPortal
- Compensated Leave Applications
Deadline for 2025 submissions: October 17th, 5pm CDT - Faculty Development Endowment Funds (Travel)
Deadline for 2025 submissions: October 17th, 5pm CDT - Faculty Research Fund
Deadline for 2025 submissions: October 17th, 5pm CDT
2025-2026 Committee Members
Koushik Biswas, Science and Mathematics
Vicent Moreno, CLAC - World Languages and Cultures, Chair Council Representative
Ibrahim Duyar, Education & Behavioral Science
Drew Fleming, Engineering & Computer Science
Pankaj Nagpal, Business
Justin Castro, CLAC - Humanities & Social Sciences
Binoll Balachandar, Nursing and Health Professions
Jianfeng "Jay" Xu, Agriculture
Ex officio:
Travis Marsico, Ph.D.
tmarsico@astate.edu
Vice Provost for Research, Innovation, and Discovery