IUSB GrantsLetter February 2000 For more information on the Office of Research and how it can help you please contact Erika Zynda at 237-4181 or ezynda@iusb.edu.

Deadline	Program Name/Description	URL for further information
2/9/00	Indiana Campus Compact - Scholarship of Engagement Mini-Grants	Contact Mac Bellner: mbellner@iupui.edu
2/11/00	Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) - Encourage all ideas to improve access to and the quality of postsecondary education.	http://www.ed.gov/FIPSE
2/15/00	Spencer Foundation: Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grants - Grants are intended to support the development of strong communities of teacher researchers. The purpose is 1) to establish or strengthen channels for examination and discussion of the characteristics of, and knowledge produced by, well-constructed teacher research; and 2) to provide teacher researchers with the opportunity to expand their repertoire of research skills through consultation with others in the teacher research or traditional academic communities.	http://www.spencer.org/proginfo.htm#prcm
2/16/00	The Department of Education is accepting applications for grants to support research in education. The Field-Initiated Studies Education Research Grant Program awards grants for education research in which topics and methods of study are generated by investigators.	http://www.usalert.com/htdoc/usoa/doed/any /any/proc/any/fr11099901.htm
2/16/00	Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Visiting Professorship in the Basic Medical and Microbiological Sciences To host a distinguished scientist for up to five days to engage in teaching and discussion, as well as to deliver a keynote lecture.	http://www.bwfund.org
2/25/00	HUD CDWSP - Purpose of the Program: To provide assistance to economically disadvantaged and minority graduate students who participate in community development work study programs and are enrolled full-time in a graduate community building academic degree program.	http://www.oup.org/about/cdwsapps.html
2/29/00	Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh - To encourage high-quality, innovative research by a new analytical chemistry professor and to promote the training and development of graduate students in this field.	http://www.sacp.org/
3/1/00	NEH Summer Seminars & Institutes To direct a residential summer seminars and institutes designed to provide teachers drawn from across the nation with intensive summer study of important texts and topics in the humanities	http://www.neh.gov
3/1/00	Library Company - Research Fellowships in Early American History and Culture and Early American Economy and Society	http://www.librarycompany.org
3/1/2000 6/30/2000	PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment - to stimulate research and facilitate discussion of new approaches to improving the effectiveness of government at the federal, state, local, and international level.	http://endowment.pwcglobal.com
3/7/00	Corporation for National Service: Learn and Serve America - supports service-learning activities through competitive grants.	http://learnandserve.org/resources/
3/7/00	US Department of Education: Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) - Implementation and catalyst grants to nurture innovative teacher preparation program improvements.	http://www.ed.gov/teachtech/
3/15/00	Whitaker Foundation: Biomedical Engineering Leadership-Development Award This program emphasizes education, rather than solving specific research problems. Each IU campus can submit 2 applications	http://www.whitaker.org/grants
3/16/00	US Department of Commerce: Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) - promotes the development, widespread availability, and use of advanced telecommunications and information technologies to serve the public interest.	http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome /tiiap/general/general.html
3/17/00	21st Century Research & Technology Fund - Increase the capacity of Indiana institutions of higher education, Indiana businesses, and Indiana nonprofit corporations and organizations to compete successfully for federal or private research and development funding - Stimulate the transfer of research and technology into marketable products - Assist with diversifying Indiana ís economy by focusing investment in biomedical research and biotechnology, information technology, and other high technology industry clusters requiring high skill, high wage employees - Encourage an environment of innovation and cooperation among universities and businesses to promote research activity.	http://www.21stcentury-research.org/ proposal_guide.htm
3/27/00	NEA - Grants to Organizations Creativity (formerly Creation & Presentation): Creation and presentation of artistic work. Organizational Capacity (formerly Planning & Stabilization): Developing strong and valued arts organizations.	http://arts.endow.gov/guide/Orgs01 /OrgIndex.html
3/31/00	NEH - Regional Humanities Center Planning Grants - to establish a Regional Humanities Center in the Central Region of US.	http://www.neh.gov
4/1/00	National Security Education Program - To equip Americans with an understanding of less commonly taught languages and cultures and enable the nation to remain integrally involved in global issues related to U.S. National Security; To build a critical base of future leaders both in government service and in higher education, who have cultivated international relationships and worked and studied alongside experts of other countries; To develop a cadre of professionals with more than the traditional knowledge of language and culture who can use this ability to help the U.S. make sound decisions on and deal effectively with global issues related to U.S. National Security; and To enhance institutional capacity and increase the number of faculty who can educate U.S. citizens toward achieving these goals.	http://www.ndu.edu/nsep
8/14/00	NEA - Grants to Organizations Access- Access to the arts for all. Education - Lifelong education in the arts. Heritage/Preservation - Preservation of our cultural heritage.	http://arts.endow.gov/guide/Orgs01 /OrgIndex.html