IUSB GrantsLetter September 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.

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Changes for Research with Human Subjects
There are new requirements for researchers doing work with human subjects. NIH is requiring demonstration of the completion of an education program for all participants in human subjects research. We are working on ways to fulfill this requirement. More information can be found in IU Important Notice 00-5. The policy applies to all key personnel (investigators involved in the design or conduct of research involving human subjects).  The text of the education policy can be found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-039.html  To help explain this policy, the NIH has issued a page of Frequently Asked Questions for the Requirement for Education on the Protection of Human Subjects.  The URL for the FAQs is: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/hs_educ_faq.htm

Research at IUSB Workshop - Friday, 22 September 2000, 12:00-2:00pm in NS245.
I will give a brief overview of internal funding opportunities with the R&D Committee. I will look at the COS funding match system and other ways to locate funding opportunities. I will also give a quick run-through of procedures and incentives for seeking external funding for research. You are welcome to bring your lunch, coffee will be provided.

The IU Undergraduate Research Conference will be held on Friday, 20 October 2000 on the Kokomo Campus. If you have any promising students please alert them to this opportunity. More information can be found at http://www.iusb.edu/~research/iuurc.html

Recent Funding Opportunities

This is a very short, unrepresentative list of funding opportunities. It only reflects those hard copy RFPs that have been received by my office in the last month or so. A more comprehensive list of current funding opportunities can be found on the IU Granstlink. You can also search for funding opportunities using keywords from COS.
 

Deadline	Program Name/Description	URL for further information
9/15/00	United States Institute of Peace: Senior Fellowships on International Peace and Conflict Issues Support practitioners and scholars working on projects concerning the sources and nature of international conflict and ways of managing and sustaining peace.	http://www.usip.org
9/15/00	Department of Education The Student Support Services Program provides grants to institutions of higher education for projects offering support services to low-income, first generation, or disabled college students.	http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/
9/15/00	Sloane Foundation Research Fellowships Candidates for Sloan Research Fellowships are nominated by department heads or other senior scholars. Direct applications are not accepted. Candidates are required to hold the Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, physics,  mathematics, computer science, economics, or neuroscience, or in a related interdisciplinary field, and must be members of  the regular faculty (i.e., tenure track) of a college or university in the United States or Canada.	http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=10138
9/15/00	NSF - Information and Data Management (IDM) Program The Information and Data Management program supports research fundamental to the design, implementation, development, management, and use of databases, information retrieval, and knowledge-based systems.	http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=11545
9/30/00	Candian Studies Grant Promotes research in the social sciences and humanities with a view to contributing to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada and its relationship with the US or other countries of the world.	http://www.canadianembassy.org
10/1/00	NEH Summer Stipends Support two months of full-time work on projects that will make a significant contribution to the humanities	http://www.neh.gov
10/1/00	NIH EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) is authorized under Public Law (PL) 103-43, Sections 481A and 481B of the Public Health Service Act (PHS), to "make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to expand, remodel, renovate or alter existing research facilities or construct new research facilities".  The facilities will be used for basic and clinical biomedical and behavioral research and research training.	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-00-129.html
10/2/00	American Council on Learned Societies Frederick Burkhart Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars International and Area Studies Fellowships Library Fellowships Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies	http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm
10/2/00	Burrough Wellcome Fund Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences	http://www.bwfund.org
10/4/00	The Eisenhower Professional Development Program This grant program is designed to improve and strengthen science and mathematics education by improving the skills of teachers and the quality of instruction. Any Indiana postsecondary institution or non-profit organization, with evidence of successful experience in delivering the type of professional development service outlined in the Request for Proposals (RFP), may compete for funds.	http://www.che.state.in.us/Programs%20&%20Resources.htm
10/18/00	NSF - CISE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM The CISE (Computer and Information Science and Engineering) Research Infrastructure Program provides support to aid in the establishment, enhancement, and operation of major experimental facilities planned to support all of the research areas in the CISE Directorate. It may also assist activities for integration of research and education. The Research Infrastructure Program recognizes the emergence of research groups requiring strengthening of experimental facilities in a variety of environments - those solely within a single academic department, those drawing from several departments in a single institution, and those spanning several different institutions.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf005/nsf005.htm
10/20/00	NIH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AWARD IN NEUROINFORMATICS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS The purpose of this program announcement is to encourage and support applications from individuals, with the requisite scientific expertise and leadership, for the development of courses and curricula designed to train interdisciplinary Neuroinformatics scientists at U.S. educational institutions.  The field of Neuroinformatics combines neuroscience research with informatics research developed from the computer sciences, mathematics, physics, engineering or closely related sciences.	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-99-135.html
11/1/00	American Council on Learned Societies Contemplative Pratices Fellowships East European Studies Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships	http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm
11/1/00	Getty Grant Progam Fellowships in Art History - provide support for outstanding scholars in the early stages of their careers to pursue interpretive research projects on topics that make a substantial and original contribution to the understanding of art and its history.  Collaborative Research Grants  - provide opportunities for teams of scholars to pursue interpretive research projects that offer new explanations of art and its history. Collaborations that foster a cross-fertilization of ideas and methodologies are particularly encouraged. Teams may consist of two or more art historians, or of an art historian and one or more scholars from other disciplines. Funding is also available for the research and planning of scholarly exhibitions; teams for these projects should include scholars from both museums and universities.	http://www.getty.edu/grant/gschl.html
11/15/00	Indiana Humanities Council History Alive Grants for Schools Humanities Initiative Grants	http://www.ihc4u.org/grants.htm
11/15/00	American Council on Learned Societies CSCC China Programs Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art	http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm

Margarete Feinstein	History	International Federation for Research on the History of Women	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$700
Mike Keen	Sociology	Central and Eastern Europe Transformed: Sociology of the Dawn of a New Millenium	IREX	$2,040
Raj Kohli	Business & Ecnomics	Academy of Business Administration	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$600
Connie Ruhl-Smith	ARC	VA V326V-3145 Student Tutoring	Veteran's Administration	$320
Monica Tetzlaff	History	Between Black and White: Women’s Interactions on the Sea Islands of South Carolina	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$700

00-5 NIH Education Requirement on the Protection of Human Subjects
Recently, NIH announced a new requirement that researchers using human subjects demonstrate the completion of education in the protection of human research
participants http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-039.html.  Because this announcement from the NIH was rather sudden, imposes new levels
of compliance, and bears significant penalties for both non-compliant institutions and individuals, it is imperative that Indiana University introduce new procedures.
This notice explains the new requirement and the steps the University is taking to assist researchers, and the institution, to meet that requirement.  If you have any
questions regarding the information in this notice, please contact Mark L. Brenner, Associate Vice President for Research, at (317) 274-1020 or
mbrenner@iupui.edu.

00-6 Program Income
Federal OMB Circular A-110, “Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations” defines program income as gross income earned by the recipient that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of the award.  Tracking program income on federal and federal pass-through accounts is required under the provisions of A-110.  Program income includes, but is not limited to, income from fees for services performed, the use or rental of real or personal property acquired under federally-funded projects, the sale of commodities or items fabricated under an award, license fees and royalties on patents and copyrights, and interest on loans made with award funds.  While all other program income is reportable, income earned from license fees and royalties for copyrighted materials, patents, patent applications, trademarks and inventions is not reportable.

00-7 New Assistant Vice President for Research
As of June 1, 2000 Steven A. Martin was appointed as Assistant Vice President for Research. All proposals are submitted in the name of Indiana University with the
exception of agencies such as the Lilly Endowment, which are required as a condition of eligibility to be submitted in the name of the Indiana University Foundation.
 

NSF announced publication of a new Grant Proposal Guide (NSF 01-2) effective for proposals submitted on or after October 1, 2000.  The new version may be
found at  http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf012 and supersedes the prior version of the Guide (NSF 00-2).   Please share this information with your
faculty and department administrators.

NIH Human Subjects Policy
As many of you know, June 5, 2000 the NIH issued a new policy that beginning on October 1, 2000 the NIH will require education on the protection of human
research participants for all investigators submitting NIH applications for grants or proposals for contracts or receiving new or non-competing awards for research involving human subjects.  The policy applies to all applications that will be funded in FY 2001 or later.

The policy applies to all key personnel (investigators involved in the design or conduct of research involving human subjects).  The text of the
education policy can be found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-039.html

To help explain this policy, the NIH has issued a page of Frequently Asked Questions for the Requirement for Education on the Protection of Human
Subjects.  The URL for the FAQs is: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/hs_educ_faq.htm