IUSB GrantsLetter April 2001 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.

The Publication Reception is being held this Friday, March 23, 2001 at 3pm on 3rd floor bridge in Wiekamp.  Please join us in honoring the faculty and staff who have published or produced creative activities in the last year.  You can access the 2000 Faculty/Staff Publication list at http://www.iusb.edu/~acadaff/Pub2000.htm

The last Dean’s Seminar in the 2000-2001 series will be held on Friday, 20 April 2001. Faculty from the School of the Arts will present, “Applied Research in Theatre Production: Understanding the rise of Hitler and the Holocaust through Drama; the Indiana University South Bend School of the Arts Theatre Area’s production of Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day.”  We will meet in the Main Theater in Northside Hall at 12:00 noon (after the Senate meeting).  Coffee will be available and you are welcome to bring your lunch.

Proposals for the SMART Undergraduate Summer Fellowship are officially due on March 26, 2001, but since I will not be here on the 26th if the proposals are to me before 4/2/01 (preferably electronically) they will be accepted. More information can be found at http://www.iusb.edu/~research/summer.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
4/1/01 7/1/01	Indiana University International Programs Overseas Conference Fund - To provide partial support for travel expenses to an international conference held abroad where applicant will present a competitively selected or invited paper or perform some other important role.	http://www.indiana.edu/~intlprog/faculty_grant_ex.html
4/1/01	Indiana University International Programs International Enhancement Grant - To encourage faculty from IUPUI and regional campuses to gain new international expertise or to supplement ongoing international research activities and projects.  PCIP International Projects and Activities Grant - To support faculty and librarians from all campuses for research abroad or for overseas projects and activities.	http://www.indiana.edu/~intlprog/faculty_grant_ex.html
4/16/01	NEH - Humanities Focus Grants Funds may be used to pay for guest scholars and visiting consultants, for investigation of model programs, for books and other materials, for logistical support, and especially for released time so that participants to have the time to read, think, write, and deliberate.	http://www.neh.fed.us/grants/onebook/edd.html
4/16/01	Museum Loan Network - The purpose of the Museum Loan Network (MLN) is to make objects of cultural heritage more accessible and understandable to the public by encouraging collecting institutions to share these works over extended periods of time. Travel grants to look at possible pieces and implementation grants to move pieces are available.	http://loanet.mit.edu/Grants/gi_guide.htm
4/18/01	US Department of Education - SBIR Phase I Topics SBIR is a highly competitive three-phase award program. Phase I is a feasibility study to evaluate the scientific and technical merit of an idea. Proposals are evaluated based on published criteria by panels of expert reviewers. Awards are for periods up to six (6) months in amounts up to $60,000.	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SBIR/FY01/phase1/dates01.html
4/25/01	NSF - CISE Educational Innovation Program The objective of this program is to stimulate innovative educational activities at the undergraduate level in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) disciplines by encouraging the transfer of research results into the undergraduate curriculum.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf0033/nsf0033.htm
5/14/01	NEA Arts Learning: Children and youth learning in and through the arts.	http://www.arts.gov/guide/Orgs02/OrgIndex.html
6/1/01	NSF - Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technological (SMET) education for all students and targets activities affecting learning environments, course content, curricula, and educational practices. The program has three tracks:  1. Educational Materials Development (CCLI-EMD)  2. Adaptation and Implementation (CCLI-A&I)  3. National Dissemination (CCLI-ND)	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0158/nsf0158.htm
8/13/01	NEA Access: Access to the arts for all.  Heritage/Preservation: Preservation of our cultural heritage.	http://www.arts.gov/guide/Orgs02/OrgIndex.html

Barbara Peat	SPEA	Integrating Writing and Research Skills to Strengthen Student Marketability and Job Performance	Notre Dame Kaneb Center - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Progra	$200
Gabrielle Robinson	International Programs	Campus Representative Grant	IU International Programs	$1,500

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.
 
 

Research and Sponsored Programs has been tracking our common questions regarding the Protection of Human Research Subjects?  Concise, direct answers have been posted to a new web page giving specific information regarding:

• The Test
• Contact Information
• Documentation and Proof
• Collaborators and Subcontractors

NSF Releases New FastLane Instructions
It has been nearly six months since all proposals to the National Science Foundation were required to be submitted electronically using FastLane. Now that the "kinks" have been worked out, NSF has released a comprehensive, 70-page guide on how to use Fastlane. You can access it online at New Documentation: FastLane Proposal Preparation and Submission Guide (1.5MB in PDF format)