IUSB GrantsLetter June 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 Ameritech Fellows Program has announced a new deadline of October 19, 2001. This program intends to provide support for faculty demonstration projects in the effective integration of information technology for campus and distance education. More information can be found at http://amfellow.iu.edu/

The Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference 2001 will be held on the IUPUI campus on 12 October 2001.  More information and iPDF forms can be found at http://www.iusb.edu/~research/iuurc.html. Please encourage your best and brightest students to participate.
 

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
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
7/1/01	NEH Preservation Assistance Grants Supports projects that preserve humanities resources, or initiatives that make such materials available to the public for research and other educational activities.	http://www.neh.gov/grants/onebook/preservation.html
7/1/01	Twenty-First Annual Faculty Scholars Program This program supports promising post-doctoral (but pre-tenure, tenure-track) scholars from diverse disciplines. Priority areas are youth development; programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people, etc.	http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/wtgrant/appguide.html
7/15/01	NSF - Developmental and Learning Sciences: A Multidisciplinary Competition This initiative aims to support studies that increase our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children’s and adolescents’ learning in formal and informal settings.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0146/nsf0146.html
7/24/01	NSF - CAREER The CAREER program recognizes and supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0184/nsf0184.htm
8/7/01 1/8/02	National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) ... to advance the state of ecological knowledge through the search for general patterns and principles; to organize and synthesize ecological information in a manner useful to researchers, resource managers, and policy makers addressing important environmental issues; and to influence the way ecological research is conducted and promote a culture of synthesis and collaboration.	http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/fmt/doc?/nceas-web/opportunity/rfp.html
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
8/22/01	NSF - ADVANCE Program To increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0169/nsf0169.htm
9/1/01	National Institute on Aging - HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 CLAUDE D. PEPPER OLDER AMERICANS INDEPENDENCE CENTERS (OAIC) The general goal of the OAIC program is to increase scientific  knowledge that will lead to better ways to maintain or restore  independence to older persons.	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-02-001.html
10/19/01	IU Ameritech Fellows Program To provide support for faculty demonstration projects in the effective integration of information technology for campus and distance education.	http://amfellow.iu.edu/

Peter Aghimien	Business & Economics	Nigeria Accounting Institute	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$500
Neovi Karakatsanis	Political Science	Political Learning and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from the Greek Dictatorship	IU President's Council on International Programs	$1,500
Deborah Marr	Biology	Ecological and Genetic Comparisons of the Plant Communities in Remnant and Restoration Prarie Sites	The Nature Conservancy	$17,844
John McIntosh	Psychology	The Status of Suicide Prevention: A Comprehensive Review with Recommendations for Action	Retirement Research Foundation	$21,450
Suzanne Miller	Continuing Education	High/Scope Program	Community Foundation/Lilly	$743,537
Kwando Okrah	Education	Toward Global Conflict Resolution: Lessons from the Akan Chieftaincy and Judicial Systems	IU International Enhancement Grant	$1,000
Andrew Schnabel	Biology	Legume Conference	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$500
Lesley Walker	Foreign Languages	Enlightened Labor and Artful Maternity: Women of Arts and Letters in France, 1770-1820	IU Arts & Humanities Fellowship	$26,354
Lyle Zynda	Philosophy	Interpretation and Non-Standard Preference Theories	IU Arts & Humanities Fellowship	$29,037

01-1 Retirement and Fringe Benefit Rates
This Important Notice announces retirement and fringe benefit rates effective July 1, 2001
 

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 Updates the Grant Proposal Guide
The National Science Foundation has updated the Grant Proposal Guide with this addendum, effective June 1, 2001. It replaces the guide released last October (nsf01-2). A copy may be viewed online here. If you'd prefer a summary of the significant changes, click here.