IUSB GrantsLetter October 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 second Dean's Seminar in the 2001-2002 series will be given by Margarete Feinstein, from History on Friday October 19, 2001 at noon (or after the Senate meeting). Her talk is entitled "Contested Terrain: The Brandenburg Gate, the National Flag, and Competing German Identities, 1956-1959."

The next round of IU Arts & Humanities Initiative proposals are due on December 1, 2001.  This will be the only deadline for AY2001-02.

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/

Proposals for the IU Research Support Fund program are due to the IUSB Office of Research by 15 October 2001. The deadline showing on the website is 11/1/01 but these need to be reviewed by the R&D Committee before the Chancellor will recommend submission.

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
10/10/01	ACLS - Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships These fellowships support advanced assistant professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research. The fellowships seek to provide time and resources to enable these faculty members to conduct their research under optimal conditions.	http://www.acls.org/rysguide.htm
10/15/01	IU Research Support Fund The purpose of this fund is to facilitate research and creative activity and to assist in efforts to increase external funding on the Northwest, Southeast, East, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, and South Bend campuses.   The maximum grant is $12,000, and intercampus cooperation is not  required.  Proposals are not submitted by the individual researcher but by the chancellor of a campus. Only one proposal is allowed per campus. The R&D Committee will review proposals and make a recommendation to the Chancellor.	http://www.indiana.edu/~srs/internal/1998/intercamp.html#rsupp
10/15/01	IUSB Assessment Grants To assist programs in establishing and evaluating assessment activities. Gor guidelines and applications email Rhonda Culbertson.	rculbertson@iusb.edu
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/
11/1/01	National Endowment for the Humanities - Public Program Grants for Media Projects Media projects use film and radio, along with companion materials, such as DVDs, datacasting, and websites, to bring quality humanities programming to the public.	http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/media.html
11/1/01	ACLS - Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies Supporting postdoctoral research in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences using the foreign language collections of the Library of Congress. Contemplative Practice Fellowships To support individual or collaborative research leading to the development of courses and teaching materials that integrate an awareness of contemplative practice.	http://www.acls.org/locguide.htm         http://www.acls.org/conguide.htm
11/1/01 4/1/02	IU Intercampus Research Fund Grants from this fund are for projects involving more than one campus.  They are intended to support new research and creative activities, or to supply modest support for ongoing enterprises at critical times.  The maximum grant is $10,000, and most grants are considerably smaller.  The fund can be used to support graduate and undergraduate research assistants, travel expenses for visits to other IU campuses, research materials, and non-routine supplies and equipment that are essential to a specific research enterprise.	http://www.indiana.edu/~srs/internal/1998/intercamp.html#irfdef
11/1/01 3/1/02	IUSB - International Programs/Chancellor's Fund To encourage the development and introduction of classroom materials that enhance the international dimension of a specific course in any field and augment IUSB's international curriculum.	grobinson@iusb.edu ; 237-4429
11/2/01 3/8/02	IUSB - Internal Grant Programs Faculty Research Grants to support research, creative work, and the professional development of IUSB faculty. Curriculum Development Grants to support development of new courses or significant revisions to existing IUSB courses, which cannot be funded from existing divisional or departmental budgets.	http://www.iusb.edu/~research/RDComm.html
11/5/01	US Department of Education:  Business & International Education Program The Business and International Education Program provides grants to institutions of higher education to enhance international business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities. Office of Postsecondary Education; International Research and  Studies Program  The International Research and Studies Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.	http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2001-3/090501a.html                  http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2001-3/090501c.html
11/9/01	IU Technology Assessment Grant Faculty are encouraged to submit proposals for a new grant program developed through Indiana University aimed at aiding in the assessment of the impact of educational technology on teaching and learning. The purpose of the new Technology Assessment Grant (TAG) program is to encourage faculty to study the impact of educational technology on their practices and on student, course, or program outcomes.	http://www.iupui.edu/~uits/tag/
12/1/01	IU Arts & Humanities Initiative All full-time, tenure-track IU faculty from any IU campus may submit proposals for resources that will facilitate outstanding research in the arts & humanities	http://www.indiana.edu/~kirkwood/ahi/
12/1/01	The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry Supports poets, programs-in-poetry, and the translation of poetry from diverse cultures.	http://www.bynnerfoundation.org/grants/index.htm
12/15/01	Drug Information Association Encourages and fosters research in areas pertaining to pharmaceutical and biotechnology product development, regulation, marketing, utilization, and surveillance. One year grants of up to $25,000 are awarded on the basis of the quality of the research and contribution to the goals and objectives of the DIA.	http://www.diahome.org/dhp6a.htm
2/19/02	NSF - Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (FY2002) The program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and young women in all fields of science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) education by supporting research, demonstration, and dissemination projects that will lead to change in education policy and practice.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01130/nsf01130.htm
6/1/02	21st Century Research and Technology Fund (21CRTF) The Indiana 21st Century Research & Technology Fund was established by the State in 1999 to support the expansion of the high technology sector of Indiana's economy, with the expectation of creating significant economic impact and job growth.The Fund implements these goals through the creation of academic-commercial sector research and development  partnerships.	http://www.21fund.org/

01-2 Retirement and Fringe Benefit Rates
This Important Notice announces retirement and fringe benefit rates effective July 1, 2001
 
 

NIH is now requiring that all researchers show that they have passed an IRB Certification program in order to submit a proposal to them.  IUPUI is now requiring **ALL** researchers
using human subjects to have this certification in place before a protocol will be reviewed. This includes student researchers. It is not far off, that all researchers at IU doing research
involving human subjects will have to have this certification. IU has developed an on-line certification program that meet NIH standards.  I encourage everyone involved in human
subjects research to go through this online program at http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/Human%20Subjects/HumanSubjectsCourse.html and become certified.

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

• Added the Electronc Signature section under Proposal Submission;
• Modified PDF File Conversion section for using Adobe Acrobat 5.0;
• Replaced screen shot for Change User Permissions to include Authorized Organizational Representative Functions;
• Replaced screen shot for Demonstration Server and deleted the text stating that Advisories and Contact numbers are not on the Server;
• Moved the Add/Delete Non Co-PI Senior Personnel section in front of the Biographical Sketches section; and
• Updated the number of current registered FastLane Organizations and Users.