IUSB GrantsLetter September 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 first Dean's Seminar in the 2001-2002 series will be given by Leda Hall from SPEA on Friday September 21, 2001 at noon (or after the Senate meeting). Her talk is entitled "The Structure and Composition of the Nonprofit Sector in South Bend."

The University of Notre Dame will be hosting the Society of Research Administrators (SRA) "Conducting Research Responsibly" Satellite Teleconference on Thursday, September 13 from 1-4 ET 12-3 South Bend time.  Per the SRA announcement, the teleconference will explore four of the nine core instructional areas defined as Responsible Conduct of Research:  human subjects research, conflict of interest, research misconduct and mentorship.  Please let the IUSB Office of Research (4181) know if you would be interested in attending this workshop.

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.

The Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference 2001 will be held on the IUPUI campus on 12 October 2001. The deadline for registration is 19 September 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
9/15/01	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/
9/15/01	NSF - Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Projects supported by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program provide opportunities annually for several thousand undergraduate students to participate in active mathematics, science and engineering research experiences. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specially designed for this purpose. Projects may also provide opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in research opportunities in non-U.S. settings. International activities are eligible for support from the Division of International Programs either on the basis of proposals submitted to it or in conjunction with proposals submitted to disciplinary research divisions.	http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01121/nsf01121.htm
9/28/01	Searle Scholars Program Applicants for year 2002 awards will be expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences.  Candidates should have begun their first appointment at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2000 and therefore be in their first or second year. This appointment must be a tenure-track position, and must be in an academic department of an invited, degree-granting institution.	http://searle.bio.jhu.edu/
10/1/01	NEH 2002 Summer Stipends Fellowships and Summer Stipends are opportunities for individuals to pursue advanced work in the humanities. Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges or universities, or of primary or secondary schools, and scholars and writers.	http://www.neh.gov/grants/onebook/fellowships.html
10/1/01	American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and Grant Programs including ACLS/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships for Junior Faculty, ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Residential Fellowships.	http://www.acls.org/felguide.htm
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
10/19/01	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	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
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/

01-1 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.