IUSB GrantsLetter October 2002 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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November 1 deadlines:

• The next Dean's Seminar for 2002-2003 will be presented by Mary Basolo-Kunzer, Associate Professor of Nursing on October 18, 2002. Her seminar is entitled "Chronic Headache Patients' and Their Spouses' Marital Cohesion, Adaptability, and Conflict." We will meet at noon, or after the Academic Senate meeting in the Board Room.
   
• We will be holding a Funding Workshop on October 11, 2002 at 2pm in the UCET Classroom. We will concentrate on applying for internal and IU funding, but we will also touch on how to search for external funding.
   
• Nominations for the 2003 IUSB Distinguished Research Award are due November 1, 2002. More information can be found on-line at http://www.iusb.edu/~acadaff/awards/research.html
   
• The 2002 Research Award Lecture entitled "Flipping the Pages: The Media's Evolving Portrayals of Women and Minorities," will be presented by Monle Lee, Professor of Marketing on Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 7:00pm in DW1001.
   
• IUSB has entered a special agreement with the City of South Bend to solicit proposal from our faculty to help them achieve the goal to assure that South Bend is a competitive and livable 21^st century city. Proposals are due to the IUSB Office of Research on November 15th. Guidelines can be found at http://www.iusb.edu/~research/research/citygrant.htm
   
• The next deadline for the IU Arts & Humanities Initiative is December 2, 2002. Guidelines and a new Cover Sheet are available at http://www.indiana.edu/~kirkwood/ahi/description.htm For this round $100,000 has been added to the $1 million designated for this initiative to fund special needs such as publication subventions, art supplies, or expenses related to musical performance and recording. New cover sheet!!
   
• Workshop Opportunities: If you would like to attend a grant-related workshop on the Indianapolis or Bloomington campus, the Office of Research will pay for your travel. Check out what is available at http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/spon/workshopcontent.htm If there is enough interest in any specific topic we can arrange to have their presenters come to IUSB.
   

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
No Deadline	IU International Prorams International Visitors Fund To provide partial funding to bring international visitors and specialists to any IU campus for lectures and consultation on international, cross-cultural themes. Awards: from $200 to $500.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
No Deadline	Lumina Foundation for Education: Our work must be focused to be effective. Therefore, we will concentrate its national funding efforts in three theme areas: Addressing the issue of financial access to postsecondary education. Supporting efforts that help postsecondary students identify appropriate options and remain in school to attain their educational objectives. Understanding and addressing the challenges faced by nontraditional students, including adult students, first-generation college goers and under-served groups of students.	http://www.luminafoundation.org/grants/apply.shtml
10/15/02	ACLS Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship To support advanced assistant professors who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research.	http://www.acls.org
10/15/02 3/15/03	IU International Programs Opportunities For Libraries and Librarians To support librarians from any IU campus for projects and activities aimed at library development of international collections.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
10/15/02	IUSB Campus Assessment Committee grants worth up to $1500 to promote the development, implementation and evaluation of program assessment plans.	http://www.iusb.edu/~assess/grants/assessform.pdf
11/1/02	American Philosophical Society - Sabbatical Fellowship for the Humanities and Social Sciences Mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research year, but for whom financial support from the parent institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had a financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 1999. The doctoral degree must have been conferred prior to 1997, and subsequent to 1977.	http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbat.htm
11/1/02	ACLS Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies To support postdoctoral research in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences using the foreign language collections of the Library of Congress. ACLS East European Studies Programs For research and write-up in the social sciences and humanities relating to Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and the successor states of the former Yugoslavia.	http://www.acls.org
11/1/02	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.	http://www.indiana.edu/~rugs/irc/irfopp.html
11/1/02 4/1/03	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.	http://www.indiana.edu/~rugs/irc/irfopp.html
11/1/02 4/1/03	IU International Programs PCIP International Projects and Activities Grants To support faculty and librarians from all campuses for research abroad or for projects which significantly contribute to the internationalization of their campuses. Preference given to those early in their careers who seek to enhance their international reputation in research or teaching.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
11/1/02	IU International Programs Enhancement Grants To encourage faculty from IUPUI and regional campuses to gain new international expertise or to supplement ongoing international research activities and projects.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#non_bloomington
11/1/02 3/1/03 7/1/03	IU International Programs Outreach Grants To enhance international outreach activities among area studies centers, departments, or the professional schools and encourage collaboration between these units.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
11/15/02	City of South Bend DEFINING THE COMPETITIVE AND LIVABLE 21st CENTURY CITY Discover what's working and where improvement is needed and help begin building into City-initiated programs a system of evaluation which will routinely generate data, both quantitative and qualitative, to help gauge progress toward City goals.	http://www.iusb.edu/~research/research/citygrant.htm
11/15/02	ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL Fellowship Scholars who have received their Ph.D. degree within the last four years  in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences —broadly conceived—are invited to apply for the postdoctoral fellowship, made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Wesleyan University. The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have lately completed their Ph.D.'s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty.	http://www.wesleyan.edu/chum/mellon.html
11/15/02 3/1/03	IU International Programs Interprogram Grants To support collaboration between area studies centers, departments, or professional schools on comparative or crossdisciplinary projects that combine expertise from different academic perspectives.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
11/15/02	IU International Programs John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies To honor an individual faculty member from any campus who has made exceptional contributions to international programs at IU.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
12/2/02	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 and creative activity in the arts & humanities.	http://www.indiana.edu/~kirkwood/ahi/description.htm
12/13/02	Indiana Commission on Higher Education Improving Teacher Quality Through this program, the Commission will provide grants that support teacher quality as a major factor in improving student achievement.  Eligible applicants for grants must include partnerships consisting of: A department or school within an Indiana college or university responsible for teacher preparation; A department or school within an Indiana college or university specific to the subject matter being addressed; and A "high-need" local educational agency (LEA).	http://www.che.state.in.us/ITQP.htm
1/15/03 4/1/03 7/1/03	IU International Programs Overseas Conference Fund To provide partial support for airfare and travel expenses to an overseas conference where applicant will present a competitively selected paper or perform an important role.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
2/1/03	IU International Programs International Exchange Affiliations Grants To encourage the expansion of exchange partnerships between IU and foreign institutions of higher education and strengthen teaching and research skills among IU faculty.	http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/grantline/grantline3.html#UniversityWide
3/30/03	Institute for Experiential Learning Faculty Fellowship Internship Program	http://www.ielnet.org/

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02-9 Project Director Eligibility The project director generally is a tenured or tenure-track faculty member of the University but may be any individual who is personally and professionally qualified to conduct the project as determined by the dean or director of the submitting unit.  The project director must be an employee of the university during the project period.

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IRB CERTIFICATION TESTING: In February 2002 the IUSB IRB decided that after July 1, 2002 no new protocols or continuing reviews would be accepted from investigators that had not passed the IRB Certification Test.  IU has developed an on-line certification program that meets federal standards.  If you plan to be involved in human subjects research at IUSB you should take this certification test as soon as possible at http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/Human%20Subjects/HumanSubjectsCourse.html .

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

Please visit Human Subjects Protection Education FAQ's

Last updated: 30 September 2002
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