IUSB: GrantsLetter

IUSB GrantsLetter

June 2003

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.

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
6/15/03	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.
6/16/03	Indiana Pervasive Computing Research (IPCRES) Initiative Fellows Program IU faculty and staff on all campuses are invited to submit proposals for projects that effectively integrate pervasive technologies into research, teaching and learning, and/or IT environments. Proposals should consider the aims and aspirations of the IPCRES Initiative and, ideally, coalesce with research ongoing in at least one of the Pervasive Technology Labs.	http://pervasivetechnologylabs.iu.edu/fellows/
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
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
9/12/03	SBC Fellows Program (formerly Ameritech Fellows Program) The program is designed to promote innovation in teaching and learning as facilitated through the use of information technology.	http://sbcf.iu.edu/fellow.html
9/15/03	Indiana Humanities Council Humanities Initiative Grants Grants may be used for any public humanities program, with participation from a humanities scholar. Eligible projects include workshops, exhibits, film or book discussions, historical presentations, educational materials development, and more. The maximum amount is $1,000.	http://www.ihc4u.org/grants_description.htm#hum
10/1/2003	NEH 2004 Summer Stipends - Summer Stipends provide individuals with an opportunity to pursue research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Projects should be completed during the tenure of an award or represent part of a long-term endeavor. Recipients might eventually produce scholarly articles, a monograph on a specialized subject, a book on a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, a database, or other scholarly tools.	http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
11/1/03 5/1/04	International Programs/Chancellor Fund Grants up to $1,000 for internationalizing the curriculum of a particular course, buying course materials such as books and videos and brining in international speakers. A curriculum development grant of up to $500 is also available.	grobinso@iusb.edu

Recent External Proposals

Gwynn Mettetal Education Indiana Professional Standards Board STEP II $12,000

Recent IUSB Awards

Nancy Colborn Library Institute for Information Literacy IUSB Assessment $1500

Smilka Cubelic English Innovative Strategies Conference IUSB FACET/UCET $78

Joann Detlef English Innovative Strategies Conference IUSB FACET/UCET $191.68

Mike Keen Sociology Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe IU Overseas Conference Fund $800

Judy Lewandowski Education Innovation in Higher Education IU Overseas Conference Fund $700

Kwando Okrah Education Language. Education and Culture - The Dilemma of Ghanaian Schools IU International Enhancement Grant $1500

IU Important Notices

03-2 Justification/Documentation of Cost Transfers The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) which has audit cognizance of all federal programs at Indiana University has always placed a high emphasis on the timeliness and justification of cost transfers. Cost transfers continue to be closely scrutinized by state and federal auditors. Additionally, there has been a renewed emphasis on the timeliness of cost transfers not only for direct costs to and from the account, but also for cost share expenditures.

03-3 A-21 Effort Reports The U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21 require personnel activity reports (effort reports) for employees who fit certain criteria. To meet this requirement, Indiana University has chosen the after-the-fact method of accounting for effort which provides a record of the percent of effort committed to each project/account.

03-4 Accounting for Cost Share This Important Notice is being reissued as there has been a change in the procedure to distribute cost share expenditures to the cost share sub-account. Additional information regarding cost share can be found in OMB Circular A-110, section 23.

Other News

A revised version of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) (NSF 03-041) has be published. It will be effective for proposals submitted on or after June 1, 2003. This document supercedes all prior versions of the GPG and can be accessed at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?gpg. This revision implements a number of important changes to NSF policies and procedures.

New Sponsors are Added to COS Funding Opportunities
The editors of the COS database of Funding Opportunities are always hard at work to bring you new and updated funding information. Some of the new and noteworthy sponsors that have been added recently include:

John Dewey Project on Progressive Education

African Violet Society of America

International Communication Foundation (South Korea)

Finnish Cancer Foundations

British Society of Periodontology

Visit the 'search by sponsors' page to view opportunities from these and other funding sponsors, http://fundingopps.cos.com/sponsors/.

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: 06/30/2003
URL: http://www.iusb.edu/~research/grantsletter/03jun.html
Comments: research@iusb.edu
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Nancy Colborn	Library	Institute for Information Literacy	IUSB Assessment	$1500
Smilka Cubelic	English	Innovative Strategies Conference	IUSB FACET/UCET	$78
Joann Detlef	English	Innovative Strategies Conference	IUSB FACET/UCET	$191.68
Mike Keen	Sociology	Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$800
Judy Lewandowski	Education	Innovation in Higher Education	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$700
Kwando Okrah	Education	Language. Education and Culture - The Dilemma of Ghanaian Schools	IU International Enhancement Grant	$1500