IUSB: GrantsLetter

IUSB GrantsLetter

April 2004

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 last Dean's Seminar of the 2003-04 series will be held on Friday, April 16, 2004 at noon in the Board Room. Deb Marr, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences will speak on "It Takes Three to Understand the Tango: The Role of Mutualistic and Antagonistic Species Interactions in Plant Reproduction ."
IRB Update - There were 113 original files sent to Bloomington. Of those, 61 have been approved and 42 have been closed. This leaves 10 studies still under review. We have assembled a new IRB here at IUSB and that committee will be meeting over the next few months to bring our by-laws, forms, and processes into compliance. We will keep the campus posted on the IRB activities and will let you know when Human Subjects applications will be reviewed on our campus.
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
7/1/04	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
7/1/04	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

Recent External Proposals

Hossein Hakimzadeh Computer & Information Sciences McGraw Hill/Irwin Software/Hardware Support Grant McGraw Hill/Irwin
$5,000

Marsha Heck Education Museum Teacher Packets: Taking Our Show on the Road and the Information Highway Indiana Campus Compact $1,975

Recent IUSB Awards

Joe Chaney & Lesley Walker English/Foreign Languages London and Paris Overseas Program: Becoming Modern: 1666-1870:The London Summer Course International Programs/Chancellor Fund $450

Pat Henry Nursing DxrNursing Software Assessment $3,000

Joy Shaw Education Employer Survey Assessment $950

Lesley Walker & Joe Chaney Foreign Languages/English London and Paris: Becoming Modern, 1666-1870 IU WEST Program $6,000

Karen White Student Academic Support Services Initiative to Promote Opportunity Through Educational Collaboration Lilly $420,354

Lynn Williams Liberal Arts & Sciences Development of an Electronic Course Evaluation System Assessment $2,729

IU Important Notices

04-2 Retirement and Fringe Benefit Rates This Important Notice announces retirement and fringe benefit rates effective July 1, 2004. Please begin using them immediately on all proposals submitted. Benefits are pooled and all persons are charged based on object codes and not on benefit entitlement. Non-student hourly personnel employed more than 1000 hours annually are covered by the PERF retirement plan.

Other News

The National Science Foundation has released a revised Grant Proposal Guide effective October 1, 2003. Read the cover letter to see the revisions incorporated into the guide.

Grant Proposal Guide, NSF 04-2, Effective October 1, 2003
URL : http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf042
Type : Policies and Procedures
Subtype : NSF-wide

List of Common Proposal Mistakes Now Online
With thousands of dollars (or more) involved, sponsors want to know the money they invest will be spent effectively and appropriately. The guidelines state exactly what the sponsors want - or don't want - in proposals. To help researchers, the Office of Research has compiled a list of common proposal mistakes in the Proposal Preparation area of the website. Courtesy of Notre Dame Department of Research.

New Guide to Programs Sponsored by NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has updated its Guide to Programs. The Guide includes broad, general descriptions of programs and activities for each NSF Directorate, as well as sources for more information. It also offers links to other information sources, including NSF Directorate home pages; to related publications such as program announcements and solicitations that contain additional proposal or eligibility information; and to the E-Bulletin for deadline and target date information.

COS Enhances its Funding Opportunities and Funding Alert Services
The Community of Science (COS) has recently made some improvements to its Funding Opportunities and Funding Alert services to make it easier to construct and run funding searches. Specific changes include:

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES - A set of radio buttons now allow you to select whether searches will "Match all", "Match any", or "Exclude All" of the selected terms have replaced the AND/OR/NOT select lists. This will allow users to more reliably set up searches in which they need to use "AND", "OR", and "NOT", especially in the same search.

FUNDING ALERT - Funding Alert has also been updated so that searches can be modified and added using the match all/match any feature. Additionally, the search set-up process has been simplified. The "basic" search interface has been removed; users may now more easily construct a search using a variety of fields.

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: 04/04/2004
URL: http://www.iusb.edu/~sbres/grantsletter/04mar.html
Comments: sbres@iusb.edu
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Hossein Hakimzadeh	Computer & Information Sciences	McGraw Hill/Irwin Software/Hardware Support Grant	McGraw Hill/Irwin	$5,000
Marsha Heck	Education	Museum Teacher Packets: Taking Our Show on the Road and the Information Highway	Indiana Campus Compact	$1,975

Joe Chaney & Lesley Walker	English/Foreign Languages	London and Paris Overseas Program: Becoming Modern: 1666-1870:The London Summer Course	International Programs/Chancellor Fund	$450
Pat Henry	Nursing	DxrNursing Software	Assessment	$3,000
Joy Shaw	Education	Employer Survey	Assessment	$950
Lesley Walker & Joe Chaney	Foreign Languages/English	London and Paris: Becoming Modern, 1666-1870	IU WEST Program	$6,000
Karen White	Student Academic Support Services	Initiative to Promote Opportunity Through Educational Collaboration	Lilly	$420,354
Lynn Williams	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Development of an Electronic Course Evaluation System	Assessment	$2,729