IUSB: GrantsLetter

IUSB GrantsLetter

June 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.

IRB Update - There were 113 original files sent to Bloomington. Of those, 61 have been approved and 45 have been closed. This leaves 7 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.
Please let me know if you would be interested in attending the following NSF Conference
- The first National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference of fiscal year 2005 will be held in St. Louis, MO and hosted by Washington University, on October 4-5, 2004, with optional FastLane sessions on October 3rd. Key representatives from the National Science Foundation as well as your colleagues – faculty, researchers and grant administrators – representing regional colleges and universities will participate. This two-day conference is a must, especially for new faculty, researchers and administrators who want to gain key insight into a wide range of current issues at NSF including the state of current funding; new and current policies and procedures; and pertinent administrative issues. NSF program officers representing each NSF directorate will be on hand to provide up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answer your questions.

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
9/17/04	IHETS - The Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS), in conjunction with the Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education (IPSE), has released the Request for Proposals for its 2004–05 Online Course and Module Development Grant Program.	http://www.iu.edu/~iuonline/ipseihetsgrant.html

Recent External Proposals

Julie Elliott Library One Book, One Campus Indiana Humanities Council
$995

Recent IUSB Awards

Ni Chang Education International Conference on Education and Information Systems UCET/FACET $300

Nancy Colborn Library Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Immersion UCET/FACET $300

Terri Demmon Education International Conference on Education and Information Systems UCET/FACET $300

Hossein Hakimzadeh Computer Science McGraw Hill/Irwin Software/Hardware Support Grant McGraw Hill $5,000

Randy Isaacson Education Mack Fellowship FACET $1,500

Matt Marmorino Chemisty Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in the Classroom and Lab UCET/FACET $88.62

Kwandro Okrah Education Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals IU Overseas Conference Fund $800

Vasile Rus Computer Science A First Exercise in Evaluating Logic Form Identification Methods IU Overseas Conference Fund $800

Denise Skarbek Education Teachers as Transformative Itellectuals IU Overseas Conference Fund $800

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

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.

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.

Last updated: 06/02/2004
URL: http://www.iusb.edu/~sbres/grantsletter/04jun.html
Comments: sbres@iusb.edu
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Ni Chang	Education	International Conference on Education and Information Systems	UCET/FACET	$300
Nancy Colborn	Library	Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Immersion	UCET/FACET	$300
Terri Demmon	Education	International Conference on Education and Information Systems	UCET/FACET	$300
Hossein Hakimzadeh	Computer Science	McGraw Hill/Irwin Software/Hardware Support Grant	McGraw Hill	$5,000
Randy Isaacson	Education	Mack Fellowship	FACET	$1,500
Matt Marmorino	Chemisty	Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in the Classroom and Lab	UCET/FACET	$88.62
Kwandro Okrah	Education	Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$800
Vasile Rus	Computer Science	A First Exercise in Evaluating Logic Form Identification Methods	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$800
Denise Skarbek	Education	Teachers as Transformative Itellectuals	IU Overseas Conference Fund	$800