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IUSB GrantsLetter

February 2005

For more information on the Office of Research and how it can help you please contact Erika Zynda at 520-4181 or ezynda@iusb.edu.

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  • The next Dean's Seminar of the 2004-05 series will be held on Friday, February 18, 2005 at noon in NS158. The Avalon String Quartet will present "In the Studio with the Avalon String Quartet."
     

  • The Office of Research has moved. Erika Zynda can now be found in Room 102A of the Administration Bldg. Our new fax number is (574) 520-5209.
     

  • IRB Review Schedule - Exempt and Expedited applications are reviewed weekly; the deadline is noon on Friday. There are occasional modifications due to vacations, illness, etc. You may contact the office for current information.

    Full Committee applications are reviewed monthly.

    • Due February 4th at noon for review on February 11th
    • Due March 4th at noon for review on March 11th
    • Due April 1st at noon for review on April 8th
    • Due May 6th at noon for review on May 13th

    More information is available at the IRB website (http://www.iusb.edu/~sbirb).
     

  • If you have students that will be submitting IRB protocols for a class this semester please contact Erika (ezynda@iusb.edu) to talk about the timing so that the committee can be prepared to handle the protocols as they come in.
     

  • 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 Indiana Campus Compact - Developing Service-Learning Practitioner Grant- To support the development of new service-learning courses or revision of existing courses to include service components; strengthen the educational experience of students through the use of service-learning; enhance emerging faculty professional development by linking grantees with Faculty Fellow mentors; encourage a focus on research in the field of service-learning and civic engagement; and provide funding support for adjunct and graduate student instructors to address community issues with their professional services.   http://www.indianacampuscompact.org/


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
3/1/05 IUSB Assessment Grants The IUSB Assessment Committee offers grant opportunities to IUSB academic departments to encourage the development, implementation and evaluation of innovative assessment programs. http://www.iusb.edu/~sbassess/granhome.shtml
3/1/05
7/1/05
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
3/1/05 International Programs/Chancellor's Fund
Funds to encourage faculty to internationalize their curriculum and the campus.
grobinso@iusb.edu
3/4/05 IUSB Faculty Research Grants to support research, creative work, and the professional development of IUSB faculty. http://www.iusb.edu/~sbres/randd/FRG.html
3/4/05 IUSB 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. This grant may not be used for professional development or operating expenses of existing courses. http://www.iusb.edu/~sbres/randd/CDP.html 
3/11/05 New Frontiers Arts and Humanities Grants Program - The goal of the program is to help Indiana University faculty members to expand their work into disciplinary or interdisciplinary frontiers that promise new insights into the human condition or pursue innovative directions in artistic creativity. http://www.research.indiana.edu/funding/newfron/ahumanity.html
3/31/05 Indiana Campus Compact - Faculty Fellows Program Faculty Fellows are expected to collaborate with a community organization in a way that advances the faculty member’s teaching and scholarship while addressing a significant social, economic, or environmental issue. http://www.indianacampuscompact.org/
4/1/05
7/1/05
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
4/1/05 IUSB Associate Faculty Professional & Travel Grants
These funds are used to award grants, through competitive application procedures, to associate faculty in support of travel and attendance at professional meetings, or other activities of direct benefit to the individual's University-related professional development.
http://www.iusb.edu/~sbres/research/Associate_Faculty_Guidelines.html

Recent External Proposals

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Nancy Colborn Library A Moveable Feast Indiana State Libraries $2,126
Linda Fisher Library Proposal to Recruit the Next Generation of Librarians Notre Dame (IMLS) $34,660
Hossein Hakimzadeh Computer Science A Multilingual Software Tool for Translating English to South Asian and Middle Eastern Languages SYSCON-Plantstar $1,400
Brenda Knowles Business & Economics Titans of Tomorrow Indiana Campus Compact $400
NJ Petersen Education A Liberian Refugee Family in America: A New Chapter in the Diaspora Spencer Foundation $20,000
Michael Prater Facilities Management Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge Over the St. Joseph River at IUSB IN Department of Transportation $2,282,485
James Wolfer Computer Science A Multisensory Augmentation Studio for Computer Graphics and Human Interaction NSF $199,328

Recent IUSB Awards

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Tracey Anderson Business & Economics History and Current Status of Abusive Tax Shelters IUSB Faculty Research Grant $8,000
Oscar Barrau Foreign Languages Jacob Cromberger of Seville and the Origins of Spanish American Narrative IUSB Faculty Research Grant $5,007
Elizabeth Bennion Political Science Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science IUSB UCET/FACET $400
Jacqueline Caul Student Support Services GEAR-UP Mentoring Grant of the 21st Century Scholars Program 21st Century Scholars $75,000
Aurora Chase Education Case Writing in Action IUSB UCET/FACET $300
Linda Fisher Library Proposal to Recruit the Next Generation of Librarians Notre Dame (IMLS) $34,660
Hossein Hakimzadeh Computer Science A Multilingual Software Tool for Translating English to South Asian and Middle Eastern Languages SYSCON-Plantstar $1,400
Hossein Hakimzadeh Computer Science Developing a Web Based Tool for Conducting Alumni Surveys IUSB Assessment $2,937
Jennifer Klein UCET Clinical Dental Hygiene Seminar IUSB UCET/FACET $215
Brenda Knowles Business & Economics Titans of Tomorrow Indiana Campus Compact $400
Myung Koh Education Overseas Teaching Practice Course IUSB Curriculum Develoment Grant $3,000
Ilan Levine Physics Superheated Emulsion Detectors for a Dark Matter Search and Other Applications IUSB Faculty Research Grant $8,000
James McLister Biology Specific Dynamic Activity in Diploid and Polyploid Frogs IUSB Faculty Research Grant $8,000
Micheline Nilsen Arts The “Other Side of the Tracks”: Railway Implantation in European Capitals IUSB Faculty Research Grant $8,000
NJ Petersen Education Case Writing in Action IUSB UCET/FACET $300
NJ Petersen Education Assessment Strategy IUSB Assessment $3,000
Ruth Schwartz Informatics Assessment Conference IUSB Assessment $2,000
Henry Scott Physics Mantle Generation of Heavy Hydrocarbons IUSB Faculty Research Grant $8,000
Lee Smith Education Developing Evaluation Mechanisms for Stakeholder Satisfaction IUSB Assessment $3,000
Jennifer Taylor Child Development Center Parent Lending Library Junior League $420
Lesley Walker Foreign Languages Words of Women: A History of Literary Biographies IUSB Faculty Research Grant $8,000
   

IU Important Notices

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04-4 Retirement and Fringe Benefit Rates Update This Important Notice announces retirement and fringe benefit rates effective July 1, 2004.  Please begin using them immediately on all proposals submitted.

Other News

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NSF has published a revised version of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) (NSF 04-23) that will be effective for proposals submitted on or after September 1, 2004. This document supercedes all prior versions of the GPG and can be accessed at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?gpg

This new version:

  • provides potential proposers with a description of the various categories of funding opportunities utilized by NSF to generate proposals, as well as the appropriate scenarios in which each are used;

  • incorporates new descriptive information on the types of submissions that may be required under NSF program solicitations, as well as the rationale for their use; and

  • implements enhanced capabilities in FastLane for submission of proposal file updates.



Last updated: 02/07/2005
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