IUSB GrantsLetter July 1999 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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 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 Granstline. You can also search for funding opportunities using keywords from SPIN or COS.

Principal Investigator	Unit	Project Title	Funding Agency	Total Awarded
Peter Aghimien	Business & Economics	International Accounting Standards: Who is Right?	IU - Overseas Conference Fund	$500
Peter Biegel	Registrar	Student Tutoring	VA V326V-3145	$320
Linda Blodgett	Business & Economics	International Trade and Finance Association	IU - Overseas Conference Fund	$800
Nancy Colborn	Library	June 4th panel presentation	IU - InULA	$700
William Frascella	Math/Computer Science	Indiana Mathematics Initiative	NSF	$602,499
Leda Hall	SPEA	Community Development Work Study	HUD	$109,604
Leda Hall	SPEA	Intercampus Research Travel Grant	IU - RUGS	$240
Neovi Karakatsanis	Political Sciences	Nationalism and National Security	IU - Overseas Conference Fund	$800
Michael Kinyon	Math/Computer Science	Loops '99	IU - Overseas Conference Fund	$700
Marian Pettengill	Nursing	International Congress of Nurses	IU - Overseas Conference Fund	$700
Andrew Schnabel	Biology	Population Genetic Structure of Acacia Species From East Africa	Indiana Academy of Sciences	$1,500
Andrew Schnabel	Biology	Implementation of a Campus-Wide Recycling Program at IUSB	Indiana Department of Environmental Management	$18,150
Scott Sernau	Sociology	Documenting Changing Economies in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia - for Dale Quatrinn	Heinz Foundation	$7,730
Lesley Walker	Foreign Languages	A History Lesson: Mme Roland's Executions	IU - Overseas Conference Fund	$500
Lesley Walker	Foreign Languages	Virtue's Rewards: Women of Letters and the Arts in Late Eighteenth Century France	IU - President's Council on International Programs	$850
Erika Zynda	Office of Research	SMART Program	IU - Undergraduate Research Fund	$4,000

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IU Important Notices

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99-5 Capitalization Threshold Change
Effective July 1, 1999, the threshold amount for the capitalization of equipment will be raised from $1,000 to $5,000.

99-4 NIH Modular Grants
In modular grant applications, total direct costs not exceeding $250,000 per year will be requested in
$25,000 increments instead of being compiled from detailed and separate budget categories.

99-3 Retirement and Fringe Benefit Rates
Effective July 1, 1999. A significant change this year is that a single retirement rate will apply to all academic and exempt employees. Additionally, non-student hourly personnel employed more than 1000 hours annually are now covered by the PERF retirement plan.

99-2 Accounting for Cost Share
There has been a renewed emphasis placed on cost sharing and its administration by the Federal government. As a result, the university established procedures for accounting for cost share have changed.

99-1 OMB A-21 Circular Update
This Important Notice provides additional information to Important Notice 94-4 regarding the administration of grants and contracts from federal or federal pass-through sources.

Other News

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New Policy for NSF Costsharing
The National Science Foundation has released a new policy statement on cost sharing. One of the changes is that NSF-required cost sharing is now considered an eligibility rather than review criterion of proposals. Click on the following for all of the details on the new NSF costsharing policy.

NSF FastLane
The NSF Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences has issued a Dear Colleague letter concerning Fastlane electronic proposal submission requirements effective July 1, 1999, which can be reviewed at the following http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf99104/nsf99104.htm

Guide Now Available on Electronic Collaboration
Brown University and the U.S. Department of Education have published a guide titled: "Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators". Here's an excerpt: "Collaboration is a process by which people work together on an intellectual, academic, or practical endeavor. In the past, that has meant in person, by letter, or on the telephone. Electronic collaboration, on the other hand, connects individuals electronically via the Internet using tools such as email, or through access to sites on the World Wide Web. This Internet-based work allows collaborators to communicate anytime, from anywhere to any place." For more, click on guide.