The Butler Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) provides a way to encourage undergraduate students from all disciplines to become involved in research and creative endeavors. In a typical year, the Butler URC brings together approximately 600 students from over 30 Midwest colleges and universities to share their learning and experiences. At the conference, undergraduate students present summaries of their work in sessions organized by topics via a brief oral presentation or poster presentation format.
New this year, students with especially good paintings and films can display their talent!
Butler URC will take place on April 15, 2011. Registration will open in early December. Stay tuned for updates on this post. Registration deadline is February 18, 2011.
Butler University occupies 290 acres in Indianapolis' Butler-Tarkington neighborhood. The University emphasizes a liberal arts-based education with the goal of teaching clear and effective communication, appreciation of beauty, and a commitment to lifelong learning, community service and global awareness.
Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference
November 24, 2010
November 22, 2010
Grant Wrangler for K-12 Schools & Educators
Grant Wrangler® is a free grant listing service offered by Nimble Press™. Grant Wrangler® makes it easier for educators, school libraries, and parents to find school funding. Listings include grants for teachers, school grants, and funding for arts, history, mathematics, science, technology, literacy, and more.
Check it out here!
Check it out here!
BBC Fellows now recruiting for spring projects
BBC Fellows projects allow undergraduate and graduate students to work with an interdisciplinary team to help address a specific challenge for an Indiana business or organization.
If selected for a project team, you will gain valuable technical skills, network with potential future employers, and attend professional development training at no cost to you.
Selected students are also eligible to apply for a Fellows Leadership Award. Students with leadership experience or special skills in emerging media may apply for this Award, which involves a $1,000 scholarship to assist with tuition.
For more information, go to www.bsu.edu/bbc/fellows or apply online. Most Fellows projects are available for 3 credit hours, and the program is open to all undergraduate and graduate students.
Questions? Contact Ruth Coffey, Fellows Project Coordinator, at 765-285-1817.
Related:
Emerging Media Fellows
Health Fellows
If selected for a project team, you will gain valuable technical skills, network with potential future employers, and attend professional development training at no cost to you.
Selected students are also eligible to apply for a Fellows Leadership Award. Students with leadership experience or special skills in emerging media may apply for this Award, which involves a $1,000 scholarship to assist with tuition.
For more information, go to www.bsu.edu/bbc/fellows or apply online. Most Fellows projects are available for 3 credit hours, and the program is open to all undergraduate and graduate students.
Questions? Contact Ruth Coffey, Fellows Project Coordinator, at 765-285-1817.
Related:
Emerging Media Fellows
Health Fellows
Inside Higher Ed: Tips for Proposal Writers
In Friday's Inside Higher Education, an anonymous scientist shares 10 useful proposal pointers with would-be grantees. Writing as the Prodigal Academic, she or he offers advice any applicant can use to lighten the reviewer's burden and make a proposal stand out from the verbose and disorganized.
"If you are writing a proposal please keep in mind that many of your reviewers will be reading 10+ proposals in a short period of time, not all of which are well within their expertise. I never appreciated how difficult it is to do a good and thorough job until doing it myself!"
"If you are writing a proposal please keep in mind that many of your reviewers will be reading 10+ proposals in a short period of time, not all of which are well within their expertise. I never appreciated how difficult it is to do a good and thorough job until doing it myself!"
November 19, 2010
Proposal advice from federal grantmakers
Much of the best proposal-writing advice comes from the people who decide which grant applications get approved. "Grant-Writing Tips From the Experts Who Really Matter" (Local/State Funding Report, October 18, 2010) offers such advice from three federal agencies.
From the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs:
From the Institute for Museum and Library Services:
From the Environmental Protection Agency:
From the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs:
- Do use your own language rather than recycling the words in the grant announcement.
- Do keep your sentences short and simple.
From the Institute for Museum and Library Services:
- Do seek grants only from programs that are a close fit with your organization’s work.
- Don’t go after a grant unless you’re convinced the match is really there. If you stretch for it anyway, this will be evident in your request.
From the Environmental Protection Agency:
- Do make sure your proposal reflects careful planning and offers objective evidence to describe both the problem to be addressed and your organization’s qualifications for achieving the goals of the project.
- Don’t throw a proposal together to meet a deadline. Reviewers can tell the difference between a rush job and a proposal that was meticulously developed.
From The Grantsmanship Center e-publication Centered
November 16, 2010
IAC: Individual Artist Program: February 14, 2011
Follow up to previous post: IAC Individual Artist Program 2102 to be announced soon
The fiscal year 2012 Individual Artist Program (IAP) program is now accepting applications in dance, literature, music, theatre and folk arts related to the traditional disciplines listed here. Artists working in visual arts, crafts, design arts, media arts, and photography will have the opportunity to apply again next year.
IAP applicants must be at least 18 years old; reside in Indiana for one year preceding the application date; and remain an Indiana resident during the grant period. The IAC cannot provide funding if the artist is enrolled in a degree-granting program; has received an IAC grant in the prior fiscal year; or is a part of a collaboration for which another artist is applying for IAC support in the same year.
IAP applicants may apply for up to $2,000 for projects that may include, but are not limited to: supplies; rental/purchase of equipment; time for the development, completion or presentation of a work; documentation of a work; travel essential for artistic research or to present or complete work; or advanced workshops that further career development.
Guidelines can be found here: IAC Individual Artist Program
The fiscal year 2012 Individual Artist Program (IAP) program is now accepting applications in dance, literature, music, theatre and folk arts related to the traditional disciplines listed here. Artists working in visual arts, crafts, design arts, media arts, and photography will have the opportunity to apply again next year.
IAP applicants must be at least 18 years old; reside in Indiana for one year preceding the application date; and remain an Indiana resident during the grant period. The IAC cannot provide funding if the artist is enrolled in a degree-granting program; has received an IAC grant in the prior fiscal year; or is a part of a collaboration for which another artist is applying for IAC support in the same year.
IAP applicants may apply for up to $2,000 for projects that may include, but are not limited to: supplies; rental/purchase of equipment; time for the development, completion or presentation of a work; documentation of a work; travel essential for artistic research or to present or complete work; or advanced workshops that further career development.
Guidelines can be found here: IAC Individual Artist Program
International Education Week: November 15-19, 2010
Message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about International Education Week 2010. | International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. A joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, IEW is an effort to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. Find out how to get involved at the IEW website. Get involved locally: Visit the Rinker Center for International Programs to learn about BSU study-abroad programs and activities on campus. Learn about the various Fulbright programs that provide funding for students, scholars, teachers, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools, sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. |
November 15, 2010
Nonprofit Collaboration Database
The Nonprofit Collaboration Database, created by the Lodestar Foundation, is a resource for everyone seeking real-life examples of how nonprofits are working together.
This unique database provides models and best practices of exceptional nonprofit collaboration efforts drawn from projects presented for consideration for the 2009 Collaboration Prize. Explore different collaboration models, learn about strategies for overcoming challenges to working together, find metrics for measuring outcomes, and more.
Go to the Nonprofit Collaboration Database >>
This unique database provides models and best practices of exceptional nonprofit collaboration efforts drawn from projects presented for consideration for the 2009 Collaboration Prize. Explore different collaboration models, learn about strategies for overcoming challenges to working together, find metrics for measuring outcomes, and more.
Go to the Nonprofit Collaboration Database >>
Fisher Faculty Fellowship 2011-2012: February 2011
John W. Fisher Faculty Research Fellowships are available to any tenured or tenure-line faculty member with a research proposal in either American business or American politics.
Each $1,900 stipend may be spent between July 1 and June 30 during the fellowship period.
The Fisher Fellowships support scholars with research projects in advanced stages. A major factor in evaluating proposals is the extent a researcher will use the fellowship to complete a project.
The anticipated deadline for this opportunity is February 2011. Stay tuned for updates. SPO will link the application once it becomes available.
Each $1,900 stipend may be spent between July 1 and June 30 during the fellowship period.
The Fisher Fellowships support scholars with research projects in advanced stages. A major factor in evaluating proposals is the extent a researcher will use the fellowship to complete a project.
The anticipated deadline for this opportunity is February 2011. Stay tuned for updates. SPO will link the application once it becomes available.
Creative Teaching Grant: January 18, 2011
Innovation in Teaching, Assessment, and Scholarship sponsors and/or administratively supports programs that recognize and promote excellence in teaching at Ball State University.
ITAS provides administrative support for the Creative Teaching Grants, a program that promotes instructional creativity and experimentation. The University Creative Teaching Committee administers the award and chooses awardees. Full-time faculty interested in applying should ask for an application manual from ITAS (TC 402) or print out the version available below.
The 2010-2011 Creative Teaching Grant Application is now available on the ITAS website.
ITAS provides administrative support for the Creative Teaching Grants, a program that promotes instructional creativity and experimentation. The University Creative Teaching Committee administers the award and chooses awardees. Full-time faculty interested in applying should ask for an application manual from ITAS (TC 402) or print out the version available below.
The 2010-2011 Creative Teaching Grant Application is now available on the ITAS website.
November 12, 2010
Grant Writing Tips for Grad Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education posted this excellent article: Grant-Writing Tips for Graduate Students. It is not just relevant for graduate students, but all grantseekers. Highlights include:
Really talk to your advisers and peers. They might be busy, but they want you to get funded. They write their own grants and have most likely overseen other students' proposals. Think about organizing weekly or monthly meetings with a group of peers to review each other's work. In addition, some universities or laboratories keep successful student-grant proposals on file that you can use for reference as you write your own.
Start the application months early. Sure, you can pull together a quiz at the last minute for that laboratory course you are teaching, but don't put off working on your grant proposal.
Don't take rejection too seriously. Every successful scientist has had grant proposals turned away. It's part of the process.
Please click here for the full article.
Really talk to your advisers and peers. They might be busy, but they want you to get funded. They write their own grants and have most likely overseen other students' proposals. Think about organizing weekly or monthly meetings with a group of peers to review each other's work. In addition, some universities or laboratories keep successful student-grant proposals on file that you can use for reference as you write your own.
Start the application months early. Sure, you can pull together a quiz at the last minute for that laboratory course you are teaching, but don't put off working on your grant proposal.
Don't take rejection too seriously. Every successful scientist has had grant proposals turned away. It's part of the process.
Please click here for the full article.
November 11, 2010
Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Travel Fund: December 1
Funds are now available from the Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Fellowship Fund to support faculty members that are presenting scholarly papers or serving on a symposium at professional conferences on topics directly connected to the mission of the Cohen Fund. Three awards of up to $500 will be made each academic year. Funds may only be used to offset travel expenses (e.g., airfare, lodging, local transportation, meals). You can find the guidelines and criteria linked with this new opportunity at: www.bsu.edu/peacecenter
The first deadline to apply for these funds is December 1, 2010.
The first deadline to apply for these funds is December 1, 2010.
IAC: Individual Artist Program 2012 to be announced soon
Beginning mid-November, the fiscal year 2012 Individual Artist Program (IAP) program will accept applications in dance, literature, music, theatre and folk arts related to the traditional disciplines listed here. Artists working in visual arts, crafts, design arts, media arts, and photography will have the opportunity to apply again next year.
IAP applicants must be at least 18 years old; reside in Indiana for one year preceding the application date; and remain an Indiana resident during the grant period. The IAC cannot provide funding if the artist is enrolled in a degree-granting program; has received an IAC grant in the prior fiscal year; or is a part of a collaboration for which another artist is applying for IAC support in the same year.
IAP applicants may apply for up to $2,000 for projects that may include, but are not limited to: supplies; rental/purchase of equipment; time for the development, completion or presentation of a work; documentation of a work; travel essential for artistic research or to present or complete work; or advanced workshops that further career development.
We will post when the application becomes available or to be notified directly, please visit http://www.in.gov/arts/individualartistprogram.htm and click on the red exclamation point icon to be added to the subscriber list for that page.
IAP applicants must be at least 18 years old; reside in Indiana for one year preceding the application date; and remain an Indiana resident during the grant period. The IAC cannot provide funding if the artist is enrolled in a degree-granting program; has received an IAC grant in the prior fiscal year; or is a part of a collaboration for which another artist is applying for IAC support in the same year.
IAP applicants may apply for up to $2,000 for projects that may include, but are not limited to: supplies; rental/purchase of equipment; time for the development, completion or presentation of a work; documentation of a work; travel essential for artistic research or to present or complete work; or advanced workshops that further career development.
We will post when the application becomes available or to be notified directly, please visit http://www.in.gov/arts/individualartistprogram.htm and click on the red exclamation point icon to be added to the subscriber list for that page.
Supreme Court Accepts Case Challenging Key Feature of Bayh-Dole Act
From AAAS Policy Alert – November 10, 2010:
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging universities’ claims to ownership of faculty inventions created with federal funding. The case, Stanford v. Roche, strikes at the core of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which allows universities to retain the rights to research funded by federal grants. Stanford sued the pharmaceutical company Roche, alleging infringement of technology for detecting HIV levels in a patient’s blood. The university claims it owns the technology because its discoverer worked at Stanford. Roche counters that the inventor signed a contract that gave the company patent rights to anything that resulted from their collaboration. In a September 2009 ruling, the U.S. Federal Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit overturned a California District Court decision, stating that “Stanford lacks standing to assert its claims of infringement against Roche.” A friend-of-the-court brief filed by the Obama administration stated that the appeals-court ruling undermined the intent of the Bayh-Dole Act and “turns the act’s framework on its head.” The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case early next year in time to rule by the end of June.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging universities’ claims to ownership of faculty inventions created with federal funding. The case, Stanford v. Roche, strikes at the core of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which allows universities to retain the rights to research funded by federal grants. Stanford sued the pharmaceutical company Roche, alleging infringement of technology for detecting HIV levels in a patient’s blood. The university claims it owns the technology because its discoverer worked at Stanford. Roche counters that the inventor signed a contract that gave the company patent rights to anything that resulted from their collaboration. In a September 2009 ruling, the U.S. Federal Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit overturned a California District Court decision, stating that “Stanford lacks standing to assert its claims of infringement against Roche.” A friend-of-the-court brief filed by the Obama administration stated that the appeals-court ruling undermined the intent of the Bayh-Dole Act and “turns the act’s framework on its head.” The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case early next year in time to rule by the end of June.
November 02, 2010
ASPiRE International Travel Grant Program: December 1
The ASPiRE Internal Grant Program funds tenured and tenure-track faculty members to facilitate international academic or creative activity that will lead to external funding. Please note that International Travel Awards are intended to supplement travel funds provided by the faculty member's college and department.
For complete program guidelines, please visit the SPO website here.
Deadline: December 1, 2010 (for travel dates January 1, 2011-March 14, 2011)
Further deadlines are as follows:
For complete program guidelines, please visit the SPO website here.
Deadline: December 1, 2010 (for travel dates January 1, 2011-March 14, 2011)
Further deadlines are as follows:
- February 15, 2011 (for travel dates March 15, 2011-May 14, 2011)
- April 15, 2011 (for travel dates May 15, 2011-June 30, 2011)
- June 15, 2011 (for travel dates July 1, 2011-August 14, 2011)
NEH America's Media Makers Production & Development Grants
Grants for America’s Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. Grants for America’s Media Makers should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages.
NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, development grants and production grants.
NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, development grants and production grants.
- Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production.
- Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution.
Applications that respond to NEH’s new Bridging Cultures initiative are welcome. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally, or within the United States. International projects might seek to enlarge Americans’ understanding of other places and times, as well as other perspectives and intellectual traditions.
Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline.
Deadline: January 12, 2011 (projects beginning October 2011)
The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics initiative—a separate grant program—supports documentary films that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. These projects are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States.
Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline.
Deadline: January 12, 2011 (projects beginning October 2011)
The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics initiative—a separate grant program—supports documentary films that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. These projects are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States.
Benefacta Day: November 10
BeneFacta Day, the annual event celebrating the "good works" of Ball State researchers and creative scholars, will take place on Wednesday, November 10, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Ball State Museum of Art.
This year, celebration is the keyword, as we put on our party hats, bring out the wine and cheese, and truly celebrate all those faculty and professional personnel who have received grant funding or who have submitted proposals during the previous year.
Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Museum of Art, as BSU faculty and staff have an opportunity to greet each other and share refreshments. A short program at 5:15 p.m. will include recognition of faculty who have pursued a sponsored project during the 09-10 AY.
All are cordially welcome to attend.
This year, celebration is the keyword, as we put on our party hats, bring out the wine and cheese, and truly celebrate all those faculty and professional personnel who have received grant funding or who have submitted proposals during the previous year.
Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Museum of Art, as BSU faculty and staff have an opportunity to greet each other and share refreshments. A short program at 5:15 p.m. will include recognition of faculty who have pursued a sponsored project during the 09-10 AY.
All are cordially welcome to attend.
BeneFacta Day
Wednesday, November 10
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ball State Museum of Art
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