Free Class Finding Funding for Faculty: Identifying Sources

University Libraries and the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) are combining forces to assist faculty in finding funding sources for their research and creative activity agendas. SPO’s Jessie Roark will give a tutorial on COS Pivot, the largest funding opportunity and researcher expertise database, as well as other resources SPO has to offer. You will also learn about Web of Science, a powerful database helpful in crafting necessary literature reviews for grant proposals.
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: BL 225

Register here.

Call for Proposals: Cohen Peace Fellowship

The call to submit proposals for the Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Fellowship is now open! The Fellowship provides support to conduct basic or applied research on topics related to peace. Ball State faculty members AND graduate students are eligible to apply.

• Faculty Members: Funds may be used for salary, supplies, expenses, and/or travel. Preference will be given to tenure track faculty members at Ball State University. 
• Graduate Students: Funds may be used for assistantship stipend, supplies, expenses, and/or travel and may also include tuition remission during the academic time period of the fellowship. 

Completed applications and all required materials are due to the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) by 5:00 PM on November 1, 2013. SPO will route the University Clearance Sheet and forward the completed applications to the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. The Cohen Proposal Evaluation Committee will then review the proposals.

For more information on how to apply for the fellowship, visit: 
http://cms.bsu.edu/academics/centersandinstitutes/peace/academicopps/cohenpeacefellowship.

Contact the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at 285-1622 or peacecenter@bsu.edu.

2012-2013 COTE Award Recipients

Article contributed by Dr. Soriris Hji-Avgoustis, Chair of "Family and Consumer Sciences"

On 24 April 2013, COTE announced its 2012-2013 COTE award recipients. The awards fall into three main categories: COTE Exemplar Awards, COTE Green Initiative Awards and COTE Service Awards. Dr. Jinhee Nam and Jo Dean Tipton (student) were awarded a Green Initiatives Award for their exemplary efforts to infuse reused and repurposed clothing into fashion design. The Ball State 2013 Solar Decathlon Team was also awarded a Green Initiatives Award for their exemplary efforts to engage BSU Students in the Department of Energy's 2013 Solar Decathlon in cooperation with teams from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville (Team Kentuckiana). Dr. Pucciarelli and Professor Ahmadi are members of our Ball State team. As members of this team, they have participated in the advancement of public knowledge by demonstrating energy efficient techniques that are cost-effective, attractive, and easy to implement. Congratulations to all!!

Proposal Development and Submission: Items to Consider -- NCURA YouTube Tuesday.

In this week's installment of NCURA's YouTube Tuesday series Clarice Lloyd, Grants and Contracts Manager at Georgetown University, talks about items to consider while working on and submitting your proposal. The video is just over three and a half minutes long and contains a lot of great information to think about.

Proposal Development and Submission: Items to Consider

If you want to look through past YouTube Tuesday topics or any of NCURA's other videos you can visit their YouTube channel here.

NEH Summer Stipend Deadline and Information

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Research typically results in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months.

An outright award of $6,000 is provided for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. In accordance with NEH guidelines, Ball State may nominate two faculty proposals.

Ball State internal application deadline is August 29, 2013.
Deadline for final submission to the NEH is September 26, 2013 for projects beginning May 2014.

Click here for full guidelines.

Materials to submit for the August 29 internal review:

• The Ball State NEH Summer Stipend Internal Application Coversheet
**This form is in lieu of ATTACHMENT 1: Supplemental Information for Individuals Form
• A single copy of the application, including:
  • 3-page (single-spaced) narrative
  • 2-page (single-spaced) resumé
  • 1-page (single-spaced) bibliography
  • 1-page appendix (graphical materials or edition/translation sample, if applicable)
• You do not need to include reference letters at this time.
• You do not need to have processed a Ball State clearance sheet.
• Proposals will be submitted electronically through grants.gov.

Please submit your completed internal application to Augusta Wray by August 29, 2013.

Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants from the NEH

The Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program awards grants to support the planning stages of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities. Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in any area of the humanities.

Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants may involve

• research that brings new approaches or documents best practices in the study of the digital humanities;
• planning and developing prototypes of new digital tools for preserving, analyzing, and making accessible digital resources, including libraries’ and museums’ digital assets;
• scholarship that focuses on the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital culture and its impact on society;
• scholarship or studies that examine the philosophical or practical implications and impact of the use of emerging technologies in specific fields or disciplines of the humanities, or in interdisciplinary collaborations involving several fields or disciplines;
• innovative uses of technology for public programming and education utilizing both traditional and new media; and
• new digital modes of publication that facilitate the dissemination of humanities scholarship in advanced academic as well as informal or formal educational settings at all academic levels.

Innovation is a hallmark of this grant category, which incorporates the “high risk/high reward” paradigm often used by funding agencies in the sciences. NEH is requesting proposals for projects that take some risks in the pursuit of innovation and excellence. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants should result in plans, prototypes, or proofs of concept for long-term digital humanities projects prior to implementation.

The deadline for application is September 12, 2013.
To view the full announcement visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/digital-humanities-start-grants
If you are interested in applying for this opportunity please contact the Sponsored Programs Office at 5-1600 or SPO@bsu.edu.

NEH Offers New Enduring Questions Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has released a solicitation for the new round of Enduring Questions grants. The grants offer funding to faculty to develop new courses that will encourage undergraduates and teachers to use the humanities to grapple with a fundamental concern of human life. Through a deep and sustained program of reading, students will encounter influential thinkers from across previous centuries to the present day.

In its last five annual competitions, the Enduring Questions program received approximately 193 applications per year. The program made an average of nineteen awards per year, for a funding ratio of 10 percent. Award descriptions from previous grantees can be found here, including examples from GRC members: University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Wheaton College; Cheyney University of Pennsylvania; State University of New York, The College at Brockport; and Saginaw Valley State University.

Applications are due by September 12, 2013 for awards of up to $38,000. The award amount is dependent on the number of project directors indicated in the application. The grant period may last between 18 and 36 months.

If you are interested in applying for this grant please contact the Sponsored Programs Office at 285-1600 or spo@bsu.edu or your area proposal manager.

From Blue Avocado

This blog post originally appeared on Blue Avocado, the online magazine for American Nonprofits. Although the author here is speaking about funding for nonprofit organizations SPO thought everyone who has ever had to deal with funding restrictions on a project would appreciate it.

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Blue Avocado's humor columnist Vu Le dreams about restricted funding for cakes:

For the past few months one of our staff has an eye that's been twitching. "It's this grant!" she says. "It's for our after-school program. It pays for instructors' teaching time, but not their planning time! How can they teach when they can't plan?! How? How?!"

"Psst," I whispered, "Let's talk in the conference room. "Since the staff is so dedicated, they will plan anyway even without getting paid,” -- I paused, looking around -- "Why don't you just increase their hourly wages?"

"This grant capped the hourly wage, so I can't pay them more. The other grant might pay for planning time, but they don't pay for employer taxes!" She started pulling at her hair, and both of us collapsed on the floor, weeping and beating our chests in anguish and despair.

Grant Seeking and Grant Writing workshops from the Muncie Public Library

Two free grant training opportunities from the Muncie Public Library.

Foundation Directory Online Basics.
This database lets you search over 100,000 US grantmaker profiles to find a good “fit” to fund your project. You can discover a foundation’s funding interests, funding history, method of approach, timelines, and much more. RSVP by Monday, May 20—seating is limited.
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 10am-noon
Place: Connection Corner, 1824 E. Centennial

Grant Writing Basics.
Learn the components of a grant proposal, what information to include, and tips and tricks for writing a strong proposal. RSVP by Monday, May 20.
Date: Thursday, May 23, 10am-noon
Place: Connection Corner, 1824 E. Centennial

To register, contact Donna Browne at 741-5155 or dbrowne@munpl.org.

Spring 2013 Update of Ball State Research Now Online!

The Spring update of Ball State Research is now available online!

Ball State Research is an online magazine produced by the Sponsored Programs Office in order to highlight some of the amazing sponsored projects taking place at Ball State. The spring update focuses on the Global Health Institute, a campus knowledge unit established in 2009 to encourage interdisciplinary investigation of critical issues that are impacting local and global health.

Please, take a few moments to read all about the exciting work taking place at the Global Health Institute.