October 11 Newsletter
     
 

    • University Wide/Cross Disciplinary Opportunities

    2005 Institute on the Study of Japan

    Agency: American Association of State Colleges and Universities
    Proposal Deadline: December 13, 2004

    Each year, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) sponsors an intensive one-month National Faculty Development Institute on "Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum." The Institute is open to full-time faculty and administrators at AASCU member institutions who have the potential to impact undergraduate education and have no prior training or professional experience in Japanese studies. This year, the institute will take place at San Diego State University from June 1 through 24, 2005. The Institute provides a $5,500 Sasakawa Fellowship for each participant selected. The Fellowship includes the administrative and academic costs of the Institute and campus housing. Fellows receive up to $600 for transportation and an $800 stipend for meals and other expenses. Participants must be nominated by their institutions (through their presidents), and institutions whose faculty are accepted for the fellowships pay a partial tuition of $500.

    URL: www.aascu.org/programs/jsi

    Fellowship Program

    Agency: Smithsonian Institution
    Proposal Deadline: January 15, 2005
    January 15, annually

    The Smithsonian Institution (SI) offers fellowships in fields that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution. They support research in residence at all Smithsonian facilities except the Astrophysical Observatory. At present, fellowships are available in the following fields: animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics; anthropology; astrophysics and astronomy; earth sciences; evolutionary and systematic biology; history of science and technology; history of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art; twentieth-century American crafts and decorative arts; the social and cultural history of the United States; and folklife. Fellowship terms are three to twelve months and the amount of the award is based on the length of the fellowship, up to $35,000 for a twelve-month award (earth and planetary sciences awards are up to $40,000). Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held their degrees less than seven years. Senior Fellowships are for scholars who have held their degrees for seven years or more.

    URL: www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm

    Announcement - FIPSE Technical Assistance Workshop

    Agency: U.S. Department of Education
    Proposal Deadline: n/a

    A representative of the Office of University Research Services (OURS) attended the U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) technical assistance workshop in Washington, DC October 5. This workshop focused on FIPSE's Comprehensive Program, for which the preliminary proposal deadline is November 3. Those interested in applying for funding under the FIPSE Comprehensive Program this year (preliminary application deadline is November 3) may find the PowerPoint presentation made at this workshop helpful. Please contact the OURS, at 4-2236, for a copy. The OURS also has available supplemental notes and a proposal template distributed at the workshop.

    Opportunity for Faculty Members in National Science Foundation- Supported Disciplines

    Research Opportunity Awards

    Agency: National Science Foundation
    Proposal Deadline: Depends on the Program (but for summer support apply 6-9 months in advance)

    Research Opportunity Awards (ROAs) enable faculty members to pursue research as visiting scientists with NSF-supported investigators at research-intensive institutions. ROAs are usually funded as supplements to ongoing NSF research grants. However, they may be covered by rebudgeting funds in an existing grant or by inclusion in an original proposal to NSF by the host researcher. A ROA is intended to increase the visitor's research capability and effectiveness and to improve research and teaching at his or her home institution. Usually, ROAs support summer experiences, but partial support of sabbaticals is sometimes provided. Awards are made at the discretion of the program officer whose budget provides the funding.

    Except for major instrumentation or equipment, any item acceptable for inclusion under a regular grant proposal may be included in an ROA budget. Most NSF programs limit support to moderate amounts, such as salary and fringe benefits for the visitor, travel costs, and essential supplies. Duration of support generally ranges from 2 to 12 months.

    Requests for ROAs are submitted to NSF by the host institution. Faculty members interested in becoming ROA visiting researchers make their own arrangements with NSF-supported investigators or with researchers who are in the process of submitting a proposal to NSF. Potential host researchers may be identified through the search of award abstracts on the NSF Web site. The prospective visiting ROA researcher and the NSF-supported PI at the host institution should work together to develop a research plan and budget. The nature of the research responsibility, the duration of the ROA visit, the nature of the visitor's appointment, the rate of pay, and other arrangements with respect to employment, are matters to be negotiated between the host institution, the PI, the prospective visiting scientist, and his/her home institution.

    URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf00144 (Scroll to section II.D.)