Reminder: Faculty Development and Research Committee Summer and Fall 2008 Grant Application Deadline
Agency: Towson University Faculty Development and Research Committee
Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2008
The Faculty Development and Research Committee is pleased to announce its call for applications for 2008 Summer Research Fellowships and Research Monetary Awards and Teaching Innovation Grants (scroll to page 4) for use during the fall semester 2008. Applications will be accepted through 5:00 pm Monday, March 3, 2008 (note that the annual deadline is March 1; as March 1 falls on a Saturday this year, the deadline has been extended to Monday, March 3).
Summer Research Fellowships of $3,500 will be made for projects leading to a scholarly product, such as a proposal to an external funding source, or a publication, presentation, invention, composition, performance, or exhibition. Funds will be paid directly to the Fellow through payroll and are intended to allow the Fellow to spend uninterrupted time on the project during the summer. Please note that the Committee will need, as part of the application packet, a detailed timeline for the duration of the award and detailed information on expected project outcomes.
Fall 2008 Research Monetary Awards of up to $5,000 will be made for projects leading to a scholarly product (as described above). Funds may be used for project-related expenses such as research assistants, supplies, and travel, and will be made available upon approval of awards. All funds awarded under this application round must be expended within 12 months of the award date, though requests for extensions may be considered by the Committee.
All tenured and tenure-track faculty members are encouraged to apply to the FDRC for support of their scholarly work. Any eligible faculty member interested in applying is strongly encouraged to speak with a Committee member from his or her College prior to preparing a proposal. Committee members are invaluable sources of advice and direction. Below is a listing of Committee members, by college:
College of Business and Economics
Babu Baradwaj, Finance
Jeffrey Michael, Economics
College of Education
Bill Sadera, Educational Technology and Literacy
Nancy Wiltz, Early Childhood Education
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Mark McElreath, Mass Communication and Communication Studies
Gerald Phillips, Music
College of Health Professions
Sharon Glennen, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, and Deaf Studies
Karla Kubitz, Kinesiology (Committee Chairperson)
College of Liberal Arts
Frances Botkin, English
Toni Marzotto, Political Science
Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
Coy May, Mathematics
Lev Rhyzkov, Chemistry
Application forms for both research awards (Summer Research Fellowships and Research Monetary Awards) and Teaching Innovation Grants are available in hard copy or as Word documents from the Office of University Research Services (extension 4-2236 or by email, ours@towson.edu) or on the Office of University Research Services’ Web site, http://grad.towson.edu/ours/index.asp.
An original and eight copies of completed application forms and accompanying documentation as described in the application materials should be submitted to the Office of University Research Services, 7800 York Road, room 225.
URL: http://grad.towson.edu/ours/index.asp
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Reminder:Faculty Fellowship Program
Agency: College of Graduate Studies and Research
Deadline: March 3, 2008
The College of Graduate Studies and Research (CGSR) is pleased to announce a new program intended to provide the support necessary for faculty members interested in pursuing research agendas to move toward independent research with external funding. CGSR, in collaboration with the deans of the academic colleges, is making available up to 15 Faculty Fellowships of $3,000 each per year. This pilot program is especially targeted to faculty members who feel that without such support they would likely not seek external funding. It will provide the chosen Fellows with support, contingent on satisfactory progress, for up to two years for professional development expenses, including payment to an identified and approved mentor. The mentor may be a colleague either from within or outside the University. Fellows will be approved initially for a two-year period of award, with the second year’s funding contingent upon satisfactory progress. We would like to acknowledge that this program is similar to the College of Health Professions’ (CHP) current program. Due to the limited funding, this program will not be available to the tenured/tenure track faculty in CHP.
All tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and research faculty members are eligible. Junior faculty members are especially encouraged to apply. Any interested faculty member should submit an expression of interest to his or her chairperson. Chairpersons will work with the dean of the college, who will nominate up to six faculty members from the college. Each nomination will be forwarded to the Dean of CGSR who, in consultation with the Research Advisory Board representative from the nominee’s college and the college Dean, will make final decisions. The complete funding announcement and application can be assessed from the link provided below.
URL: http://www.grad.towson.edu/ours/index.asp.
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Reminder:Faculty Mini-Grants
Agency: Towson University Institute for Teaching and Research on Women
Deadline: February 29, 2008 for academic year grants
April 15, 2008 for summer grants
The Towson University Institute for Teaching and Research on Women (ITROW) seeks to promote scholarship, course development and programming on issues related to women/gender, including the intersections of gender with race/ethnicity, nation, class, disability, and/or sexuality. To this end, ITROW is initiating a faculty mini-grants award program. Awards will range from $100 to $500, are limited in number, and will be awarded on a competitive basis. ITROW seeks to sponsor activities such as:
- New course development within the faculty member’s department/discipline which will produce a course to be cross-listed (counted toward) the Women’s Studies major. Substantial restructuring/transformation of a current course with the goal of integrating women/gender topics throughout the syllabus will also be considered. Faculty receiving course development awards will consult with the Director of ITROW in the development or restructuring of a course and will be expected to offer the new or transformed course within a year of having received the grant.
- Scholarship focused on women/gender issues, or scholarship which contains a significant women/gender component. Faculty receiving awards for scholarship will be required to present their research/artistic creation in ITROW’s Women and Gender Faculty Colloquy series. Travel funds for presentation of such scholarship at conferences will also be considered.
- Campus-wide or departmental events focused on women/gender issues such as speakers, film series, and conferences.
During the academic year, grants may be requested to cover specified expenses e.g., books or materials purchases, travel expenses to conduct research, transcription costs, etc. (application deadline: February 29, 2008).
During summer monetary awards can be granted (application deadline April 15, 2008)
For further information contact Karen Dugger (kdugger@towson.edu). Application forms can be found on the ITROW website as shown below.
URL: http://www.towson.edu/itrow
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Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Deadline(s): April 11, 2008
The United States Department of Education Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education is a grant competition run cooperatively by the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The purpose of the Program is to promote a student-centered, North American dimension to education and training in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines that complement existing forms of bilateral and trilateral exchange programs among the three countries. The Program aims to improve the quality of human resource development in the three countries and to explore ways to prepare students for work throughout North America through:
- the mutual recognition and portability of academic credits among North American institutions;
- the development of shared, common, or core curricula among North American institutions;
- the acquisition of the languages and exposure to the cultures of the United States, Canada, and Mexico;
- the development of student apprenticeships or other work related experiences; and
- an increased cooperation and exchange among academic personnel among North American institutions.
This Program encourages consortia to achieve these objectives by extending partnerships beyond higher education and training institutions to include others such as business, professional associations, and public authorities in the three countries. Applications meeting this year’s invitational priority will be designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American, Canadian, and Mexican institutions to encourage cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities among its partners. The sponsor is interested in supporting projects designed to increase professional mobility in fields of relevance to the evolving North American trade relationship, the environment and sustainable development, public health and human resources development.
The program is not designed or intended to duplicate activities which are, or can be, carried out on a bilateral basis between the United States and Canada or the United States and Mexico. The proposed consortium must involve at least two active partner higher education or training institutions from each of the three countries involved for a total of six partners per project. Partnerships among institutions in different states in the United States and Mexico and from different provinces in Canada will be preferred. Third and subsequent partners from other education and training institutions or other relevant organizations (e.g., businesses, non-governmental organizations, publishers, government departments, chambers of commerce, research institutes, etc.) in the same or other states or provinces may be added; however, funding is intended only for academic institutions in each consortium. Applicants may create new partnerships or build on existing international or domestic linkages. Projects, however, must be new and should not simply duplicate or extend existing activities.
The project start date will be September 1, 2008 for a period up to 48 months, including an initial one-year planning period. The Department of Education anticipates making 10 awards under this competition. The estimated average size is $180,000 for the duration of the award with an average of $30,000 awarded for the first year. The maximum that may be requested for a single budget period of 12 months is $100,000; applications requesting funds in excess of this amount will not be considered.
URL: http://apply.grants.gov/opportunities/instructions/oppED-GRANTS-020808-001-cfda84.116-cid84-116N2008-1-instructions.pdf
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Digital Humanities Start Up Grant
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: April 2, 2008
Through the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting proposals for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in all areas 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 prototyping new digital tools for preserving, analyzing, and making accessible digital resources, including libraries' and museums' digital assets;
- scholarship that examines the philosophical implications and impact of the use of emerging technologies;
- innovative uses of technology for public programming and education utilizing both traditional and/or new media; and
- new digital modes of publication facilitating the dissemination of humanities scholarship in advanced academic as well as informal or formal educational settings at all academic levels.
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants support full-time or part-time activities for periods up to eighteen months. Support is available for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants; project-related travel; and technical support and services. Up to 20% of the total grant may also be used for the acquisition of computing hardware and software.
Start-Up grants offer two levels of funding. Level I Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 and are designed to fund brainstorming sessions, workshops, early alpha-level prototypes, and initial planning. Level II Grants range from $25,001 to $50,000 and can be used for more fully-formed projects that are ready to start the first stage of implementation or the creation of working prototypes. Applicants must state in their narrative which funding level they seek. Cost-sharing is not required for these grants.
This opportunity was featured in the September 17, 2007 issue of Alive Line and is being re-announced to remind interested applicants of a second deadline under this initiative.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
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