Please note for all proposals that must be submitted via Grants.gov,
the Office of University Research Services must have the final
complete proposal, with all required attachments, no later
than 48 hours prior to the agency deadline. Because of the
higher possibility of technical difficulties with this new
submission engine, the OURS cannot guarantee that proposals
received later than 48 hours prior to the deadline will be
submitted on time. Please direct any questions to the Office
of University Research Services, 4-2236 or ours@towson.edu.
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The Towson University Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Participants (IRB) has set its meeting schedule for the spring semester 2009. Individuals planning to carry out research involving the use of human participants should plan to submit an IRB application no later than two weeks prior to the meeting at which they would like the application reviewed. The meeting schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, February 18 (submit applications by February 4)
Wednesday, March 11 (submit applications by February 25)
Wednesday, April 15 (submit applications by April 1)
Wednesday, May 13 (submit applications by April 29)
Although not all applications require full IRB review, submitting your application two weeks prior to a scheduled meeting will ensure that the application is reviewed and approved, or granted an exemption (as appropriate) in a timely manner.
Questions should be directed to the IRB at 4-2236.
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REMINDER -- Faculty Development and Research Committee Summer and Fall 2009 Grant Application Deadline
Agency: Towson University Faculty Development and Research Committee
Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2009
The Faculty Development and Research Committee has announced its call for applications for 2009 Summer Research Fellowships and Research Monetary Awards and Teaching Innovation Grants (scroll to page 4). Applications will be accepted through 5:00 pm Monday, March 2, 2009 (note that the annual deadline is March 1; as March 1 falls on a Sunday this year, the deadline has been extended to Monday, March 2).
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 2009 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
Martin Freedman, Accounting
College of Education
Janese Daniels, Early Childhood Education
Bill Sadera, Educational Technology and Literacy
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Mark McElreath, Mass Communication and Communication Studies
Diane Sadak, Theatre Arts
College of Health Professions
Brian Kreisman, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, and Deaf Studies
Karla Kubitz, Kinesiology (Committee Chairperson)
College of Liberal Arts
Frances Botkin, English
Kimberly Katz, History
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 by March 2, 2009 to the Office of University Research Services (OURS), 7800 York Road, room 225.
URL: http://grad.towson.edu/ours/index.asp
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Institutional, University-Wide, or Cross-Disciplinary Opportunities
Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
Deadline: March 11, 2009
Under this program grants are made to institutions of higher education or to a consortia of institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving these crimes against women on campuses. Applicants should propose activities consistent with the following statutory program purpose areas. Proposed projects must address at least one purpose area, but do not need to address multiple purpose or priority areas in order to receive funding.
- Provide personnel, training, technical assistance, data collection, and other equipment with respect to the increased apprehension, investigation, and adjudication of persons committing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.
- Develop and implement campus policies, protocols, and services that more effectively identify and respond to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to train campus administrators, security personnel, and personnel serving on campus disciplinary or judicial boards on such policies, protocols, and services.
- Implement and operate education programs for the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Develop, enlarge, or strengthen victim services programs on the campuses of institutions involved, including programs providing legal, medical, or psychological counseling, for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to improve delivery of victim assistance on campus. To the extent practicable, such an institution shall collaborate with any entities carrying out nonprofit and other victim services programs, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victims services in the community in which the institution is located. If appropriate victim services are not available in the community or are not accessible to students, the institution must, to the extent practicable, provide a victim services program on campus or create a victim services program in collaboration with a community based organization. The institution must use at least 20% of the funding for a victim services program provided in accordance with this purpose.
- Create, disseminate, or otherwise provide assistance and information about victims’ options on and off campus to bring disciplinary or other legal action, including assistance to victims in immigration matters.
- Develop, install, or expand data collection and communication systems, including computerized systems, linking campus security to local law enforcement for the purpose of identifying and tracking arrests, protection orders, violations of protection orders, prosecutions, and convictions with respect to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.
- Provide capital improvements (including improved lighting and communications facilities but not including the construction of buildings) on campuses to address the crimes of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Support improved coordination among campus administrators, campus security personnel, and local law enforcement to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.
Applicants must demonstrate how victim services are or will be provided. Education efforts that raise awareness about these crimes on campus must direct victims where to obtain appropriate services. Additionally, institutions of higher education are encouraged to adopt and publicize policies that encourage students to report domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assaults even though alcohol, drugs and other illegal activities may be involved. However, funding will not be provided for projects that focus primarily on alcohol and substance abuse.
All applicants must address all of the following program minimum requirements:
- Grantees must create a coordinated community response to violence against women on campus. An applicant must partner with at least:
- one local nonprofit, nongovernmental victim services organization, including faith-based and other community organizations, within the community which the institution is located, and
- one or more of the following criminal justice or civil legal agencies: external law enforcement, prosecution, civil legal assistance providers, systems-based victim services units, or judiciary and court personnel. An applicant partnering with campus law enforcement or campus security must still partner with a criminal justice or civil legal agency from the jurisdiction in which the campus is located.
- A grantee must establish a mandatory prevention and education program about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking for all incoming students;
- A grantee must train campus police to respond effectively in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases; and,
- A grantee must establish or strengthen programs to train members of campus disciplinary boards to respond effectively to charges of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Up to $300,000 will be awarded for individual projects and up to $500,000 for consortia. The award period is 36 months. Funding is subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
URL: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/UpdateOffer?id=10313 (click on Download Application Instructions)
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Research Grants
Agency: Society for Human Resource Management Foundation
Deadline: April 6, August 17, and December 14, 2009
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation funds high impact research in the human resource management (HR) field that focuses on addressing current challenges or understanding emerging trends. Research topics should enhance the effectiveness of HR professionals, specific HR practices, functions, or systems, or organizations through HR practices. The research must be aimed at an academic audience while also having direct, actionable implications for HR practice. Projects are more likely to receive funding if the findings will result in new evidence that contributes to both the science and practice of HR. Any type of research methodology may be used as long as it is sound and appropriate for the proposed research question(s). Those research questions typically (but not solely) take the form of theoretically derived hypotheses. Before submitting a proposal to the SHRM Foundation, researchers are strongly encouraged to contact the Foundation's Research Coordinator.
The maximum budget request is $200,000. However, the average research grant award over the past two years has been $63,000 with awards ranging from $16,000 to $165,000. Projects must be completed within two years from the date of project approval.
URL: http://www.shrm.org/about/foundation/research/Pages/default.aspx
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Policy Research Grants and Mini-Grants
Agency: W.E. Upjohn Institute
Deadline: February 27, 2009
The purpose of the Upjohn Institute is to produce and disseminate empirical research that analyzes policies affecting the demand or supply sides of the labor market. To help carry out that purpose, the Institute sponsors the following two types of grants:
Policy Research Grants fund original, policy-relevant research on labor market and regional economic development. Grantees are expected to produce two distinct products: 1) a research paper and 2) a policy brief. The research paper is expected to be suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and acceptable papers will be published in the Upjohn Institute Working Paper series. The policy brief expands upon the policy implications of the analysis presented in the research paper and is intended to be accessible to practitioners and policymakers. The maximum award amount is $15,000.
Mini-Grants are reserved for untenured junior faculty within six years of earning their Ph.D. degree. Funding may be used as summer salary or to acquire special data sets, meet unusual computer processing or programming needs, or cover travel to collect primary data. Special consideration will be given to applicants who use data from the Institute’s Employment Research Data Center. Grant recipients are expected to submit their research papers to a reputable journal, to prepare a synopsis of the research for consideration as an article in the Institute’s newsletter, Employment Research, and to enter the research paper in the Institute’s Working Papers series. The maximum award is $5,000.
Funding is for one year for both grant programs. Award announcements will be made on May 8, 2009. The guidelines include a listing of recent awardees and their research topics as well as FAQs.
URL: http://www.upjohninst.org/grantann.html
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Opportunity for Faculty in the Arts
Grants for Arts Projects
Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: Access to Artistic Excellence: March 12, 2009 and August 13, 2009
Challenge America: May 28, 2009
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth: June 11, 2009
The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to providing leadership in arts education. The National Endowment for the Arts' primary funding opportunities for organizations, Grants for Arts Projects, new application guidelines are now available on the NEA's website. Organizations may apply under the following categories:
Access to Artistic Excellence: To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. This category supports projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth as well as intergenerational education projects. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000.
Support is available to organizations for projects that do one or more of the following:
- Provide opportunities for artists to create, refine, perform, and exhibit their work
- Present artistic works of all cultures and periods
- Preserve significant works of art and cultural traditions
- Enable arts organizations and artists to expand and diversify their audiences
- Provide opportunities for individuals to experience and participate in a wide range of art forms and activities
- Enhance the effectiveness of arts organizations and artists
- Employ the arts in strengthening communities
Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants: To support projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000, awarded under an expedited application review. Organizations are notified whether they have been recommended for a grant approximately six months after they apply. While not required, applicants are encouraged to consider partnerships among organizations, both in and outside of the arts, as appropriate to their project. Fast-Track Review Grants are available only for:
- An arts event that will feature one or more guest artists
- The creation of professionally directed public art projects
- Civic design activities that involve the renovation, restoration, or adaptive reuse of cultural facilities or spaces
- The unified promotion of community-wide arts activities and resources to enhance cultural tourism or activities in cultural districts
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth: To advance arts education for children and youth in school-based or community-based settings. This category supports in-depth, curriculum-based arts education experiences that occur over an extended period. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. Funded projects apply national or state arts education standards. All projects submitted to the Learning in the Arts category must include:
- Experience: Students and their teachers will have the chance to experience exemplary works of art -- in live form where possible.
- Study: Through the guidance of teachers, teaching artists, and cultural organizations, students will study works of art in order to understand the cultural and social context from which they come, and to appreciate the technical and/or aesthetic qualities of each work.
- Performance: Informed by their experience and study, students will create artwork. In the case of literature, the primary creative activities will be writing and/or recitation.
- Assessment: Students will be assessed according to national or state arts education standards. Where appropriate, projects will employ multiple forms of assessment including pre- and post-testing.
Learning in the Arts projects may take place in school-based or community-based settings and should focus on children and youth in the general age range of 5 through 18 years.
NOTE: Each applicant organization may submit only one application through one of the FY 2010 Grants for Arts Projects categories/disciplines. Therefore, potential investigators should contact the Dean’s Office, College of Fine Arts and Communication, to coordinate proposal submission.
URL: http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply (then select the field or discipline most relevant to your project)
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Individual Opportunity for Faculty in the Humanities
Summer Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: March 2, 2009
Every year the NEH’s Division of Education Programs offers college and university teachers opportunities to study humanities topics in a variety of NEH-sponsored Summer Seminars and Summer Institutes. Faculty who are selected to participate in a seminar or institute will be awarded a fixed stipend based on the length of the seminar or institute to help cover travel costs, books and other research and living expenses. For 2009 the stipends are: $2,000 (2 weeks), $2,600 (3 weeks), $3,200 (4 weeks), $3,800 (5 weeks), or $4,000 (6 weeks). Priority will be given to applicants who have not participated in a seminar or institute in the last three years. Application information and detailed project descriptions are available from the individual seminar and institute directors. A complete listing of the 2009 seminars and institutes, with directors’ names and contact information can be found at the URL below.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-university.html
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