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 American Council on Education, in collaboration with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), aired a Web cast providing information on funds that will be made available to higher education as a result of the recently approved Federal stimulus package. The most important message the speakers delivered: funds must be spent in two years, projects funded will be short term; infrastructure (high-cost equipment items) will be funded; additional record keeping and reporting will be required of institutions awarded stimulus funds; and, most importantly, colleges and universities must act quickly.
The speakers noted that NIH will receive $10.4 billion in stimulus funds, predominantly for research ($8.2 billion), NSF will receive $3 billion ($2 billion for research grants, $900 million for infrastructure, and $100 million for education), the Department of Energy will receive $2 billion, and NASA will receive $500 million. NIH is planning, in spending the funds, to first look at applications that have already been submitted, funding proposals that were deemed meritorious but not funded. No details are yet available from the other agencies, but we might expect them to follow the same basic procedure as NIH.
It’s important that we be ready to seek the stimulus funds that are available and not wait for the agencies to issue solicitations. If any faculty members have submitted proposals to NIH or NSF that were well-reviewed but not funded, they should contact their program officers to discuss resubmission.
For additional information on the stimulus package as it relates to NIH and NSF, please view the links below. If you need assistance, please contact OURS at 4-2236 or ours@towson.edu.
URL: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/02252009statement_arra.htm (NIH)
http://www.nsf.gov/recovery/ (NSF)
OURS will keep you informed as details about the agencies’ plans for the stimulus funds become available.
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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, 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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Agency: Committee for the Towson Academy of Scholars
Deadline: March 25, 2009
The Towson Academy of Scholars is pleased to announce that it will be accepting applications for Towson Scholars for the academic year 2009-2010. All full time faculty up to the rank of Assistant Professor or Librarian I and II who have been at Towson three years or less are eligible to apply. The purpose of the Academy is to gather senior-mentors with junior faculty in a seminar setting that will give the latter an opportunity to share their research projects, reflective thinking essays, or portions of their dissertations under revision. The research, thought-analyses, or revisions will be undertaken during the year preceding presentation with support provided by the Towson Academy of Scholars.
A committee of senior faculty members will oversee this initiative, and will serve as a review panel to select participating scholars. Applications may be blind reviewed by external reviewers. The committee will select up to three scholars from applications submitted from across the university community in the spring. For the academic year 2009-2010, junior scholars will receive $1,000 in cash from the University.
In the spring of 2010, at a date to be arranged by the committee, each of the junior scholars selected will present his or her seminar paper in the Towson Room, Cook Library. In consultation with the scholars, the committee will arrange for one or two authorities in their fields to serve as discussants.
Faculty members who are selected to be Towson Scholars will be encouraged to invite their students to their presentations. Seminars are open to the university community, and junior faculty will be required to make their papers available upon request.
While papers, essays, and/or chapters may reflect the academic discourse of their discipline, the oral presentations must communicate broadly to the University community.
Closing date for applications is March 25, 2009 (Wednesday).
Applications may be obtained on-line at the Office of University Research Services Web site, http://www.towson.edu/ours. Completed applications should be submitted to the Office of University Research Services, 7800 York Road, Room 225, by 5:00 pm March 25. Applications emailed to mhealy@towson.edu by 5:00 pm March 25 will also be accepted.
Committee for the Towson Academy of Scholars
Patricia W. Romero, College of Liberal Arts and Chair
Sharon Buchbinder, College of Health Professions
Matthew Chambers, College of Business and Economics
Debi Gartland, College of Education
Mary Louise Healy, Office of University Research Services
Peter Lev, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Brian Masters, Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
Deborah Nolan, Library
URL: http://www.towson.edu/ours
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Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: May 5, 2009
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Awards support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities for a period of six to twelve months. Fellowship applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges, universities, or primary or secondary schools, or they may be independent scholars or writers. All applicants must have completed their formal education by the May 1 deadline. While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Awardees receive a monthly stipend of $4,200; the maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period. The earliest date that recipients may begin tenure is January 1, 2010 and the latest start date is July 1, 2010. The award period must be continuous, and award recipients must work full time on their projects.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html
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