Deadline: September 10, 2009
Please note that, to allow all interested faculty members time to pursue this opportunity, the deadline for submission is being extended to Thursday, September 10, 2009.
The College of Graduate Studies and Research, in collaboration with the Deans of the academic colleges, is making available up to 15 Research Fellowships. These Fellowships provide funding and other support for an individually designed program focused on a research mentorship model. Selected faculty members will be provided with up to two years of support of $3,000 each per year. Program guidelines, including eligibility requirements, and the application cover page are available at the URL below.
URL: http://www.towson.edu/main/research/researchandfunding/index.asp
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Reminder: Research Monetary Awards and Teaching Innovation Grants for Spring 2010
Agency: Towson University Faculty Development and Research Committee
Deadline: October 15, 2009
The Faculty Development and Research Committee (FDRC) is pleased to announce its call for applications for Research Monetary Awards and Teaching Innovation Grants for use during the spring semester 2010. Applications will be accepted through 5:00 pmThursday, October 15, 2009. This is the first of three competitions this fiscal year, with two additional deadlines at the beginning of March and May 2010.
Research Monetary Awards provide support 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. Teaching Innovation grants are designed to encourage faculty to develop new classroom initiatives that are grounded in current research on teaching and learning. Awards provide up to $5,000 to 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.
Full program guidelines and applications for both programs are available on online. All applications must have signatory approval from both the department chair and college dean upon submission. An original and eight copies of completed application forms and accompanying documentation as described in the application form should be submitted to the Office of University Research Services, 7800 York Road, Room 225.
URL: http://wwwnew.towson.edu/main/research/researchandfunding/index.asp
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Agency: US Department of Education
Deadline: October 6, 2009
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study.
For the current competition, the Department of Education will consider only applications meeting the fiscal year 2010 absolute priority, which is for projects focusing on one or more of the following geographic regions of the world: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East.
Within this absolute priority, the Department of Education has established two competitive priorities. Up to an additional five points will be awarded to applicants for each of these competitive priorities addressed in the application, depending on how well the application meets the priority:
- Projects that provide substantive training and thematic focus, both during the pre-departure and in-country project phases, on any of the seventy-eight (78) languages deemed critical on the U.S. Department of Education's list of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs (see announcement)).
- Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
In addition, the Department of Education has established the following invitational priority (no additional points will be awarded to applications addressing this priority):
- Projects that provide pre-service training for K-12 teachers in foreign languages and international area studies in teacher education programs. Project activities should include pre-service teachers and teacher education students.
Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Education anticipates making 29 awards for project periods of up to 12 months, ranging from $30,000 - $90,000, with an average award size of $80,000. The Department of Education will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $90,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. Interested applicants are invited to contact the Office of University Research Services (OURS) to request a copy of program slides distributed from the American Association of State Colleges and University conference attended by OURS staff.
URL: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/applicant.html
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Individual Opportunity for Students in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Deadline: October 5, 2009
The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, chosen on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study at accredited institutions of higher education in selected fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal or highest degree awarded.
The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance; music theory; music composition; music literature; studio arts (including photography); television; film; cinematography; theater arts; playwriting; screenwriting; acting; and dance.
The selected fields in the humanities are: Art history (including architectural history);archeology; area studies; classics; comparative literature; English language and literature; folklore; folk life; foreign languages and literature; foreign languages that are less commonly taught, history, linguistics; philosophy; religion (excluding study of religious vocation); speech; rhetoric; and debate.
The selected fields in the social sciences are: Anthropology; communications and media; criminology; economics; ethnic and cultural studies; geography; political science; psychology (excluding clinical psychology); public policy and public administration; and sociology (excluding the master's and doctoral degrees in social work).
Awards are made for one year and are renewable for three additional years contingent upon the student’s satisfactory progress toward the graduate degree. The Department of Education expects to make 27 fellowships awards under this competition.
URL: http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
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