Proposal Submission Reminders (Recently Revised):
OURS standard procedures require
approvals on final budgets and
project descriptions from department
chairs and college deans prior
to proposal submission. OURS
and the Provost’s office
ask that final budgets and chair
and dean approvals be received
by OURS at least five (5) business
days before the deadline (per
Provost Welsh’s request
in the Daily Digest).
Proposals for which proper approvals
are not obtained may not be submitted,
at the OURS discretion, or may
be withdrawn if they are submitted
in order to meet a deadline.
Applicants can access the internal
approval form at http://www2.towson.edu/research/resourcesforresearchers.asp.
Please note that each department
and college may have its own
internal requirements regarding
proposal review lead times; please
check to be sure you are complying
with your own unit’s procedures.
OURS requests notification of
intent to submit at least two
weeks prior to the agency deadline
so that OURS staff can assist
with application preparation
and review. All proposals will
require signature on behalf of
the University, which entails
careful review for terms and
conditions, University financial,
time, and other obligations,
and compliance issues. Adequate
lead time allows OURS to secure
necessary approvals and provide
appropriate administrative support
on all proposal submissions.
When submitting proposals via
Grants.gov, please be aware that
OURS maintains registration for
the campus. Like with all proposals,
applicants will need to notify
and work with OURS in getting
proposals submitted through the
standard procedures referenced
above. For Grants.gov submission,
OURS must have the final complete
proposal, with all required attachments,
no later than 48 hours prior
to the agency deadline. Due to
the higher possibility of technical
difficulties with this submission
engine, the OURS cannot guarantee
that proposals received later
than 48 hours prior to the deadline
will be submitted on time.
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Announcements from the
Office of University Research Services
REMINDER: Faculty Development and Research Committee Announces Deadline for Fall 2011 Grant Applications
Agency: Towson University Faculty Development and Research Committee
Deadline: March 1,
2011
The Faculty Development and Research
Committee (FDRC) has announced its
call for applications for fall 2011
research and fall research and Teaching
Innovation grants. Under the March 1, 2011 deadline,
the Committee will accept applications for the following
two funding categories:
- Research grants of up to $5,000
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 of
up to $5,000 for projects leading
to new classroom initiatives that
are grounded in current research
on teaching and learning. Faculty
members with ideas for teaching innovations
and projects to enhance student learning
are encouraged to apply.
All funds awarded under this application
round will be held by the Committee
for the awardees’ use during
the award period, fall 2011.
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. Application forms
and guidelines are available through
the link provided below. Please note
that the application forms have been
modified; therefore, applicants should
use the forms provided at the website
for the March 1 deadline.
An original and one copy of the completed
application form and accompanying documentation
as described in the application materials
should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on
the deadline date to the Office of
University Research Services (OURS),
7800 York Road, Room 225. All applications
must have signatory approval from both
the department chairperson and college
dean at the time of submission. OURS
requests that an electronic copy of
the application also be submitted via
email to ours@towson.edu.
Electronic submission of the application
is optional and will not replace the
paper submission requirements described
above.
URL: http://www2.towson.edu/research/facultygrants.asp
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Interdisciplinary, University-Wide, Institutional, or Cross-Disciplinary Opportunities
Agency: United
States Department of Education
Deadline: March
24, 2011 for optional but strongly
encouraged letters of intent
April
25, 2011 for proposals
The United States Department of
Education (“Department”)
Presidential Academies for Teaching
of American History program supports
the establishment of academies that
offer workshops for both veteran and
new teachers of American history and
civics to strengthen their knowledge
and preparation for teaching these
subjects. Under the current announcement,
there is one competitive preference
priority and one invitational priority.
Applicants may earn up to an additional
three points for addressing the competitive
preference priority, depending on how
well they address it. This priority
is enabling more data-based decision
making. Applicants are not awarded
any additional points for addressing
the invitational priority, which is
projects that provide a coherent program
of professional development that:
- is designed to increase the subject-matter
knowledge and understanding of new
and veteran teachers of American
history and civics;
- is aligned with the standards
for American history and civics of
the state in which the project is
implemented;
- is implemented on a school-wide
basis in one or more schools; and
- contributes to improved student
achievement in those schools.
Dependent upon Congressional action
and final appropriations, the Department
anticipates making one to two awards
ranging from $750,000 to $1,800,000
for project periods of up to 36 months
under this competition.
URL:http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-02-22/pdf/2011-3913.pdf
Federal Register announcement)
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/ahc/index.html
(program page)
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Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus
Agency: United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence
against Women
Deadline:
March 10, 2011 for optional but encouraged
letters of intent
March 24, 2011 for proposals
The United States Department
of Justice Office on Violence against
Women (OVW) Grants to Reduce Sexual
Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating
Violence, and Stalking on Campus program
(“Campus Program”) supports
activities that develop and strengthen
victim services in cases involving
sexual assault, domestic violence,
dating violence, and stalking on campuses.
It also aims to strengthen security
and investigative strategies to prevent
and prosecute these crimes on campuses.
The Campus Program supports a coordinated
community approach that enhances victim
safety and assistance, and supports
efforts to hold offenders accountable.
Under this program, campuses are encouraged
to create large-scale impact by adopting
policies and protocols that treat violence
against women crimes as serious offenses
and by developing victim services and
programs that make victim safety, offender
accountability, and prevention of such
crimes a high priority.
Eligible applicants are institutions
of higher education (as individual
applicants) or consortia of higher
education institutions (for consortia
projects). Up to $300,000 may be requested
by individual applicants; up to $500,000
for consortia projects. The project
period is 36 months.
Each applicant must address all four
of the following minimum requirements
in order to be considered for funding.
All Campus Program grantees must:
- Create a coordinated community
response to violence against women
on campus by
- demonstrating an external partnership
with at least
- one local nonprofit, nongovernmental
victim services organization
within the community that 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; and
- developing partnerships within
the college or university.
- Establish a mandatory prevention
and education program about sexual
assault, domestic violence, dating
violence, and stalking for all incoming
students, working in collaboration
with campus and community-based victim
advocacy organizations.
- Train all law enforcement to respond
effectively in sexual assault, domestic
violence, dating violence, and stalking
cases.
- Establish or strengthen programs
to train all members of campus disciplinary
boards to respond effectively to
charges of sexual assault, domestic
violence, dating violence, and stalking.
URL: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/fy2011-campus-solicitation.pdf
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Enhancing Developmental Biology Research at Undergraduate Institutions Academic Research Enhancement Award
Agency: National
Institutes of Health
Deadline: April
13, 2011 for letters of intent
May 13, 2011 for full proposals
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) encourages grant applications to strengthen
the developmental biology research environment
at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate
or advanced degrees, but that have not been
major recipients of NIH support. The intention
is to create research opportunities for developmental
biologists who otherwise would be unlikely to
participate in NIH-funded research. Furthermore,
this FOA encourages: (1) the use of novel or
underutilized animal models in developmental
biology research, and (2) enhanced exposure of undergraduate
students (if available) to the basic concepts required
to understand the molecular and cellular basis of
embryonic development.
Research proposals appropriate to
this FOA will include small scale,
new or renewal projects investigating
questions of importance to developmental
biology such as, but not limited to:
- Projects that aim to elucidate
the cellular, molecular, and physical
mechanisms that direct the formation
of the embryonic plan of multicellular
organisms;
- Projects to determine the mechanisms
underlying the normal development
of organ primordia against which
aberrations of these processes can
be better understood;
- Projects to better understand
the mechanism controlling the early
pattern of the developing nervous
system, the processes of neurogenesis,
axonal guidance, and/or neural crest
differentiation;
- Projects that seek to identify
and characterize genes, genetic networks,
and epigenetic factors that control
developmental processes;
- Projects aiming to understand
development of the immune system;
- Projects to assess adverse genetic
and/or environmental influences on
development and to elucidate mechanisms
by which developmental aberrations
are produced; and
- Testing and refinement of research
techniques or animal model systems
applicable to developmental biology.
Funding: Applicants
may request up to a total of $150,000
direct costs plus applicable Facilities
and Administrative (F&A)/ indirect
costs for the entire project period
of up to three (3) years. This program
does not require cost sharing.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-084.html
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