Grant Awards and Update

by Mary Cortina

Congratulations to recipients of the University Faculty Development Grants.

The goals of the university's internal grants program are to foster scholarship, provide seed money, and advance the university mission. This year we received thirty-three exceptional proposals from faculty representing all schools and units in the university, twelve from the college, eight from business, five from education, four from social work, three from nursing, and one from Derner. Proposals were reviewed and scored by external reviewers, faculty from other institutions with expertise in the area of the proposal.

The Provost's Office appreciates the effort that went into the applications and encourages all to apply again in the fall. Congratulations to the following faculty who received university grants:

Professor Judith Baumel for the continuation of her poetry collection, The Eclogues of Broadway.

Professor Francine Conway for her research, Emotion Regulation Patterns and Quality of Life in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer.

Professors Sean Bentley and John Dooher for their research, Fundamental Analysis of Quantum Microdots for Potential Applications.

Professor Jennifer Fleischner for her edition of Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Professor Katherine Flynn for her continued research in Atrazine Exposure and Gill Structure in Freshwater Bivalves.

Professor Joshua Grossman for his research, Microscopic Magnetic Surface Traps for Individual Neutral Atoms.

Professor MaryAnne Hyland for her research, The Implications of Flexible Work Arrangement Use on Job Satisfaction, Family Life Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions.

Professors Erica Kathryn and Emilia Zarco for their research, The Role of a Perinatal Behavior Modification Nutrition Education Program on the Prevention and Reduction of Neonatal and Infant Obesity.

Professor Elizabeth Palley for her work, The Effects of No Child Left Behind on Teaching Children with Disabilities.

Professor David Parkin for his work, Isolation and Characterization of the Nucleoside Hydrolases from Trichomonas Vaginalis

Professor Gita Surie for her work, Building Regional Innovation and Knowledge Based Advantage: The Emergence and Growth of the Biotechnology Industry.

Professor Alan Schoenfeld for his research, Dominant-Negative Effects of Truncated BRCA2 Proteins.

Professor Eric Touya for his work, From Normandy to America: A Reflection with the Veterans of World War II.

Professor Simon Yang for his work, Are Executive Stock Options for Future Risk-Taking or Past Performance Rewarding.

Funding News

U.S. Department of Education
Anyone who has been to the department's website (ed.gov) and reviewed recent funding opportunities has noticed that many of the RFPs talk about scientifically based research and the use of randomized experimental designs. The department's goal is to build a body of experimental data so that "we will know which programs are actually worth replicating and disseminating." In February, new regulatory language took effect which permits the department to give preference to grant proposals that use randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental methods.

Sample of upcoming grant deadlines:
April 11th - GEAR UP
April 15th - School Leadership
April 22nd - Early Childhood Educator Professional Development
April 29th - Safe Schools/Healthy Students

National Institutes of Health
Small Grants Program - Most institutes within NIH participate in the small grant program (RO3) which funds pilot or feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, small, self-contained research projects, development of research methodology, and development of new research technology. The key is that these are small defined studies that are completed in a relatively short period of time.

AREA grants - The Academic Research Enhancement Awards are specifically for research at educational institutions that have not been major recipients of NIH support. These grants are to support faculty and undergraduate small scale research projects. Student participation and student benefit are key to these three year grants with a maximum funding of $150,000.

National Science Foundation
Sample upcoming grant deadlines:
National Science Digital Library - due April 11th; an online network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels.

Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement - due May 18th; this initiative supports efforts that conduct research on STEM teaching and learning, create new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning, and evaluate innovations. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small exploratory investigations to comprehensive projects.

Informal Science Education (ISE) - preliminary proposals are due March 18th and September 16th with full proposals due June 13th and December 5th; this initiative supports projects that develop and implement informal learning experiences to increase interest, engagement, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by individuals of all ages and backgrounds.
Proposals for workshops, conferences and symposia do not require a preliminary submission but do require discussion with a program officer. Workshops, conferences and symposia are targeted at ISE professionals not the general public.

Archaeology, Archaeometry and Physical Anthropology -due July 1st
Social Psychology - due July 15th
Cultural Anthropology - due August 1st
Political Science and Sociology - due August 15th
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics -due September 28th

Biology - there are unsolicited opportunities for small grants for exploratory research, for equipment, for international travel, for conferences, workshops and symposia. Before submitting in any of these areas, you must discuss with a program officer in the biological directorate.

National Endowment for the Humanities
Upcoming deadlines:
Humanities Focus Grants- due April 7th; to improve formal humanities education from kindergarten through college and university. The grants provide educators with the opportunity to consider significant humanities topics and to map institutional directions for teaching the humanities. Humanities Focus Grants are particularly appropriate for first-time applicants. These grants need to choose a target audience of public school teachers, community college or university faculty.

Fellowships - due May 1st; supports individuals' research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs, books, etc. Fellowships support full-time work for a period of six to twelve months.
Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development -due October 1st; supports projects to improve specific areas of humanities education and are intended to serve as national models of excellence. Proposals must draw upon scholarship in the humanities and use scholars and teachers as advisors. NEH is especially interested in projects that offer solutions to problems frequently encountered by teachers. Proposals can develop (or revise) and implement humanities programs, curricula, courses, and materials for teaching and learning, K-12 or in higher education.

Fulbright lecture and research grants are due August 1st

National Endowment for the Arts
NEA supports arts education, dance, design, media arts, music, musical theater, theater, presenting, and visual arts. Some sample call for proposals - Summer School in the Arts preliminary proposal is due May 23rd, Learning in the Arts for children and youth is due June 13th, and Access to Artistic Excellence is due August 15th.

Workshops and Seminars - SAVE THESE DATES:

April 8th, Nassau Community College - Grant Opportunities Across the Liberal Arts and Sciences. An informative and interactive workshop presented by a representative of the Foundation Center.

Schedule: 9:00-9:25 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:25- 9:30 Welcome
9:30-9:40 Opening Remarks
9:40-9:45 Introduction
9:45-11:15 Keynote Presentation
11:15-11:30 Break and Light Refreshments
11:30-1:30 Hands-on Foundation Center Database Search

Registration is required, so please call ext. 3259 or email cortina@adelphi.edu if you will be attending; the Office of Sponsored Programs will cover the registration fee.

April 12th - New York Institute of Technology will sponsor a webcast from 1:00p.m. -4:00p.m. with Q&A, from the Office of Human Research Protections, Protecting Research Volunteers: Ethics and Practice. If you are interested in this workshop, please call ext. 3259 or email cortina@adelphi.edu so we can make arrangements.

April 29th - New York Institute of Technology will sponsor a day-long workshop by Dr. Robert Lowman, associate vice chancellor for research at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Lowan is a senior advisor to the vice chancellor on issues of research policy, planning, regulatory compliance, training and infrastructure. He works with a faculty of 2,700 who had over $577 million in grant funding in 2004.

Schedule: 9:00-12:30: Participants will learn how to present their ideas with the greatest impact, prepare budgets, and use the merit review process to their advantage
Lunch (provided)
1:30-5:00 p.m.: This session will compare and contrast funding at six federal agencies, NSF, NIH, NEA, NEH, DOE and USDA. Dr. Lowman will explore the various funding mechanisms, identify the unique attributes of their funding programs, look at sample solicitations, and discuss their review processes.

If you would like to attend you must register; the Office of Sponsored Programs will cover the costs of attendance. Please call ext. 3259 or email cortina@adelphi.edu, and make sure you specify which workshop(s) you would like to attend.