Important changes to federal rules governing human subjects research

Colleagues,

I think it's important that you are aware of proposed changes to the Common Rule and regulations related to human subject research. My general impression is that the direction that the feds are going is quite positive, but there remain some concerns in the research community.

The best way to learn about this is by visiting http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/anprm2011page.html

This page links to DHHS's ANPRM [Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making] for Revision to the Common Rule. Particularly noteworthy is the extension of the public comment period, which now runs through late October 2011.

Your disciplinary organizations have likely already weighed in on the proposed rule, and if you are interested, you may inquire there.

All researchers who work with human subjects should monitor these potential changes. But remember that nothing has changed yet, and the existing rules remain in effect. So no changes to NCSU IRB procedures have happened yet.

As usual, let me know if you have any questions or comments.

National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs

This opportunity may well be of interest to CHASS graduate students with research interests in education. Please circulate among any doctoral students and appropriate departmental DGPs. And the postdoctoral fellowship described here is appropriate for junior faculty, and is a non-residential program, so this may be particularly attractive to our junior colleagues.

Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to share information on the application process for the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs. Please help us widely distribute information on the two fellowship programs to qualified candidates, listservs and other electronic sources by using the paragraphs below. Thank you for your assistance.

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) invites applicants for the following fellowship programs:

Doctoral Research Assistantship in Sustainability Science

Colleagues, Bob Brown, the dean of the College of Natural Resources, very kindly shared this with us. If you have a student with an interest in this field, encourage them to apply ASAP, as the sponsor wishes to locate a student immediately.

Doctoral Research Assistantship in Sustainability Science

Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) at the University of Maine offers unprecedented opportunities for graduate students to experience a truly interdisciplinary learning experience through a $20 million, 5-year program funded by the National Science Foundation's EPSCoR program. The SSI's mission is to create an integrative research program and strong stakeholder partnerships to generate improved solutions to intersecting ecological, social, and economic challenges in and beyond Maine. For more information, visit www.umaine.edu/sustainabilitysolutions.

NSF: Interface between Computer Science and Economics & Social Sciences (ICES)

This announcement is from the National Science Foundation. CHASS has several researchers with particular strengths in this field. I'd appreciate your sharing with folks whose interests align with this announcement; it may be of particular interest to CRDM scholars.

The full solicitation follows the jump.

Interface between Computer Science and Economics & Social Sciences (ICES)

Greenwall Foundation: Faculty Scholars Program in BIoethics

The Greenwall Foundation has announced the Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics, which is limited to one preliminary application per institution.  Full proposals must be invited.   The program is designed to support career development enabling junior faculty members to carry out original research on policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. Three years of support are provided, requiring a 50% time commitment (carefully monitored) in each of the three years.

Award:  Funding to support a 50% time commitment each year for three years.

Important dates:
Notification of interest in applying: Due by 5 p.m. September 13 to carol_ashcraft@ncsu.edu .
Internal preproposal submission:  Due by 5 p.m. October 3 to carol_ashcraft@ncsu.edu .
Estimated internal review completion date:  October 7
Greenwall Foundation application due date:  November 1

For more information and a link to the program announcement, see
http://ncsu.edu/research/gateway/rd/ltdsub/greenwall-foundation-faculty-scholars-program-in-bioethics .

Funding Opportunities from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda GATES FOUNDATION is now accepting grant proposals for Round 8 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.
Grant proposals are being accepted online until November 17, 2011 on the following topics:

 

Protect Crop Plants from Biotic Stresses From Field to Market 

Design New Approaches to Optimize Immunization Systems 

Explore New Solutions for Global Health Priority Areas 

Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children 

Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges

For more information:  http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/TopicsOverview.aspx

NIH Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities

The National Institutes of Health has posted announcements on the following topics which are of interest to people working in childhood health and well being. As always, please contact us if we can help you learn more and to prepare a proposal.

Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities Through Physical Activity and Diet: Developing An Evidence Base (R01):  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-288.html
 

Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities Through Physical Activity and Diet: Developing An Evidence Base (R21):  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-284.html

U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 2011 Employment and Training Research Paper Program.

I received this recently from the Association for Public Policy and Management listserv, but the topic may be of interest to folks in other disciplines who work on labor and workforce issues; I know there are folks in sociology who may be interested.

Please write to me at tabirkla@ncsu.edu if you'd like the application forms, which are not attached here.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

From the National Science Foundation. This announcement is for near-beginning graduate student support--it provides for three years of support for students in areas of NSF's remit, which is quite broad, including the social and behavioral sciences.

Given funding constraints that NC State--like many universities--are experiencing, I hope that our doctoral programs will make a concerted effort to work with their graduate students to apply for this award. Of course, my office is available to help with the paperwork requiremensts, including Fastlane registration. I am confident that we have some students who would do quite well in this competition.

The NSFs summary follows after the jump. The URL for this announcement is http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11582/nsf11582.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click. The deadline for social sciences and psychology is November 16, 2011.

Changing the Conduct of Science in the Information Age

Colleagues, the National Science foundation has developed a set of reports under this rubric that will be of considerable interest across the natural, physical, behavioral, and social sciences, and in engineering. Folks in CRDM and related endeavors may find this particularly interesting. The URL for these reports is http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/oise11003/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Projects of Special Merit Competition -- NOAA

This came in today via Community of Science (COS). There are social science aspects to this announcement. It appears that you would need to partner with a state agency charged with coastal zone issues. If you're interested, let me know, and we will try to connect you with the proper agency.

J-1 Options for Visiting International Researchers

J-1 Options for Visiting International Researchers

OIS 2nd Thursday

Greetings,

The Office of International Services will be holding a discussion on J-1 Visa Options for International visiting researchers Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 11 am.

The session will be held in Room 136 of the Monteith Research Center Auditorium, Centennial Campus.

Faculty members with a research focus are encouraged to attend!

Event Details:

Arts & Humanities: Toward a Flourishing State? Conference Announcement

The American Council of Colleges and Universities (AACU) has announced this conference, to be held on November 3-5 in Providence, Rhode Island. According to the announcement, the themes of the conference are

1. The arts and humanities engaged by big questions, both contemporary and enduring
2. The arts and humanities practiced extensively across the curriculum, engaging creativity, critical thinking, inquiry and analysis, and an array of literacies
3. The arts and humanities as human expression, anchored through active involvement in civic life, in local and global communities, addressing real-world challenges across people’s lives
4. The arts and humanities in synthesis and advanced accomplishment, demonstrated through application and performance, using new pedagogies and forms of assessment

Details are available at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/ah11/index.cfm

Interesting article on postdoctoral felllowships in the humanities

Sharlene Simon kindly shared a link to this Chronicle of Higher Education article on how postdocs are becoming more important to many future faculty. The article is available for the next five days at this link. 

Chronicle of Higher Education subscribers can always access this here.

Coming Soon: Brookdale Foundation Announcement, 2012 Leadership in Aging Fellowship

The Brookdale Foundation's announcement of its 2012 Leadership in Aging Fellowship program is expected soon.  The limit is one proposal per institution.  The fellowship provides two years of support to junior academics to focus on a project that will help establish them in an area of aging research. The Fellowship is open to a broad range of disciplines including, but not limited to, medical, biological and basic sciences, nursing, social sciences, the arts and humanities.

Award:  $250,000 over two years

Important dates:
Notification of interest in applying:  Due by 5 p.m. September 7 to carol_ashcraft@ncsu.edu .
Internal preproposal submission: Due by 5 p.m. September 29 to carol_ashcraft@ncsu.edu .
Estimated internal review completion date:  October 4
Brookdale Foundation application due date:  Anticipated to be November 1

For more information, see http://ncsu.edu/research/gateway/rd/ltdsub/brookdale-foundation-leadership-in-aging-fellowship .  The 2011 application is no longer available for reference, but the 2011 Guidelines are available.  Traditionally, the guidelines have changed very little, if at all, over recent years.

Call for Proposals, NC Quest: Quality Educators through Staff Development and Training.

The University of North Carolina General Administration has announced Cycle X of NC QUEST, Quality Educators through Staff Development and Training.  The limit is one new lead-partner proposal per university.

Award:  Up to $300,000 over approximately one year.

Important dates:
Notification of interest in applying:  Due by 5 p.m. August 30 to carol_ashcraft@ncsu.edu with a copy to College of Education Associate Dean for Research Samuel Snyder at sam_snyder@ncsu.edu .

NC QUEST Technical Assistance Meeting:  August 31, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Center for School Leadership Development, 140 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill.

Internal preproposal submission:  Due by 5 p.m. September 27 to carol_ashcraft@ncsu.edu with a copy to College of Education Associate Dean for Research Samuel Snyder at sam_snyder@ncsu.edu .

Estimated internal review completion date:  October 2

UNC GA proposal submission deadline:  November 15

For more information, including the request for proposals, see
http://ncsu.edu/research/gateway/rd/ltdsub/nc-quest-north-carolina-quality-educators-through-staff-development-and-training .

Public Entity Risk Institute Dissertation Fellowships

This post may be a little self-indulgent, since I've had a student funded by this program, and because it's in my personal area of research. And I had a small role in finding this when I worked at NSF. But I've been pleasantly surprised to learn of the large number of doctoral students in CHASS and other disciplines who are interested in, and researching, issues relating to disasters, risks, or hazards. Due to some changes at PERI, this may be the last year of this program, but I am hopeful that it will continue. Of course, please direct any questions, or students with questions, to me.

The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) and Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) offers a program that awards dissertation fellowships for work in all aspects of natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters in all disciplines.

The award is open to individuals in any discipline, including the natural and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, specialties in engineering, or interdisciplinary programs such as environmental studies, who are conducting research in hazards, risk, or disasters. Fellowship candidates must be ABD (all but dissertation) at a U.S. institution by the application deadline with an approved dissertation proposal. Non-U.S. citizens may apply as long as the doctorate degree will be granted by a U.S. institution.

Fellowship Description:

Up to 6 grants each up to $10,000 each will be awarded in 2012 to doctoral students to support their dissertation work on natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters in any relevant field of the natural and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, specialties in engineering, or interdisciplinary programs such as environmental studies. The grants are flexible and can be used for data collection, travel for field work, or for presentation of findings at meetings, purchase of software, data entry assistance, statistical analysis services, or a combination of these or other similar purposes (but, NOT for stipends or tuition).

Call for Papers: Identifying Programs That Serve Low-Income Couples

This call comes from Mathematica Policy Research, a major player in the analysis of a range of public policies. If you work in the fields identified here, this may be a good way to increase your work's visbility.
 

Call for Papers: Identifying Programs That Serve Low-Income Couples

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Mathematica Policy Research is seeking research on programs that serve low-income couples. The programs may focus on a range of issues—including healthy relationships and marriage, communication, parenting for couples/co-parenting, or conflict resolution—and may serve unmarried or married couples, regardless of parental status. Relevant research includes studies that evaluate program effectiveness, studies focusing on program implementation and operations, and descriptive studies.

Nominations for NEH Summer Stipend Program Now Being Accepted

The CHASS Research Office is pleased to announce we are accepting internal proposals for the nomination to the National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Stipend Program.  Two nominees will be selected for submission to NEH.  Successful applications sent to NEH will receive an outright award of $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing.  For the internal competition, please:

Submit a 1 page proposal describing your project.  (1 inch margins, double-spaced)

Selected individuals will have to register with grants.gov-The Research Office will be available to assist in the submission process, however, proposals will be submitted by the individual, not the institution.

Send to Joyce Christian - joyce_jones@ncsu.edu and/or Missy Seate - missy_seate@nscu.edu via email no later than 9:00 am September 9, 2011.  Decisions will be announced no later than 10:00 am, September 16, 2011.

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships

This announcement came in my email recently. Please share with your colleagues--these are important opportunities that support outstanding work.

Greetings from the American Council of Learned Societies!

We are pleased to let you know that the 2011-12 ACLS fellowship competitions are now open. You will find the most updated and comprehensive information on all our programs on the ACLS website: www.acls.org/programs/comps. As in previous years, the majority of competition deadlines are in the early fall.

ACLS awarded nearly $15 million in research support to over 350 scholars worldwide during the past year. Fellows' profiles, along with research abstracts, are accessible at: www.acls.org/fellows/new.

We are looking forward to an equally successful fellowships season in 2011-12.

With best wishes,
Nicole Stahlmann
Director of Fellowship Programs
American Council of Learned Societies
fellowships@acls.org


ACLS Fellowships Office
633 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Dissertation Completion Grants

We often get requests in the CHASS research office for funding opportunities for graduate students. Here's an internal program to help students get over the hump and finish their dissertations.

 

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Nomination Deadline: October 14, 2011

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Directors of Graduate Programs,

I am requesting your assistance in nominating graduate students in your program for a Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant for the period January 1 - June 30, 2012. This program provides both funding and intensive mentoring to doctoral candidates who are within six months of completing their dissertations. It is designed to enable candidates to focus full time on the writing of their dissertations, improving the quality of the dissertation and shortening the time required to complete the doctoral degree. This grant is for students who have demonstrated difficulties in completing the dissertation and would benefit from the intensive mentoring and the six months dedicated to writing that are provided by this program. Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Complete information and eligibility requirements are included in the attached program description.

Research Funding in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Carol Ashcraft shared with me these opportunities. Details are available at the indicated web addresses. If you are interested in applying, please let us know as soon as possible so we can get the process started.

title:  Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03) *NEW*
sponsor:  United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
url:  http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/131498
deadline:  October 3, 2011

title:  Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants
sponsor:  American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Educational Foundation
Fellowships and Grants
url:  http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/21170
amount:  $6,000.00
deadline:  November 15, 2011

title:  Humboldt Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives
[Networking among academic and cultural relationships of Germany and the awardee's country of residence]
sponsor:  von Humboldt Foundation, Alexander (AvH)
url:  http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/127112
deadline:  November 30, 2011

title:  Research Grants
sponsor:  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
East European Studies (EES)
url:  http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/89455
deadline:  December 1, 2011

title:  Kennan Institute Summer Research Scholarships
sponsor:  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
url:  http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/120712
amount:  $6,400.00
deadline:  December 1, 2011

title: Digital Humanities Implementation Grants - 20120124-HK *NEW*
sponsor: National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
url: http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/131427
amount: $325,000.00
deadline: January 24, 2012
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesimplementation.html

Interdisciplinary:
title:  Food for Progress Program *NEW*
sponsor:  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
url:  http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/131422
amount:  $15,000,000.00
deadline:  October 26, 2011

From Carol Ashcraft, whose funding mailing list is a treasure trove of opportunities, comes this intriguing call for proposals:

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced a call for applications to its Guggenheim Fellows program, "fellowships to assist research and artistic creation."   The fellowships support all endeavors except the performing arts, and include natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities and the creative arts. Fellowships are awarded to selected individuals for a minimum of six months and a maximum of 12 months.  The number of applications per institution is unlimited.

Important dates:
Application deadline: September 15
November 2011:  Guggenheim will contact your references for recommendations.
November 22, 2011:  Work sample submission deadline.
Mid-December:  Acknowledgment of receipt of your application.
April 2012:  Notification of competition results sent to all applicants by email.
April-June 2012:  Return of all work samples to applicants.

The amount of the grant varies according to the project; funds are provided to the individual, not the institution, and are unrestricted.

For more information: See http://www.gf.org/ .

Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03)

This R03 opportunity comes from the NIH/National Institute on Aging. Details at http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/131498 and at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-12-005.html

The purpose of this FOA is to solicit one-year R03 applications for secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of psychology, behavioral genetics, economics, demography, or for archiving and dissemination of data sets to enable secondary analyses in order to further advance research.The NIA supports collection of data and biological samples including a broad array of measures that are relevant to: the dynamics of health and disability, cognition, psychosocial and sociodemographic factors, genetics and biomarkers, long-term care, caregiving, behavioral medicine, retirement, economic status and well-being over the lifecourse. Applicants are encouraged to archive data from studies with rich phenotypic, environmental or biomarkers data and make them available through the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) or another archive for public use. Archiving may pertain to any type of data useful for secondary analysis including results of assays conducted on biospecimens, and the addition of geo-coded and community level variables for database expansion. 

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington U., St. Louis

More details from COS at http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=53959. Please share with senior PhD students on the job market.

Washington University announces the tenth year of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and social sciences. Beginning in September of 2001 the Fellowship Program has brought to Washington University new and recent Ph.D.'s who wish to strengthen their own advanced training and to participate in the university's ongoing interdisciplinary programs and seminars. 

Fellows will outline a plan for their own continuing research to be pursued with a senior faculty mentor from Washington University. Over the course of their two-year appointment, fellows will teach three undergraduate courses and collaborate during a spring term in leading a seminar in the theory and methods of interdisciplinary research.

Cornell University Society for the Humanities--Fellowships (fascinating topic!)

This opportunity is fascinating, because the theme for 2012-2013 is "RISK @ Humanities". See the details after the jump. I have some expertise in this field, so I would be pleased to provide substantive help with applications. More details at http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/9656

Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants--AAUW

From this week's Community of Science alerts comes this opportunity. Others to follow in separate posts:

More information on this opportunity at http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=21170

These grants provide support to women scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication, and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final manuscript preparation. All applicants must demonstrate that the support will result in a reduction of their ongoing work-related activities. The grants are not for preliminary research. Activities undertaken during the grant period can include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts; replicating research components; responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication. It must be an original publication and cannot be co-authored.

These grants are part of the American Fellowships, which support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, the quality and originality of project design, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Preference will be given to applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.

News on the National Outreach Scholarship Conference

This note is from Jim Zuiches--I am particularly happy to see that CHASS is represented at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference!


The following is information about a workshop for NTT staff. Please share broadly as appropriate.




Colleagues, the National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) is in East Lansing, hosted by Michigan State University, this year from October 1-5.  On the regular program , NCSU has 12 faculty, students and staff, from six colleges, CALS, CHASS, Design, Education, PAMS and Engineering, presenting symposia, papers, posters, or workshops.  Congratulations to all of them.

Additionally, there is a workshop for non-tenure track staff working in engagement that you may want to consider for staff.  Please forward to your college colleagues, relevant networks and listservs,
and others who might be interested.  Jim Zuiches

Webinar on Childhood Obesity, August 5

I apologize for not posting this earlier. This webinar will originate in Charlotte, and in-person attendance is available, although I imagine folks with an interest in this will be more interested in the webinar. Details follow.

A day-long webinar/conference on childhood obesity, a concern across many disciplines at NC State, is scheduled for August 5th, sponsored through a USDA grant by the Kannapolis Scholars of the North Carolina Research Campus.   The webinar will be broadcast live from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, N.C. 

Speakers from academia, industry, government, as well as stakeholders from the community, will discuss how to address this issue, which has become an increasing concern not only in the United States, but worldwide. Here are links that will tell you more:
About the webinar--

http://www.wix.com/kannapolisscholars/2011symposium
About the Kannapolis Scholars program-- http://www.ncsu.edu/kannapolis/

Small but important new link: CHASS Research and Engagement News

A new link has been added to the right-hand side of this page. This link is to the CHASS Research and Engagement News blog, managed by Lauren Kirkpatrick, CHASS's director of communication. I strongly encourage you to visit the blog at CHASS Research and Engagement News and sign up for email news from the College. Here you will learn about the fruits of our colleagues efforts and see just how active and engaged this faculty really is!

NSF PIRE FAQ Page

The NSF has posted its FAQ page on the PIRE program at 


http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11073/nsf11073.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Defense and Security Research Workshop, August 3

There will be a workshop on DoD funded defense and security-related research on August 3 in Greensboro.  If you are interested in attending, you will need to register for the workshop at this link. Please contact me at tom_birkland@ncsu.edu if you would like to attend, and I will send you the password.

http://www.sa-meetings.com/UNC-DoD

Any and all interested faculty and researchers from the UNC system are welcome to register.   Contact Kathie Sidner (ksidner@northcarolina.edu or 703-201-3099) with any questions.

Latest update on PIRE

The NSF posted the announcement for the PIRE competition, as follows.


Please note that this is a limited submission program, and that CHASS faculty will likely want to partner with an already-emerging team. If you or your colleagues have any interest, I can connect you with the teams.


Also please note that there will be a webinar on PIRE on July 28, but the details have not been released. If you pursue the PIRE, you and your team will want to monitor the website for details. A short summary of the solicitation follows the jump.

PIRE Update

The PIRE (Program in International Research and Education) announcement posted earlier this month is in a state of some flux, with no full RFP having been issued. It's important to note that the PIRE program is a limited submission program, so only one team (I think) will be allowed to submit for NCSU. But Carol Ashcraft assures me that CHASS participation on one of the proposing teams would be very welcome. For more information, visit http://ncsu.edu/research/gateway/rd/ltdsub/partnerships-for-international-science-and-education

If you're interested, let me know and I can help put you in touch with a team if you aren't already on one. If you are on one, please let me know just so that I can keep track. Thanks.

New COS Pivot research funding tool now at NC State

Carol Ashcraft shared this note with the NCSU funding listserv. I realize that Community of Science (COS) is often not that useful for social scientists and humanists, but it has become much more useful in the past four years, and I have found interesting opportunities there, many of which I share with you on this blog. So taking this new tool for a test drive might be a good idea. Here's Carol's note, after the jump:

Alaska Humanities Forum: COS Funding Opportunities Search

This one is a long shot, I know, but I couldn't help sharing with CHASS colleagues because I grew up in Alaska, and am rather fond of the Alaska Humanities Forum. They are an important part of the cultural life of Alaskans, and I share this on the off chance that someone on our faculty has some familiarity with Alaskan culture. The range of topics is huge, and includes both social science and humanities disciplines, I'd be thrilled to see someone from CHASS apply to do some work in Alaska, and could help to the extent I can those who are less familiar with the state.


More information is at COS Funding Opportunities Search, or from


Laura Schue, Grants Officer

Address	Alaska Humanities Forum 421 West First Avenue, Suite 300
City	Anchorage
Province/State	AK
Zip	99501
Country	United States
Email	grants@akhf.org

NEH Digital Humanities Opportunity

Grants.gov - Find Grant Opportunities - Opportunity Synopsis

From grants.gov/NEH:

"The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities. Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in any area of the humanities."

See full details at the link above, and, of course, let us know if we can help you to apply for this funding.

nsf.gov - OISE - Funding - Partnerships for International Research and Education - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

nsf.gov - OISE - Funding - Partnerships for International Research and Education - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Updated July 19. See newest post.

The following news comes directly from the NSF, and is also available at the link in the headline. If anyone is interested in pursuing this opportunty, likely in collaboration with colleagues from CALS, Engineering, or other colleges, please let me know. I know two of the program officers involved, one from Engineering and another from Social, Behavioral, or Economic Sciences, so I could he helpful in establishing contacts.

The full note is available at the link above, or after the jump here.

Congratulations to two CHASS faculty with recently announced research grant awards!

One reason I wanted to establish the CHASS research blog is to share good news about faculty who have successfully won grants, fellowships, and other resources and recognition for their outstanding research. I am pleased to be able to report two items of news:

• John Wall, in the Department of English, has won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), on "New Methods of Documenting the Past: Recreating Public Preaching at Paul's Cross, London, in the Post-Reformation Period."
  
• David Gilmartin, in the Department of History, received a fellowship from Stanford Humanities Center for 2011-12 to complete a book exploring the history and meaning of voting in India over the last century.

More news and details will likely emerge from both of these fascinating projects in the coming months, and we will share it with you. Congratulations to John and David!

July 26-27--Professional Development and Training: North American Program Planning and Policy Academy

The North American Program Planning and Policy Academy (NAPPPA) will be sponsoring an Academic Research Funding Strategy Session at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC on July 26 - 27, 2011.  


I am taking this announcement down from the CHASS Blog. I have been assured by research administration folks here at NCSU that this organization provides services, at a substantial fee, that are largely replicated by our own capacities at NCSU. Any member of the faculty can avail themselves of these services.


If you get similar advertisements for grant writing and professional development, please submit them to the CHASS REEED office. We can assess their value and, where necessary, provide information about alternatives.

Opportunities in the Humanities from the American Council of Learned Societies

Carol Ashcraft sent me this note, which should be of considerable interest to humanities scholars. Please share widely with your colleagues.


The American Council of Learned Societies has announced three currently active fellowship opportunities for faculty, listed below with links directly to the ACLS program pages. In addition, ACLS has announced an increase in its fellowship stipends in the 2011-12 competition:
Stipends awarded in 2011-12 will be $65,000 for full professors, $45,000 for associate professors, and $35,000 for assistant professors. 
http://www.acls.org/news/6-23-11/

title: Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars 
sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) 
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=480 
amount: $75,000.00 
deadline: September 28, 2011 

title: ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships 
sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) 
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=3154
amount: $140,000.00 
deadline: September 28, 2011 

title: ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships 
amount: $85,000.00 
deadline: September 28, 2011 
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=508

For more information on all ACLS opportunities and other faculty award opportunities, see this corrected link:  
http://ncsu.edu/research/gateway/rd/awards/ .

Future Tech Jobs: We Need Social Science Graduates - Rawn Shah - Connected Business - Forbes

Future Tech Jobs: We Need Social Science Graduates - Rawn Shah - Connected Business - Forbes

Found this fascinating article today about how innovative organizations realize the value of social scientists, particularly in social network analysis. I think this is a useful response to the idea that the social sciences (and the humanities) are irrelevant to innovation and economic growth.

Summer Newsletter from the Center for Family and Community Engagement

I'm pleased to share a link to the Summer Newsletter from the Center for Family and Community Engagement (CFACE). CFACE is a stellar center and an important part of NC State's engagement work, so I invite you to learn more about their work from the newsletter, and to visit their website, www.cfface.org.

News and Opportunities from the Social Science Research Council

The SSRC has posted its latest council update. It contains important news and opportunities for social scientists, including open competitions for these SSRC programs:

• Training Awards in Higher Education and Social Inequality in Egypt (Deadline: July 6)
• Workshop on Youth and Social Stability in Eurasia(August 15)
• Grants for Collaborative Research on Environment and Health in China (August 22),
• Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (August 31)
• Abe Fellowship (September 1)
• Fellowship for Journalists (September 15)
• Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Faculty Field Competition (September 30). 

News from the National Humanities Alliance

As we all know, funding for the humanities is taking a beating in the federal budget. The latest news from the National Humanities Center has details.

But there is some good news in their latest news, in the form of Opportunities for Humanities Funding. Many of these opportunities will be attractive to humanities faculty

NSF: Documenting Endangered Languages

This just in from the folks at the Research Development Office. The next closest deadlines are September 20, 2011, September 15, 2012, and then September 15 annually thereafter. Of course, please contact the CHASS research office with any questions, or if you need assistance with preparing a proposal.


The full solicitation is available in these formats:
HTML: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11554/nsf11554.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
PDF: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11554/nsf11554.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
TXT: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11554/nsf11554.txt?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click


Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) 
Data, Infrastructure and Computational Methods


PROGRAM SOLICITATION 

New Opportunities in Humanities and Social Sciences (Mostly Fulbrights)

This post contains links to some opportunities in the social sciences and humanities. Please circulate broadly among your colleagues, or, better yet, invite your colleagues to subscribe to the blog using the box to the right on this page.

HUD Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program--Deadline July 14, 2011

From the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University Programs (www.oup.org)


Are you a doctoral student pursuing a degree in a housing- or urban development-related field?

The Office of University Partnerships (OUP), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), would like you to know about funding we offer through our
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (DDRG) program.

The American Panel Survey (TAPS)

This announcement will be of interest to those working in public opinion and survey research.

The Weidenbaum Center of Washington University in St. Louis announces the creation of The American Panel Survey (TAPS).

TAPS is a panel survey in which a national probability sample of about 2000 panelists will be reinterviewed online each month, beginning in the fall of 2011. Initial plans for TAPS extend surveys for five years. Among the many virtues of the TAPS survey is the accumulation of substantial amounts of information on each respondent, the ability to analyze individual-level change, the possibility of conducting randomized experiments within the survey, including using audio and video interventions - all within the context of a state-of-art, nationally representative sample. A wide variety of social science research - not just limited to law and politics - can be conducted using TAPS.

Funding Opportunity: Advancing HIV Prevention through Transformative Behavioral and Social Science Research (R01)

The NIH has issued this funding opportunity announcement (FOA). It appears to be quite broadly based in the social and behavioral sciences, as suggested in its FOA description:

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications that will advance generalizable knowledge about HIV prevention through transformative behavioral and social science research. An underlying assumption for this funding opportunity is that methods of and findings from social and behavioral studies can make essential contributions to research that utilizes biomedical modalities. In addition, biomedical perspectives are essential for the advancement of social and behavioral HIV research on HIV prevention. Therefore, this FOA invites studies that are comprehensive in the sense that the reciprocal influences of relevant variables, whether social, behavioral, or biomedical are included in study design and interpretation. This FOA is intended to address the goals of the National HIV AIDS Strategy, and therefore studies should address issues that are highly relevant to the domestic (i.e., United States) HIV problem.

Details are at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-12-080.html

Conference Announcement: SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE

Here's a conference that may of interest to CHASS faculty. There are options for virtual attendance as well as in-person presentations.


SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE
Kursaal Congress Palace, San Sebastian, Spain
26-27 September 2011
http://OntheImage.com/Conference

The Image Conference is a forum at which participants will interrogate the nature and functions of image-making and images. The conference has a cross-disciplinary focus, bringing together researchers, teachers and practitioners from areas of interest including: architecture, art, cognitive science, communications, computer science, cultural studies, design, education, film studies, history, linguistics, management, marketing, media studies, museum studies, philosophy, photography, psychology, religious studies, semiotics, and more.

Funding Opportunities--June 20, 2011

Some new funding opportunities recently received, with a particular emphasis on humanities. Please contact the CHASS research office if you wish to apply for any of these opportunities, or if you know more about them than what is revealed in public announcements. We hope you are enjoying the summer!

Funding: NSF Law and Social Science Program

Here is an announcement from the National Science Foundation on application deadlines for this program. This is an excellent interdisciplinary program for anyone working on law and social science in any discipline.

http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/4346