Summer Faculty Fellowships and Grants-in-Aid of Research
IU Northwest, Office of Academic Affairs
Due Date: 5 PM CDT, October 9, 2015 (second Friday)
Full-time faculty members may apply for more than one type of fellowship included here, and an individual
can receive a Grant-in-Aid of Research in addition to a Summer Faculty Fellowship or a Mid-Career Summer
Faculty Fellowship, but a faculty member cannot receive more than one type of Faculty Fellowship per year.
The completed application must include one (1) hardcopy of all original application materials including
supporting letters (delivered to Lindenwood 329 by the above deadline) AND an electronic PDF of the same
(sent to codell@iun.edu and jmbishop@iun.edu by the above deadline). Please check with your academic
unit, as they may have earlier deadlines for receipt in their office.
Note: Awards are contingent on meeting all appropriate research compliance requirements (e.g. animal,
biosafety, and human subject approval). An application involving the use of animals must be accompanied by
evidence that it has been approved by the IU Northwest Animal Resource Committee; an application involving
the use of human subjects must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the IU Northwest
Human Subjects Committee; and an application involving DNA, human fluids or tissues, or other infectious
agents must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the IU Biosafety Committee in
Bloomington. For information on the policies related to animal, biosafety, and human subjects approval, the
applicant can access the Indiana University policies and forms (http://researchadmin.iu.edu/cs.html ), and
the IU Northwest policies and forms on human subjects (www.iun.edu/~hsc/) online.
Summer Faculty Fellowships for Research or Creative Activity and Innovations in
Curriculum and Student Success
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: To provide living costs for faculty who intend to devote an entire summer to intensive
research, broadly defined to include the scholarship of discovery, integration, application and teaching
(developing new curricula components or courses, or projects that create, adapt, and disseminate new
learning materials and teaching strategies that reflect advances both in our disciplines and in what is known
about teaching and learning). In order to assist faculty in developing a stronger scholarly basis for promotion
and tenure, the Committee gives preference to tenure-track faculty. Applicants should note the addition of a
new application category designated for tenured associate professors below.
ELIGIBILITY: Summer Faculty Fellowships for Research or Creative Activity are limited to continuing tenuretrack and tenured faculty. Summer Faculty Fellowships for Innovations in Curriculum and Student Success are
limited to continuing fulltime tenure-track faculty, tenured faculty, clinical faculty, and lecturers.
LIMIT OF SUPPORT: $11,000. Note: This award is a summer stipend. It is not intended for the purchase of
hardware, software, equipment or supplies, or for travel expenses.
TYPE OF SUPPORT: The fellowship is paid directly to the faculty member in two equal payments, on or about
June 1 and July 1, and subject to taxation as provided by Internal Revenue Service regulations and United
States law. The University cannot be responsible for any unexpected circumstances relating to taxability.
DURATION: Summer (approximately three months of active project time), typically from end of classes in
spring semester to the week prior to classes beginning in the fall semester.
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LETTERS OF SUPPORT: The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two persons, including
the chairperson of the department or unit head as appropriate, and a person from outside the campus who is
knowledgeable in the field of the proposed project. Please list names, titles, addresses, and telephone
numbers of persons who will supply references. Letters should be addressed to the Associate Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, and are included with the application packet. The completed application must include
one (1) hardcopy of all original application materials including supporting letters (delivered to Lindenwood
329 by the above deadline) AND an electronic PDF of the same (sent to codell@iun.edu and
jmbishop@iun.edu by the above deadline).
AWARD NOTICE: Letters of award/rejection from the Office of Academic Affairs are sent upon completion of
the review and selection process.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS: (1) Grants may not be awarded to any faculty member who has not completed all the
requirements for the terminal degree in her or his particular discipline, or be appointed with any contingency
(Exceptions to this rule are available for the Curriculum and Student Success grant applications due to
eligibility requirements). (2) Recipients must not hold any other teaching- or service-rendering appointments
at any time throughout the summer. (3) Recipients must have a continuing appointment at Indiana University
Northwest through the following academic year. If a recipient leaves the University and unable to continue
for the following academic year, funds received will need to be returned to the University.
SPECIAL NOTICE: The project should be described in enough detail to adequately justify the requested
fellowship. Care should be taken in completing the application. The Grants and Research Development
Committee is particularly concerned with the methodology of the research. The faculty member is advised to
be thorough in preparing the application, adding supplementary materials where considered relevant. Be
specific and try to write with an educated lay reader in mind. Avoid language or jargon that tends to reflect a
specialized discipline.
OBLIGATIONS: All faculty members who receive an award must file a brief informative report on project
outcomes with the Office of Academic Affairs upon completion of their project (or fellowship) to
jmbishop@iun.edu and codell@iun.edu by October 1st. If the work is not completed by the end of the fall
semester following the receipt of the grant (or fellowship), a progress report must be submitted. A final
report should be submitted when the project is completed. Failure to submit these reports will cause a
faculty member to be ineligible for all categories of IU Northwest support for research and teaching
development. These reports may be reviewed by future Grants and Research Development Committees to
assist them in evaluating subsequent applications of a faculty member and serve as guides to program
revision.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION ROUTE: An application for a Summer Faculty Fellowship should be sent to the
department chairperson (where appropriate), and then to the unit head for recommendation. From there, it
is sent to the Office of Academic Affairs, where it is evaluated by the Grants and Research Development
Committee. Please note: The completed application must include one (1) hardcopy of all original application
materials including supporting letters (delivered to Lindenwood 329 by the above deadline) AND an
electronic PDF of the same (sent to codell@iun.edu and jmbishop@iun.edu by the above deadline) to be
eligible for review.
For additional grant information, please contact Dr. Cynthia O’Dell (Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs) at codell@iun.edu or 219-980-6509.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
Academic Affairs
Application for Summer Faculty Fellowship in (check box):
 Research/Creative Activity
 Innovations in Curriculum Improvement and Student Success
Date:
1.
Applicant Name
2.
Title and Department/Division/Unit
3.
Project
a.
Title
b.
Character and scope
c.
Applicant’s special competence for this project (background, training,
preparation)
d.
Method and plan of work
e.
Intellectual merit and impact of the proposed project on the field or discipline
f.
Comment on progress-to-date and the expected completion and publication
timeline
4.
Please indicate how this fellowship will advance your scholarly agenda, including
research, creative activities, and/or the scholarship on teaching and learning, and the
impact on your progress in faculty advancement.
5.
Papers published by the applicant, bearing upon this subject
6.
Other publications by the applicant (attach list, if desired)
7.
Previous IUN SFF awards:
8.
a.
Have you ever been awarded a Summer Faculty Fellowship? Please list dates and
project titles.
b.
What is the status of these previously funded projects? Describe any
relationships between this project and your publications described in items 5 and
6 above.
LETTERS OF SUPPORT: The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two
persons, including the chairperson/director of the department or unit head as
appropriate, and a person from outside the campus who is knowledgeable in the field of
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the proposed project. Please list names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of
persons providing Letters of Support. Letters should be addressed to the Associate Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs and accompany the application packet that must arrive in
Academic Affairs (Lindenwood 329) by 5:00 PM on the second Friday of October.
9.
Other source(s) of support for this project, if any
10.
Year of first appointment as a full time professorial appointment at Indiana University
11.
Other sources and amounts of support for research you have received in the last five
years
12.
Other relevant information, if any
By signing this application, the applicant signifies that he/she has read and agrees with these
conditions.
_________________________________
Signature
Revised 9/15
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Mid-Career Summer Faculty Fellowships for Research or Creative Activity
and Innovations in Curriculum and Student Success
This year, the Office of Academic Affairs, following the recommendation of Faculty Development
and Career Success Committee, will award up to two (2) summer faculty fellowships to
individuals at the rank of Associate Professor. The purpose of this award is to provide support to
strengthen the scholarship agenda of our tenured mid-career faculty (associate professors). The
campus recognizes that faculty seek opportunities to raise their level of scholarly work to a
higher level and require time to develop their ideas and activities. Our ultimate aim of these
fellowships is to focus on activities that raise the prospects for advancement to full rank.
Recognizing the breadth of faculty scholarship and creativity, we believe that, while progress
occurs regularly over the academic year, a period of full attention to summer activities can
significantly advance our agenda in discovery research, creative activity, and research on the
scholarship of teaching and learning.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: To provide living costs for faculty who intend to devote an entire summer
to intensive research, broadly defined to include the scholarship of discovery, integration,
application and teaching (developing new curricula components or courses, or projects that
create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies that reflect
advances both in our disciplines and in what is known about teaching and learning).
ELIGIBILITY: Mid-Career Summer Faculty Fellowships for Research or Creative Activity and
Innovations in Curriculum and Student Success are limited to Associate Professors who would like
to embark on a new line of research, creative activity and/or research in the scholarship of
teaching and learning.
LIMIT OF SUPPORT: $11,000. Note: This award is a summer stipend. It is not intended for the
purchase of hardware, software, equipment or supplies, or for travel expenses.
TYPE OF SUPPORT: The fellowship is paid directly to the faculty member in two equal payments,
on or about June 1 and July 1, and subject to taxation as provided by Internal Revenue Service
regulations and United States law. The University cannot be responsible for any unexpected
circumstances relating to taxability.
DURATION: Summer (approximately three months of active project time), typically from end of
classes in spring semester to the week prior to classes beginning in the fall semester
LETTERS OF SUPPORT: The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two persons,
including the chairperson of the department or unit head as appropriate, and a person from
outside the campus who is knowledgeable in the field of the proposed project. Please list names,
titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who will supply references. Letters should
be addressed to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and included with the
application packet. The complete application packet must arrive in Academic Affairs (Lindenwood
329) on or before the deadline of at the top of this notice.
AWARD NOTICE: Letters of award/rejection from the Office of Academic Affairs are sent upon
completion of the review and selection process.
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SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS: (1) Grants may not be awarded to any faculty member who has not
completed all the requirements for the terminal degree in her or his particular discipline, or be
appointed with any contingency. (2) Recipients must not hold any other teaching- or servicerendering appointments at any time throughout the summer. (3) Recipients must have a
continuing appointment at Indiana University Northwest through the following academic year. If
a recipient leaves the University and unable to continue for the following academic year, funds
received will need to be returned to the University.
SPECIAL NOTICE: The project should be described in enough detail to adequately justify the
requested fellowship. Care should be taken in completing the application. The Grants and
Research Development Committee is particularly concerned with the methodology of the
research. The faculty member is advised to be thorough in preparing the application, adding
supplementary materials where considered relevant. Be specific and try to write with an
educated lay reader in mind. Avoid language or jargon that tends to reflect a specialized
discipline.
OBLIGATIONS: All faculty members who receive an award must file a brief informative report on
project outcomes with the Office of Academic Affairs upon completion of their project (or
fellowship) to jmbishop@iun.edu and codell@iun.edu by October 1st. If the work is not
completed by the end of the fall semester following the receipt of the grant (or fellowship), a
progress report must be submitted. A final report should be submitted when the project is
completed. Failure to submit these reports will cause a faculty member to be ineligible for all
categories of IU Northwest support for research and teaching development. These reports may
be reviewed by future Grants and Research Development Committees to assist them in
evaluating subsequent applications of a faculty member and serve as guides to program revision.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION ROUTE: An application for a Summer Faculty Fellowship should be sent
to the department chairperson (where appropriate), and then to the unit head for
recommendation. From there, it is sent to the Office of Academic, where it is evaluated by the
Grants and Research Development Committee. Please note: The completed application must
include one (1) hardcopy of all original application materials including supporting letters
(delivered to Lindenwood 329 by the above deadline) AND an electronic PDF of the same (sent to
codell@iun.edu and jmbishop@iun.edu by the above deadline) to be eligible for review.
For additional grant information, please contact Dr. Cynthia O’Dell (Associate Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs) at codell@iun.edu or 219-980-6509.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
Academic Affairs
Application for Mid-Career Summer Faculty Fellowship in (check box):
 Research/Creative Activity
 Innovations in Curriculum Improvement and Student Success
Date:
1.
Applicant Name
2.
Title and Department/Division/Unit
3.
Project
a.
Title
b.
Character and scope
c.
Applicant’s special competence for this project (background, training,
preparation)
d.
Method and plan of work
e.
Intellectual merit and impact of the proposed project on the field or discipline
f.
Comment on progress-to-date and the expected completion and publication
timeline
4.
Please indicate how this fellowship will advance your scholarly agenda and the impact on
your progress in faculty advancement.
5.
Papers published by the applicant, bearing upon this subject
6.
Other publications by the applicant (attach list, if desired)
7.
Previous IUN SFF awards:
8.
a.
Have you ever been awarded a Summer Faculty Fellowship? Please list dates and
project titles.
b.
What is the status of these previously funded projects? Describe any
relationships between this project and your publications described in items 5 and
6 above.
LETTERS OF SUPPORT: The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two
persons, including the chairperson/director of the department or unit head as
appropriate, and a person from outside the campus who is knowledgeable in the field of
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the proposed project. Please list names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of
persons providing Letters of Support. Letters should be addressed to the Associate Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs and included with the application packet that must arrive
in Academic Affairs (Lindenwood 329) by 5:00 PM on the second Friday of October.
9.
Other source(s) of support for this project, if any
10.
Year of first appointment as a full time professorial appointment at Indiana University
and the date of your promotion to Associate Professor.
11.
Other sources and amounts of support for research you have received in the last five
years
12.
Other relevant information, if any
By signing this application, the applicant signifies that he/she has read and agrees with these
conditions.
_________________________________
Signature
Revised 9/15
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Grants-in-Aid of Research/Creative Activity
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Second Friday in October, 5:00 PM CDT. Please keep a copy of your
application on file for personal use.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: To provide seed money for research/creative activity.
ELIGIBILITY: Limited to tenure-track and tenured faculty.
LIMIT OF SUPPORT: $2,000.
TYPE OF SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS:
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Travel: To libraries, museums, other information sources, and for field studies. Travel to
professional meetings is supported from other funds not under this program.
Supplies: Laboratory supplies; film, audio recording tape, video tape, office supplies, art
supplies, and other expendable materials.
Documentation: Photocopies or microfilm copies of source material which normally
would not be purchased through the library or in situations where loans are impractical
or impossible.
Use of Facilities: Reimbursement to schools, churches, governments, etc. if investigator
is to be billed for use of the research site.
Wages: For typists, research assistants, laboratory assistants, etc., for work directly
related to the project.
Publication Costs: Costs of publication are usually not allowed until the research is
completed; subject to restrictions cited in this program description.
Equipment: Equipment for research projects should be purchased through the operating
budget of the local campus; consult the Office of Academic Affairs for approval.
Computer Time: In rare instances where use of the IU Northwest computing center is
impractical or impossible, or when a particular campus budget requires the investigator
to pay for his/her research time on the computer.
Budget must be itemized with exact listing of costs.
DURATION: Projects are active until research is completed or until it is determined that the
project is inactive, usually a maximum. Accounts are reviewed annually (May) so that unspent
monies can be redistributed to other research projects.
LETTERS OF SUPPORT: The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two persons,
including the chairperson of the department or unit head as appropriate, and a person from
outside the campus who is knowledgeable in the field of the proposed project. Please list names,
titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who will supply references. Letters should
be addressed to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, accompany the application,
and arrive in Academic Affairs (Lindenwood 329) on or before the deadline.
AWARD NOTICE: Letters of award rejection come from the Office of Academic Affairs upon
completion of the selection process.
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SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS: (1) Dissertation or thesis research is not supported by this fund. (2) In
applying for grants and supporting manuscript preparation, the faculty member agrees to return
to Indiana University one-half of all royalties in excess of $100 per year until the face value of the
grant has been repaid. (3) Grants may not be used to provide salary or supplemental pay for the
instructor. (4) Grants may not be used to purchase books unless they are demonstrably needed
by the investigator and are of no use to the library. (5) Grants may not be used to purchase
equipment. (6) An application involving the use of animals must be accompanied by evidence
that it has been approved by the Northwest Animal Resource Committee; an application involving
the use of human subjects must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the IU
Northwest Human Subjects Committee; and an application involving DNA, human fluids or tissues,
or other infectious agents must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the
Biosafety Committee in Bloomington (http://researchadmin.iu.edu/cs.html ). Without such
approval and in the absence of unusual extenuating circumstances, an application will not be
considered.
SPECIAL NOTICE: The project should be described in enough detail to adequately justify the
requested budget. All expenditures must adhere to Indiana University policy on purchasing and
account management. Consult the Interim Campus Chief Financial Officer if you are not aware of
current policy on these matters. The Grants and Research Development Committee is
particularly concerned with the methodology of the research. The faculty member is advised to
be thorough in preparing the application, adding supplementary materials where considered
relevant. Be specific and try to write with an educated lay reader in mind. Avoid language which
tends to reflect a specialized discipline.
OBLIGATIONS: All faculty members who receive an award must file a brief informative report
with the Office of Academic Affairs upon completion of their project (or fellowship) to
jmbishop@iun.edu and codell@iun.edu by October 1st. If the work is not completed by the end
of the fall semester following the receipt of the grant (or fellowship), a progress report must be
submitted. A final report should be submitted when the project is completed. Failure to submit
these reports will cause a faculty member to be ineligible for all categories of IU Northwest
support for research and teaching development. These reports may be reviewed by future
Grants and Research Development Committees to assist them in evaluating subsequent
applications of a faculty member.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION ROUTE: An application for a Grant-in-Aid of Research should be sent to
the department chairperson (where appropriate), and then to the unit head for
recommendation. From there, it is sent to the Office of Academic Affairs, where it is evaluated
by the Grants and Research Development Committee. Please note: the completed application
must include one (1) hardcopy of all original application materials including supporting letters
(delivered to Lindenwood 329 by the above deadline) AND an electronic PDF of the same (sent to
codell@iun.edu and jmbishop@iun.edu by the above deadline) to be eligible for review. The
Committee reserves the right to review, evaluate, and revise all grant requests originating on the
IU Northwest campus. The grant application is then forwarded to the Academic Affairs Office
with the Committee's recommendation.
For additional grant information, please contact Dr. Cynthia O’Dell (Associate Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs) at codell@iun.edu or 219-980-6509.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
Academic Affairs
Application for a Grant-in-Aid of Research
Date:
1.
Applicant Name
2.
Title and Department
3.
Project
a.
Title
b.
Character and scope
c.
Applicant’s special competence for this project (background, training
preparation)
d.
Method and plan of work
e.
Presumable contribution to knowledge
f.
When commenced, progress-to- date, and expectation as to completion and
publication
4.
The application or relation of possible results from these investigations to more general
issues in this field
5.
Papers published by the applicant bearing upon this subject
6.
Other publications by the applicant (Attach list if desired.)
7.
Previous awards
8.
a.
Have you ever been awarded a Grant in Aid of Research? Please list dates and
project titles.
b.
What is the status of these previously funded projects? (Correlate with
publications listed in items 5 and 6.)
LETTERS OF SUPPORT: The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two
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persons, including the chairperson of the department or unit head as appropriate, and a
person from outside the campus who is knowledgeable in the field of the proposed
project. Please list names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who will
supply references. Letters should be addressed to the Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs, accompany the application, and arrive in Academic Affairs
(Lindenwood 329) on or before the October deadline
9.
Other source(s) of support for this research, if any
10.
Year of first appointment at Indiana University
11.
List other sources and amounts of support for research you have received in the last five
years
12.
Other relevant information, if any
13.
Please state what periods are available for uninterrupted work
14.
Amount requested: $
15.
Plans for employment for grant (Please detail budget.)
NOTE:
1.
It is understood that (a) substantial deviations from the budget for a Grant-in-Aid are not
to be made without the authorization of the Office of Academic Affairs, and (b) any
granted funds not needed should be promptly returned.
2.
A brief but meaningful summary of the work should be made at the termination of the
grant, and a final report should be submitted if the project is completed at a later date.
3.
Because some projects supported through Grants-in-Aid of Research may yield royalties
or other income to the grantees, each applicant agrees, as a condition of the award
he/she may receive, to repay the University fund from such personal income when the
amount is in excess of $100 in any year. Thus, each year the income exceeds $100, the
recipient is obligated to repay the University fund one-half of such excess until the grant
is repaid.
(By signing this application, the applicant signifies that he/she has read and agrees with these
conditions.)
_______________________________
Signature
Revised 9/15
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