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UT-REACH for October 18, 2012
UT-REACH is ordinarily published once a week.
Although many campuses have long had economic development initiatives in place, the impact of campus engagement efforts on local economies has become increasingly important as the long-term
effects of the global financial downturn take hold.
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Engaged Learning Economies: Aligning Civic Engagement and Economic Development in Community-Campus Partnerships (October, 2012)
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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
1.
UT Professor Leads Sessions for Emerging Engagement Scholars at National Conference
2.
Boyd Venture Fund for UT Student Businesses
3.
NIH Seeks Public Comment on Use of Community-Engaged Research
4.
Deadline nears for NSF "Becoming the Messenger" workshop
5.
Combining Civic Engagement and Economic Development
CONFERENCES, PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES, & WEBINARS
6.
Free Virtual Conference : Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
7.
Call for Proposals CU Expo conference on community-university partnerships for social change!
9.
Free Nov 8 webinar on U.S. federal research regulations: what investigators needs to know
10.
Free Webinar: Exploring Personalized Learning in Context of Race to the Top Districts
11.
Webcast: Service-Learning for Economic & Community Development Strategic Planning
FUNDING:
12.
Collaborative Humanities Research Grants
13.
Gates Foundation Launches College Knowledge Challenge Facebook App Competition
14.
AAUW: Community Action Grants
15.
Environmental Justice Small Grants
16.
Fiskars Company: Project ORANGE THUMB 2013
17.
Whole Kids Foundation: School Garden Grants
BONUS SECTION: STUDENT FUNDING
19.
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
20.
Sodexo Foundation Announces Open Application Period for Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships
21.
Dell Social Innovation Challenge
NEW READINGS & RESOURCES:
23.
Idea File: An App That Helps Communities Do Their Own Urban Planning
24.
Report Finds that Charities are Increasing Impact Measurements
25.
Commutity Engagement: Reflections on Closing the Achievement Gap
26.
Fact Sheets on Consumer & Community Participation in Health & Medical Research
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE
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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
1.
UT Professor Leads Sessions for Emerging Engagement Scholars at National Conference
John Peters, Professor of Educational Psychology and Counselling, led two sessions at the 2012 Emerging Engagement
Scholars Workshop, an invitational component of the National Outreach Scholarship Conference. Peters, along with national engagement leaders Drs. Caroll Londoner, Budd Hall, Mort Neufville, and Hiram Fitgerald, presented workshops on international adult and
continuing education, and theories and local evidence of successful community practices.
2.
Boyd Venture Fund for UT Student Businesses
UT’s Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is soliciting applications from student-owned companies
to participate in the Boyd Venture Fund. This seed-funding opportunity is available to all students, in all programs (doctoral, masters, or undergraduate) at UTK. The only other stipulation is that applicants must have a legally established business. Over
the last three semesters the fund has awarded $42,000 to six student-owned companies helping them move forward as value creators in our region.
Deadline: Friday November 9,
2012
Details:
Please See Attached
3.
NIH Seeks Public Comment on Use of Community-Engaged Research
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
seeks comments from all key stakeholders in the scientific and public health communities on the development of a research agenda utilizing the community engagement infrastructure developed through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program
to achieve its broad clinical and translational goals.
Deadline: November 15, 2012
Details and comment submission
link
4.
Deadline nears for NSF "Becoming the Messenger" workshop
A National Science Foundation communications workshop designed to improve the public communications skills of
researchers and communications officers will be held on the University of Tennessee campus on November 7-8, 2012. "Science: Becoming the Messenger" is designed to help university researchers at all experience and education levels communicate effectively with
a broad public. There is no registration fee, but preregistration is required. Sessions will be held in the UT Conference Center. TN-SCORE and the UT Office of Research are cohosting the event.
Online registration deadline:
October 26, 2012
5.
Combining Civic Engagement and Economic Development
(Inside Higher Ed) “Merging campus civic engagement and
economic development can create "engaged learning economies," which are a boon to both colleges and local communities, according to a new report from Campus Compact, a national coalition of 1,200 college and university presidents. The report describes 25 examples
where this has worked, including efforts by Widener University to work with local groups to help improve the economy of low-income Chester, Pa., which is home to the university.”
CONFERENCES, PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES, & WEBINARS
6.
Free Virtual Conference : Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest professional association advancing
innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity, is hosting the first Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Around the Globe Virtual Conference. This conference will showcase the global reach of the EPICS in IEEE service learning
program and also provide a unique opportunity to see a new virtual platform in motion. The Conference features speakers from Purdue University and IEEE alongside IEEE student branches who have successfully developed and executed their own EPICS projects.
Conference Date: Saturday 27
October 2012, 8:45 AM EST
7.
Call for Proposals CU Expo conference on community-university partnerships for social change!
CU Expo is a Canadian-led international conference designed to showcase the best practices in community-university
partnerships worldwide, and to create opportunities for innovative and successful collaborations which strengthen our communities. The conference has been held every 2 years over the past decade in different provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba
and Saskatchewan. CU Expo is organized jointly by communities, universities and colleges, government, and non-profit organizations.
Deadline: November 15, 2012
(Conference June 2013)
8.
Extended Deadline for 2nd National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research
In response to numerous requests, organizers of the 2nd National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged
Health Disparities Research, Dec 5-7 in DC are continuing to consider applications. Priority for selection will be those submitted on time but all applications received will be considered. Only applications from academic partners that have a corresponding
community partner application will be considered.
9.
Free Nov 8 webinar on U.S. federal research regulations: what investigators needs to know
The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is hosting “When PIs Come a Knockin: Everything Investigators
Want to Know But Are Afraid to Ask” webinar on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST. The webinar is for those who are new to the field of human subjects’ protections and those who need a refresher about the regulatory requirements. Register
in advance, as space is limited. Registrants will receive a confirmation email about how to join the webinar on the viewing date.
Webinar Date
(pre-registration recommended): November 8, 2012
10.
Free Webinar: Exploring Personalized Learning in Context of Race to the Top Districts
In this Free webinar, Hanover Research provides a brief background on the role of personalized learning at the
national level to contextualize its appearance in Race to the Top District (RTT-D) initiatives. Hanover will then define personalized learning through the three related concepts of individuation, differentiation and personalization.
Webinar Date: October 24, 2012
at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
11.
Webcast: Service-Learning for Economic & Community Development Strategic Planning
Clemson University’s students have worked with local leaders in numerous South Carolina communities in developing and implementing strategic
plans. McClellanville, SC, a small fishing village on the coast north of Charleston, is an example of a community where local leaders have embraced this approach to strategic planning. The strategic planning process is a strength, weakness, opportunity,
and threat (SWOT) type analysis based on interviews with key informants, survey of local residents, and a public workshop. Webinar will explain the strategic planning effort in detail.
Webcast: October 23, 2-3pm EST
FUNDING:
12.
Collaborative Humanities Research Grants
Collaborative Research Grants support interpretive humanities research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars,
for full-time or part-time activities for periods of a minimum of one year up to a maximum of three years. Eligible projects include • research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding of the humanities; • conferences on topics of major importance
in the humanities that will benefit scholarly research; • archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results (projects may encompass excavation, materials analysis, laboratory work, field reports, and preparation of interpretive
monographs); and • research that uses the knowledge and perspectives of the humanities and historical or philosophical methods to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences.
Deadline: December 6, 2012
13.
Gates Foundation Launches College Knowledge Challenge Facebook App Competition
The College Knowledge Challenge is a competitive grant initiative to award $2.5 million for Facebook applications
that make the college-going process more transparent, collaborative, and easy to navigate for low-income and first generation students. Successful applicants will be granted $50,000 – $100,000 depending on the size and scope of their project. Once a project
is admitted to the program and begins development, applicants will receive 40% of the funds; subsequent funding will be dependent upon adequate progress toward the product described in the proposal.
Deadline: November 16, 2012
14.
AAUW: Community Action Grants
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. One-year grants ($2,000 -
$7,000) provide funding for community-based projects. Topic areas are unrestricted but should include a clearly defined activity that advances equity for women and girls. Two-year grants ($5,000 - $10,000) provide start-up funds for new projects that address
the particular needs of the community and develop girls’ sense of efficacy through leadership, advocacy, or training opportunities. Funds support planning activities, coalition building, implementation and evaluation.
Deadline: January 15, 2013
15.
Environmental Justice Small Grants
The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, supports and empowers communities working on solutions to local
environmental and public health issues. The program assists recipients in building collaborative partnerships to help them understand and address environmental and public health issues in their communities. Successful collaborative partnerships involve not
only well-designed strategic plans to build, maintain and sustain the partnerships, but also working towards addressing the local environmental and public health issues.
Pre-applicant calls:
(registration required)
Oct 30, Nov 15, Dec 1, & Dec 13, 2012
Application deadline: January
7, 2013
16.
Fiskars Company: Project ORANGE THUMB 2013
We’ll choose 11 recipients from this year’s applicants — 10 will receive $5,000 in cash and tools to help support
their goals of neighborhood beautification and horticulture education, and one lucky applicant will receive a complete garden makeover! Apply now and help sow the seeds of community change!
Deadline: December 15, 2012
17.
Whole Kids Foundation: School Garden Grants
The mission of the Whole Kids Foundation is to improve children’s nutrition and wellness with the goal of ending the childhood
obesity epidemic. The School Garden Grant Program provides $2000 grants to K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada that are developing or currently maintaining
a school garden project that will help children engage with fresh fruits and vegetables.
Deadline: November 15, 2012
BONUS SECTION: STUDENT FUNDING
18.
EPA: Fall 2013 Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships
program, is offering undergraduate fellowships for students in environmental fields of study. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer of their
junior year. The fellowship provides up to $20,700 per academic year of support and $8,600 of support for a three-month summer internship.
Deadline: December 5, 2012
19.
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend to a graduating college senior to pursue
public service anywhere in the world. The Award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. Proposals may encompass any activity that furthers the public good. It can
be undertaken by the student alone or working through established charitable, religious, educational, governmental, or other public service organizations.
Deadline: January 18, 2013
20.
Sodexo Foundation Announces Open Application Period for Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships
STOP Hunger Scholarships recognize and reward students who have made a significant impact in the fight against.
The scholarship recipients each receive $5,000 for their education as well as a matching grant in their name for the hunger-related charity of their choice.
Deadline: December 5, 2012
21.
Dell Social Innovation Challenge
University students are invited to share their innovative ideas for solving a social or environmental problem
and compete for $350,000 in prizes and awards. This challenge is open to students in all fields of study with any social impact innovation (from charitable to for-profit and even blended projects) and in any phase of development (from early ideas to complete
operations fully up and running).
Deadline: January 28, 2013
22.
Dell Education Challenge
The Dell Education Challenge is a new competition that focuses on finding solutions to some of today’s challenges
in the area of primary/K12 education. Eligibility: university students from around the globe. Prizes from $2,500- $10,000, with possible “additional” prize awards of $500-$2000 each.
Deadline: October 24, 2012
NEW READINGS & RESOURCES:
23.
Idea File: An App That Helps Communities Do Their Own Urban Planning
Three young
Code for America fellows have developed an app that puts expert tools in the hands of communities, letting them control, analyze, and visualize their own data. Imagine a community organizer in Detroit who wants to convert an abandoned lot into a community
garden, and organizes a team of volunteers to conduct a local survey of families who might use it. After a few weeks, the team has collected hundreds of data points. Then the every survey must be transcribed, and an urban planner paid to analyze and map the
results. A “digital toolkit” called LocalData allows the people who are collecting the data--who arguably know the most about the issues at hand--can crunch it, too.
24.
Report Finds that Charities are Increasing Impact Measurements
A majority of charities measure the impact of their activities, according to a report by New Philanthropy Capital.
The report, based on interviews with 1,000 UK charities, says that 74 per cent of charities have increased spending on impact measurement compared with five years ago. The report says that the main benefit of measuring impact appears to be better service provision
rather than improved ability to attract funding, although “Funders’ requirements have been instrumental in increasing measurement efforts." The report concludes that charities, funders and government all need to do more to make impact measurement commonplace.
25.
Commutity Engagement: Reflections on Closing the Achievement Gap
Harold McDougall, Professor of Law and one of the keynote speakers at the 2012 International Association for Research
on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) conference held in Baltimore last month, has posted a page of reflection related to closing achievement gaps in the IARSLCE Proceedings. Harold invites discussion of the ideas for actions that could be
taken by individuals, citizen assemblies, businesses, and the White House. More
(Click "Keynote Speakers,” then click link under the pdf of McDougall’s PowerPoint slides)
26.
Fact Sheets on Consumer & Community Participation in Health & Medical Research
(From CES4Health) The Fact Sheet Series contains 22 concise documents which guide researchers, consumers
and community members on the ‘how and why’ of implementing consumer and community participation in health and medical research. The Fact Sheet Series can be downloaded as a whole document to provide overall guidance on consumer and community participation
in research or specific fact sheets can be selected that are most relevant to the research project.
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QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE:
October 2012:
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Dell Education Challenge (Students). Deadline: October 24, 2012.
November 2012:
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APAP, MetLife Foundation: Community Participation Grants. Deadline: November 1, 2012.
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Tribeca Film Institute Invites Entries With Scientific Themes. iDeadline: November 5, 2012.
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NEA Funding for Research on How Art Works. Deadline: November 6, 2012.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health Policy Fellows Program. Deadline: November 14, 2012.
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NIH Seeks Public Comment on Use of Community-Engaged Research. Deadline: November 15, 2012.
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Whole Kids Foundation: School Garden Grants. Deadline: November 15, 2012.
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Call for Proposals: Conference on Community-University Partnerships. Due November 15, 2012.
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Interdisciplinary Human Rights Advocates Program.Deadline: November 16, 2012.
December 2012:
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Collaborative Humanities Research Grants. Deadline: December 6, 2012.
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Doris Duke Doctoral Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. Deadline: December 15, 2012.
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Fiskars Company: Project ORANGE THUMB 2013. Deadline: December 15, 2012.
January 2013:
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Environmental Justice Small Grants. Application deadline: January 7, 2013.
