UT-REACH September 19, 2013

 

UT-REACH is published by the Office of Community Engagement & Outreach

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“At UNH, engaged scholarship is a mutually-beneficial collaboration between the university and external partners for the purpose of generating and applying relevant knowledge to directly benefit the public.”

-          UT Alumna Julie E. Williams, Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach at the University of New Hampshire (coming to UT next week)

 

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ENGAGEMENT NEWS

1.      Campus Presentation:  What Does an “Engaged” University Look Like?

2.       UT’s Clara Lee Brown: Promoting Family Literacy and Cross-Cultural Community

 

PAPERS, PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

3.      HUD Introduce New metrics, Dashboard for Meeting Low-Income Community Needs

 

FUNDING

4.      2013 Call for Proposals:  UTK Engagement Funding

5.      Alliance of Women Philanthropists Accepting Giving Circle Applicants

6.      Gates Foundation Invites Proposals for Round 12 of Grand Challenges Explorations

7.      Foundation Directory Online (FDO) now a free public service

 

NEW RESOURCES & READING

8.      New: NIEHS Manual: Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Evaluation Metrics

9.      IDEA FILE: Dear Syracuse, With Love

 

QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE

 

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ENGAGEMENT NEWS

 

1.      Campus Presentation:  What Does an “Engaged” University Look Like?

Julie E. Williams, Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach at the University of New Hampshire, will be presenting next Thursday, September 26, 1-2 pm in the Hodges Library Auditorium.  Opening remarks by Provost Susan Martin and Vice Chancellor for Research & Engagement, Taylor Eighmy. 

·         Details: http://www.utk.edu/events/index.php?eID=53814

 

2.       UT’s Clara Lee Brown: Promoting Family Literacy and Cross-Cultural Community

This week, we’re celebrating 2012 Outreach Grant winner Clara Lee Brown, who collaborated with Lenoir City Elementary school in a “Literacy Night” project to promote family literacy skills for parents and their children.

·         Check it out: http://service.utk.edu/funding/examples/clara-lee-brown/

·         Don’t forget:  the Deadline for 2013 grant proposals is Friday, Oct. 4 (details below.)

 

PAPERS, PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

 

3.      HUD Introduce New metrics, Dashboard for Meeting Low-Income Community Needs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will be holding a live webcast on  The Democracy Collaborative’s new report: The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs. (H/T Burton Bargerstock, Director, National Collaborative for the Study of University Engagement at Michigan State University)

·         Key Date:  October 2, 1:00 - 3:00 pm (ET)

·         Details: http://www.huduser.org/savethedate/OUP_Anchors.html

 

FUNDING

 

4.      2013 Call for Proposals:  UTK Engagement Funding

As part of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s commitment to community collaboration and engaged scholarship, the Chancellor provides special project funding for proposals that specifically enhance the public engagement mission of the university.  Proposals may be for community-engaged projects or partnerships that promote the principles of engagement as applied to research, teaching, or outreach.  The 2013 program is primarily directed at faculty-led initiatives, though the involvement of students is encouraged.  Prospective applicants are also strongly encouraged to review funding guidelines and previously-funded projects.

·         Application Deadline: October 4^th, 2013, 5 pm

·         Full Announcement: http://service.utk.edu/funding/

 

5.      Alliance of Women Philanthropists Accepting Giving Circle Applicants

The university's Alliance of Women Philanthropists is accepting applicants for its Giving Circle grants program. The alliance looks for grants that will inspire leadership and collaboration within the UT community. Grants range from $2,500 to $25,000. Grant recipients will be announced in February. 

·         Deadline:  November 22, 2013

·         Details: http://www.utfi.org/the-foundation/alliance-of-women-philanthropists/grant-information/?utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2013-09-18

 

6.      Gates Foundation Invites Proposals for Round 12 of Grand Challenges Explorations

$100,000 grants are now available through The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s latest   Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, a ground-breaking grant program encouraging bold approaches aimed at improving the lives of the world’s poorest people.

·         Deadline: November 12, 2013

·         Details:  http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2013/09/GCE-Round-12-Press-Release

 

7.      Foundation Directory Online (FDO) now a free public service

Unlike existing public tools for retrieving information about grantmaking foundations, the Foundation Center’s new tool adds additional search functionality that previously was only possible through the Center's premier subscription product. In addition to the ability to keyword-search across foundation 990-PFs, FDO Free allows you to search the profiles of nearly 90,000 private foundations by name, EIN, location, or keyword.  

·         Details:  http://pndblog.typepad.com/pndblog/2013/09/introducing-fdo-free.html

 

NEW RESOURCES & READING

 

8.      New: NIEHS Manual: Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Evaluation Metrics

This new manual, developed by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in collaboration with grantees, includes a logic model & metrics for evaluating activities, outputs & impacts of environmental public health research. More than 80 narratives provide real-world examples of “metrics in action.”  The Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Evaluation Metrics Manual is the latest product of community-engaged scholarship peer-reviewed & published through CES4Health. (H/T: Hat-Tip Community-Campus Partnerships for Health/Facebook) 

·         More: http://ces4health.info/find-products/view-product.aspx?code=DJS6ZMSK

 

9.      IDEA FILE: Dear Syracuse, With Love

In April 2013, a community photo contest, led by Syracuse University Student Quinton Fletchall, asked residents and students to explore the city and take photos of what they thought was beautiful. "I wanted to take these photos and show them, not just in a gallery setting, but where they were part of a larger conversation,” Quinton explained. The photos are now displayed as part of an ongoing billboard series in downtown Syracuse. (H/T Imagining America)

·         More: http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/newyork/article-7445-dear-syracuse-with-love.html

 

 

QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE:

 

September 2013:

·         BTtoP: Engaged Learning, Civic Engagement & Development, and Psychosocial Well-Being of College Students. Deadline: Proposals are accepted on quarterly deadlines  through 2014 (June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15).

·         Call for book chapters due Sep 15: Feminist Community Engagement.Deadline: Précis (1,000 words max) due September 15, 2013.

·         Call for Conference Proposals: Equity, Power, and Progress: Understanding and Changing Systems to Promote Social Justice. Deadline extended to Sept 15, 2013

·         Knoxville Parks & Recreation seeks proposals for challenge grants. Deadline: Sept 16, 2013.

·         RGK Foundation: Education, Community, and Health/Medicine Grants. 2013 Review Deadlines: March 1, June 14, & September 20.

·         Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health & Society Scholars Program. Deadline: September 20, 2013.

·         Pollination Project : Seed grants for School Social Change Projects. Deadline: September 22, 2013.

·         W.K. Kellogg Foundation: family engagement to support early childhood education success. Letter of intent due Sept 23, 2013.

·         Call for Proposals: National Service-Learning Conference. Deadline:  September 27, 2013.

·         Call for Proposals: From Rhetoric to Reality: Achieving Authentic, Equitable & Transformative Partnerships. Session and poster proposal deadline: September 30, 2013.

·         Second Annual Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement: The Engaged Scholar and the Engaged Campus.  Monday, September 30, 2013.

 

October 2013:

·         Call for Proposals:  6th Living Knowledge Conference. Deadline:  October 1, 2013.

·         Call for Conference Proposals:  Borders and Boundaries in an Age of Global Urbanization. Deadline: October 1, 2013.

·         National Endowment for Democracy:  Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Deadline: October 1, 2013

·         Toshiba America Foundation: K-5 Science and Math Projects. Deadline: October 1, 2013.

·         HUD Introduce New metrics, Dashboard for Meeting Low-Income Community Needs. Key Date:  October 2, 1:00 - 3:00 pm (ET).

·         2013 Call for Proposals:  UTK Engagement Funding. Application Deadline: October 4, 2013, 5 pm.

·         Call for Presenters: 6th Annual SALSA Service-Learning Conference. Proposal Deadline: October 4, 2013.

·         NIH: Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R01) (R21). Deadline (R01/R21): Oct 5/16, Feb 5/16, Jun 5/16

·         EPA:  Healthy Schools: Environmental Factors, Children’s Health and Performance, and Sustainable Building Practices. Deadline: Oct 8, 2013.

·         2013 Outreach and Engagement Staff Workshop. October 7, 2013 (NOSC Conference: Oct 8 & 9, 2013).

·         Conference: Aligning Civic and Community Engagement with Mission and Institutional Effectiveness . Key Dates:  Hotel Registration Deadline is October 2nd;  Conference Registration Deadline is October 16th.

·         Creative Capital, Doris Duke, & Mellon Foundations: Multi-Arts Production Fund. Deadline: Letters of Inquiry – October 4, 2013.

·         NIH Grant: Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13). Deadline: October 18, 2013.

·         Open Society Foundations:  Soros Justice Fellowships. Deadline: October 23, 2013.

·         NIH program supports small projects. June 25, October 25, and February 25 — standard deadlines for general research; September 7, January 7, and May 7 for AIDS-related projects.

·         NSF: Research on Education & Learning (REAL).  Letter of Intent due October 25^th, 2013;  Proposals due 1/10/14.

·         NIMHD: Basic & Applied Research on Minority Health and Health.  Key Dates:  Letter of Intent due October 26, 2013; Full Application due November 26, 2013.

·         Secure spot now for CUMU Conference tours in Louisville, KY. Key date:  Conference October 27-29, 2013.

 

November 2013:

·         NEA: Research: Art Works. Deadline: November 5, 2013.

·          2013 Kentucky Engagement Conference. November 6, 2013, at EKU.

·         Grinnell College: 2014 Prize Honoring Young Innovators for Social Justice. Deadline: November 8^th, 2013.

·         Gates Foundation Invites Proposals for Round 12 of Grand Challenges Explorations. Deadline: November 12, 2013.

·         Fifth Global Communique in Community Engaged Research and Engagement.  Key Date: Conference, Nov 18-20, 2013, in Hong Kong.

·         Alliance of Women Philanthropists Accepting Giving Circle Applicants. Deadline:  November 22, 2013.

 

December 2013:

·         NSF: Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12). Deadline: December 6^th, 2013.

·         BTtoP: Engaged Learning, Civic Engagement & Development, and Psychosocial Well-Being of College Students. Deadline: Proposals are accepted on quarterly deadlines  through 2014 (June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15).

·         New Journal Calls For Papers: Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy and Practice. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2013.

 

January 2014:

·         William T. Grant Foundation:  Social Settings Research Grant.Key Date: January 8, 2014 (Letters of Inquiry).

·         William T. Grant Foundation:  Use of Research Evidence Grant.Key Date: January 8, 2014 (Letters of Inquiry).

·         AAUW: Community Action Grants. Deadline: January 15, 2014.

 

February 2014:

·         PeyBack Foundation: Grants for Programs Serving At-Risk Children. Deadline: February 1, 2014.   

·         Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: Interdisciplinary Dissertation Fellowships. Deadline: February 4, 2014.

·         NIH: Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R01) (R21). Deadline (R01/R21): Oct 5/16, Feb 5/16, Jun 5/16

·         Association of Performing Arts Presenters: Cultural Exchange Fund. Deadlines (Rolling, depending on travel dates): August 15, 2013; February 13, 2014; August 14, 2014.

 

March 2014:

·         BTtoP: Engaged Learning, Civic Engagement & Development, and Psychosocial Well-Being of College Students. Deadline: Proposals are accepted on quarterly deadlines  through 2014 (June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15).

 

June 2014:

·         NIH: Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R01) (R21). Deadline (R01/R21): Oct 5/16, Feb 5/16, Jun 5/16

·         BTtoP: Engaged Learning, Civic Engagement & Development, and Psychosocial Well-Being of College Students. Deadline: Proposals are accepted on quarterly deadlines  through 2014 (June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15).

 

August 2014:

·         Association of Performing Arts Presenters: Cultural Exchange Fund. Deadlines (Rolling, depending on travel dates): August 15, 2013; February 13, 2014; August 14, 2014.

 

September 2014:

·         BTtoP: Engaged Learning, Civic Engagement & Development, and Psychosocial Well-Being of College Students. Deadline: Proposals are accepted on quarterly deadlines  through 2014 (June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15).

 

October 2014:

·         Save the Date! 15th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference Oct 5-9, 2014.

 

December 2014:

·         BTtoP: Engaged Learning, Civic Engagement & Development, and Psychosocial Well-Being of College Students. Deadline: Proposals are accepted on quarterly deadlines  through 2014 (June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15).

 

Ongoing:

·         Call for papers: International Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change. Ongoing

·         Call for papers: eJournal of Public Affairs on Public Scholarship. Ongoing

·         Call for papers: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Ongoing and special issues.

·         Call for papers: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering

·         Call for submissions: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice

·         Bank of America (Funding): Arts and Sports Sponsorships to Maintain Vibrant, Healthy Communities.

·         *New Journal* Public - A Journal of Imagining America (to begin accepting proposals early 2013)

·         Sunlight Foundation: Open-Source Technology Projects That Foster Greater Government Transparency. Deadline: Rolling.