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UT-REACH April 24th, 2014 UT-REACH is published by the Office of Community Engagement & Outreach https://www.facebook.com/UTKCommunityEngagement [cid:[log in to unmask]] Faculty Community Engagement Featured at Chancellor's Honors Banquet From left: Suzanne Lenhart, James E. Lawler, Karla McKanders, Anthony Nownes, and Michael Handelsman. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS 1. Faculty Community Engagement Featured at Chancellor's Honors Banquet 2. 2014 Excellence in Academic Outreach 3. 2014 L. R. Hesler Award 4. 2014 Jefferson Prize 5. 2014 Alumni Outstanding Teacher 6. 2014 Ready for the World Award PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS 7. Call for Proposals: Fourth Annual Intercultural Horizons Conference FUNDING 8. Challenge America Fast-Track Grants 9. National Resource Center for First-Year Experience Invites Applications for Paul F. Fidler Research Grants 10. Ribbons of Hope – Invest in Women Seeks Applications From Organizations that Benefit Women and Girls 11. American Psychological Foundation Offers Pearson Early Career Grant for Psychologists NEW RESOURCES & READING 12. June 2014 Issue of Qualitative Inquiry is Live QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE ******** COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS 1. Faculty Community Engagement Featured at Chancellor's Honors Banquet The Chancellor's Honors Banquet is held each spring to recognize students, faculty, staff, and community members for their extraordinary achievements. The 2014 banquet was held April 23rd at the University Center. In addition to recognizing outstanding outreach and service, top honors were also presented in a number of other categories for faculty work that incorporate respectful, mutually beneficial partnerships with the external community. A few are featured below: the full list of awards is available online at http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/2014/ 2. 2014 Excellence in Academic Outreach The Excellence in Academic Outreach award honors those who exemplify UT’s land-grant mission by using intellectual capital to benefit the citizens of Tennessee. 2014 honoree Suzanne Lenhart was nominated by the Academic Outreach and Engagement Council. Lenhart, a mathematics professor and Chancellor’s Professor, serves as associate director for education, outreach, and diversity at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). Louis Gross, the director of NIMBioS, wrote in her nomination letter that Lenhart’s “persistent devotion” to giving more opportunities to students interested in STEM careers has “directly benefitted thousands of participants since NIMBioS has operated, and been a major contributor to the ongoing success of this institute.” More: http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/2014/outreach.shtml 3. 2014 L. R. Hesler Award The L. R. Hesler Award was established by students, colleagues, and friends of the longtime head of the botany department and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to reward exceptional teaching and service. 2014 winner James E. Lawler has not slowed down since he became a faculty member in 1975. He has served as department head, helped bring technology-driven teaching to UT, and received grants totaling more than $3 million. In addition to his regular teaching, Lawler also teaches a noncredit course, Meditation for Stress Reduction, and donates all proceeds for teaching it to local nonprofits. More: http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/2014/hesler.shtml 4. 2014 Jefferson Prize The Jefferson Prize honors a tenured or tenure-track faculty member for significant contributions through research and creative activity. 2014's prizewinner Karla McKanders has brought a new dimension to the UT College of Law’s clinical programs. She and her students have represented clients statewide in immigration and asylum cases with a great deal of success, and she teaches a seminar she developed for UT on asylum law. When law classes are not in session, McKanders carries a substantial pro bono and clinic caseload. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Access to Justice Committee, a board member for Friends of Literacy, a member of the College of Law Admissions Committee, and a faculty advisor for several student organizations. More: http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/2014/jefferson.shtml 5. 2014 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Alumni Outstanding Teacher awards are bestowed by the UT Alumni Association to recognize teaching excellence. Among 2014 awardees, political science professor Anthony Nownes is guided by one simple principle—you should teach people how to think, not what to think. He has been adding more group projects and service-learning activities. He said he is open to virtually anything that he believes will help his students. His nominator agreed, saying, “Today, I am a professor myself. I never would have made it in this profession without Dr. Nownes.” More: http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/2014/outstanding.shtml 6. 2014 Ready for the World Award The Ready for the World honor is awarded to a faculty member who has worked to enhance intercultural and international awareness of students and the campus community. 2014 Awardee, Michael Handelsman, is director of global studies, the largest interdisciplinary undergraduate major at UT. He also helped create, and serves as faculty director of, the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships. Handelsman has published nine monographs, multiple textbooks, and countless research articles. His service-learning work and efforts to build international relationships has encouraged many students to embrace international study. More: http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/2014/rftw.shtml PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS 7. Call for Proposals: Fourth Annual Intercultural Horizons Conference The Fourth Annual Intercultural Horizons Conference, which will be held October 9-10, 2014 in New York City, is seeking session presenters that will offer diverse, engaging experiences with a focus on advancing intercultural competence in their institutions and beyond. The content of sessions should fall under one or more of the conference tracks: community development with diverse student populations, high impact practices of civic engagement and civic education, and intercultural competence. Conference attendees include professionals, academics, activists, community leaders, and graduate students (H/T MN Campus Compact). Proposal Deadline: May 31st, 2014 Conference: October 9-10, 2014, SUNY Global Center, New York, NY More: http://www.geneseo.edu/oip/call-proposals-2014 FUNDING 8. Challenge America Fast-Track Grants The National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America Fast-Track grant offers support to small and mid-sized organizations that seek to extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are available for projects and programming that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. The grants support the following two outcomes: engaging the public with diverse and excellent art, and strengthening community livability through the arts. Partnerships between organizations are encouraged. Grants are for $10,000 and are available with a minimum $10,000 match. Deadline: May 8th, 2014 More: http://arts.gov/grants-organizations/challenge-america-fast-track 9. National Resource Center for First-Year Experience Invites Applications for Paul F. Fidler Research Grants The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is accepting applications for projects that seek to improve the experiences of college students transitioning into and through higher education. The Paul F. Fidler grant program will award a $5,000 grant to a research project that supports and promotes research with the potential to have a national impact on student success. Topics may include, but are not limited to advising, transfer, career development, underserved populations, community colleges, and other issues related to college transitions. Eligible applicants must be faculty, staff, or graduate students at institutions of higher education. Deadline: July 1st, 2014 More: http://www.sc.edu/fye/research/grant/index.html 10. Ribbons of Hope – Invest in Women Seeks Applications From Organizations that Benefit Women and Girls Ribbons of Hope-Invest in Women is an Atlanta-based foundation that supports organizations making a difference in women’s lives. Since the foundation’s inception, they have expanded to include women everywhere who seek to improve the lives of others. The foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations that promote the well being of and future opportunities for women and girls. One grant of $100,000 will be awarded to an organization that promotes health, economic independence, education, social well-being, or human and rights for women and girls. Deadline: July 1, 2014 More: http://www.ribbonsofhope.net/grants/ 11. American Psychological Foundation Offers Pearson Early Career Grant for Psychologists Pearson and the American Psychological Foundation have partnered to ensure critical needs in society are addressed through psychology and to encourage early career psychologists to devote their careers to under-served populations. The program seeks to support the field of psychology’s efforts to improve areas of need in society through scientifically based clinical work with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, incarcerated or homeless individuals, children with serious emotional disturbance, and several other critical areas. At this time, one $12,000 grant is available. Deadline: December 31st, 2014 More: http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/pearson.aspx NEW RESOURCES & READING 12. June 2014 Issue of Qualitative Inquiry is Live Qualitative Inquiry provides a forum for qualitative methodology and related issues in the human sciences. The most recent issues features the article “Crossing Methodological Borders: Decolonizing Community-Based Participatory Research.” In this article, Christine Rogers Stanton of Montana State University addresses the “colonizing” reputation that frames social justice research in Indigenous communities. The article examines the potential for CBPR in these communities, the “crossing” of borders between theory and practice, and the ongoing challenges and merging possibilities (H/T @CCPH2010 Twitter) More: http://qix.sagepub.com/content/current#Articles QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE April 2014: · Spencer Foundation Invites Proposals for Education Research Projects. Deadline (Grants $50,000 - $350,000): April 29th, 2014.<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/the-new-civics-rfp> · Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop. Registration Deadline: April 30th, 2014.<http://engagementscholarship.org/initiatives/emerging-engagement-scholars-workshop/2014-eesw/guidelines-application-instructions-and-forms> · National Storytelling Network Seeks Applications for Brimstone Award. Deadline: April 30th, 2014.<http://storynet.org/grants/brimstone.html> May 2014: · Call for Submissions: Literacy and Social Responsibility. Deadline: May 1, 2014.<http://www.csulb.edu/misc/l-sr/ejournal/call-manuscripts2014.pdf> · Call for Proposals: 2014 Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference. Proposal Deadline: May 1, 2014.<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ERCC> · National Council of Teachers for Mathematics: Teacher Action Research Grant. Deadline: May 2nd, 2014.<http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=15479> · William T. Grant Foundation Invites Applications for Youth Social Setting Research Projects. Deadline (Letters of Inquiry): May 6th, 2014.<http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/social-settings> · Gates Foundation: Round 13 of Grand Challenges Initiative. Deadline: May 6th, 2014.<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2014/03/Bill-Melinda-Gates-Foundation-Opens-Application-Round-13-of-Grand-Challenges-Explorations> · Call for Proposals: Rural Design Proposals. Application Deadline: May 6th, 2014.<http://www.rural-design.org/apply> · Grant Foundation Launches Initiative on Understanding Inequality. Deadline: May 6th, 2014.<http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/reducing-inequality> · Challenge America Fast-Track Grants. Deadline: May 8th, 2014<http://arts.gov/grants-organizations/challenge-america-fast-track> · Conference: Connecting Campuses with Communities. Conference: May 12-16, 2014, Indianapolis, IN.<http://csl.iupui.edu/about/conferences/connecting.shtml> · Call for Submissions: International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. Submission Deadline: May 15, 2014.<http://journals.sfu.ca/iarslce/index.php/journal/article/view/53/13> · Call for Journal Articles: Special Service-Learning Issue, Currents in Teaching and Learning. Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2014.<http://www.worcester.edu/currents> · Organic Farming Research Foundation: 2014 Research Grants. Proposal Deadline: May 15th, 2014.<http://ofrf.org/research/grants/request-research-and-education-and-outreach-proposals> · ESA Foundation Seeks Proposals for Youth-Oriented Technology and Computer Game Projects. Deadline: May 15th, 2014.<http://www.esafoundation.org/application.asp> · Call for Nominations: 2014 Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty. Application Deadline: Friday, May 16, 2014<http://nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1102>. · Call for Applications: 2014-2015 Imagining America PAGE Summit and Working Group. Submission Deadline: May 16th, 2014.<http://bit.ly/1gIyU5k> · Pan American Health Organization: Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health. Deadline: May 30th, 2014.<http://www.pahef.org/en/news/390-call-for-nominations-2014-awards-for-excellence-in-inter-american-public-health.html> · Captain Planet Foundation Accepting Applications for Ecotech Grants. Deadline: May 31st, 2014.<http://captainplanetfoundation.org/2014/01/ecotech/> · Call for Proposals: Fourth Annual Intercultural Horizons Conference. Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2014.<http://www.geneseo.edu/oip/call-proposals-2014> June 2014: · Call for Papers/Posters: American Indigenous Research Association. Deadline: June 1st, 2014.<http://americanindigenousresearchassociation.org/meeting/call-for-papers/> · Qualitative Health Research Special Issue Seeks Manuscripts Addressing Knowledge Translation. Deadline: June 1st, 2014.<http://qhr.sagepub.com/content/24/1/145.full?etoc> · Diving In: Institute for New Community-Service Learning Professionals. Date: June 2-4, 2014 at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA).<http://www.compact.org/diving-in-institute-for-new-community-service-learning-professionals/> · RGK Foundation Accepting Proposals for 2014 Grants Cycle. Deadline: Rolling (March 7th, June 13th, and September 19th).<http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines> · NIH: Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R01) (R21). Deadline (R01/R21): Oct 5/16, Feb 5/16, Jun 5/16<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-209.html> · Trainer of Trainers Workshop: Educating Scientists in Research Ethics for the 21st Century. Date: June 8-11, 2014, Annapolis, MD.<http://skillassist.org/> · 2014 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum. Conference June 9 & 10, 2014 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.<http://www.ckf14.org/call-for-content> · Call for Submissions: Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research. Submission Deadline: June 15, 2014.<http://www.bk.psu.edu/Academics/journal.htm> · 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).<http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/documents/BTtoP12to14RFP.pdf> · True Hero Funding Competition for Student Community Service Projects. Voting Deadline: June 30th, 2014.<http://www.truehero.org/> July 2014: · Spencer Foundation: The New Civics Initiative. Deadline for Preliminary Proposals: July 1, 2014 by 4:00 p.m. Central Time.<http://www.spencer.org/resources/content/4/1/1/documents/RFP-New-Civics.pdf> · National Resource Center for First-Year Experience Invites Applications for Paul F. Fidler Research Grants. Deadline: July 1st, 2014<http://www.sc.edu/fye/research/grant/index.html> · Ribbons of Hope – Invest in Women Seeks Applications From Organizations that Benefit Women and Girls. Deadline: July 1st, 2014<http://www.ribbonsofhope.net/grants/> · Drucker Institute Invites Applications for 2014 Award for Nonprofit Innovation. Deadline: July 1st, 2014.<http://www.druckerinstitute.com/project/nonprofit-innovation-award/> · 2014 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Five Star/Urban Waters Restoration Program Invites Applications. Deadline (National): July 1st, 2014.<http://www.nfwf.org/fivestar/Pages/2014rfp.aspx> · Call for proposals: Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2014.<http://readwriteact.org/events/read-write-act-conference/> · William T. Grant Foundation Accepting Nominations for 2014 Scholars Program. Deadline: July 9th, 2014.<http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/fellowships/william_t__grant_scholars> · “What Went Wrong?”: Reflecting and Learning from Community-Engaged Research. Conference: July 11th-12th, 2014.<http://engagedresearchconference.wordpress.com/> · Call for Submissions: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Special Issue. Deadline: July 31st, 2014.<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/health-disparities> 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.<http://www.apap365.org/KNOWLEDGE/GrantPrograms/Pages/cef.aspx> · Collaborative Research Summer Institute. Date: August 22nd-24th, Santa Cruz, California.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/collaborative-research-summer-training-institute-registration-10979866075> 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).<http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/documents/BTtoP12to14RFP.pdf> · Online Computer Library Center: Innovative Information Science Research Projects. Deadline: September 15th, 2014.<http://www.oclc.org/research/grants/call.html> · RGK Foundation Accepting Proposals for 2014 Grants Cycle. Deadline: Rolling (March 7th, June 13th, and September 19th).<http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines> · 2014 International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference. Date: September 29th- October 1st, 2014. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.<http://www.researchslce.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IARSLCE-Call-FINAL-FINAL1.pdf> October 2014: · Emerging Engagement Scholars Preconference Workshop. Date: October 5-6th, 2014.<http://engagementscholarship.org/initiatives/emerging-engagement-scholars-workshop/2014-eesw/guidelines-application-instructions-and-forms> · Save the Date! 15th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference Oct 5-9, 2014<http://engagedscholarship.ca/news_events/save-the-date-15th-annual-engagement-scholarship-consortium-conference-oct-5-9-2014/>. November 2014: · Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. Conference: November 7-8, 2014.<http://readwriteact.org/events/read-write-act-conference/> 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).<http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/documents/BTtoP12to14RFP.pdf> · American Psychological Foundation Offers Pearson Early Career Grant for Psychologists. Deadline: December 31st, 2014.<http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/pearson.aspx> Ongoing: · UT’s Smart Communities Initiative Seeking Faculty Partners for Cleveland, Tennessee Projects. Ongoing.<http://servicelearning.utk.edu/sci-2014-15/> · Launch of Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards Program. Key Dates: Letters of Inquiry accepted on rolling basis.<http://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/eugene-washington-pcori-engagement-awards/> · Knoxville’s Vestal Boys and Girls Club Seeks Service-Learning Partnerships. Ongoing.<http://servicelearning.utk.edu/partnership-opportunities/> · New Funding for UT Staff: UT Access and Diversity Staff Retention Fund. Ongoing.<http://humanresources.tennessee.edu/eod/access_diversity.html?&utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2014-03-04> · Call For Book Proposals: Humanities and Public Life. Deadline: Ongoing.<http://www.uiowapress.org/authors/humanities-and-public-life.htm> · Fundraising & Grant Writing Workshops are here! Spring Semester 2014. Ongoing.<http://research.utk.edu/training-workshops/> · NGCP Collaborative Mini-Grants. Ongoing.<http://www.ngcproject.org/application-resources> · Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Seeks Proposals to Strengthen Secondary Education. Deadline: Ongoing.<http://www.avdf.org/FoundationsPrograms/SecondaryEducation.aspx> · Call for papers: International Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change. Ongoing<http://www.columbiasc.edu/SeviceLearningLeadershipSocialChange/> · Call for papers: eJournal of Public Affairs on Public Scholarship. Ongoing<http://ejournal.missouristate.edu/> · Call for papers: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Ongoing and special issues.<http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe/pages/view/submissions> · Call for papers: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering<http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/ijsle/index> · Call for submissions: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice<http://www.gjcpp.org/submissions.php> · Bank of America (Funding): Arts and Sports Sponsorships to Maintain Vibrant, Healthy Communities.<http://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/global-impact/find-grants-sponsorships.html#fbid=qx1iXMk-Ory> · *New Journal* Public - A Journal of Imagining America (to begin accepting proposals early 2013)<http://public.imaginingamerica.org/http:/public.imaginingamerica.org/?page_id=41> · Sunlight Foundation: Open-Source Technology Projects That Foster Greater Government Transparency. Deadline: Rolling.<http://sunlightfoundation.com/about/grants/opengovgrants/ata> · Call for Book Reviews: Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. Ongoing.<http://jces.ua.edu/jces-seeks-reviewers-for-the-following-books-and-others-you-may-recommend/> · Impact Big Ideas: Crowdfunding for University of Tennessee Projects. Ongoing.<http://volsconnect.com/s/1341/utk/index.aspx?sid=1341&gid=2&pgid=3075> · Ready for the World Funding Available. Ongoing.<http://www.utk.edu/readyfortheworld/proposals.php> · Community Service Grants. Ongoing through June 30th, 2014.<http://www.truehero.org/>