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UT-REACH May 8, 2014

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2014 Poster Session for the Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program at Knoxville’s City-County Building. PCRSP is Co-Directed by UT-OCEO and Knox County Schools.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS

1) Bob Kronick Receives Inaugural CEHHS Outreach & Engagement Award

2) In the News: UT Smart Communities Planning Underway

3) Business Continuing Education Program Wins Multiple Awards

CALLS FOR PROPOSALS & NOMINATIONS

4) Call for Nominations: IARSLC Service-Learning & Community Engagement Research Awards

5) Call for Poster Abstracts: National Conference on Engaging Patients, Families, and Communities

6) Call for Book Chapter: Service-Learning to Advance Social Justice in a Time of Radical Inequality

7) Call for Submissions: Public Arts, Design, & Humanities

8) Call for Papers: International Journal of Political Science and Development

FUNDING

9) Home Depot Foundation: Community Impact Grants Program

10) MacArthur Foundation: Access and Success in Developing Countries

11) American Honda Foundation: Grants For Youth and Scientific Education

12) Open Society Foundations Invites Applications for Social Justice Photography Projects

13) Advancing Science, Serving Society (AAAS): 2014 Awards for Early Career Award for Public Engagement With Science

NEW RESOURCES & READING

14) Join for Free: Community Network for Research Equity & Impact (CNREI)

15) Peer-Review and Publication Support, and other Resources for Community-Engaged scholarship

16) Six ways community engagement enhances traditional outreach

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

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS

1. Bob Kronick Receives First College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences Outreach & Engagement Award

Bob Kronick, professor of educational psychology and counseling and director of the University Assisted Community School Program at Pond Gap Elementary School. Kronick received $4,000 as part of the CEHHS Dean’s Board of Advisors inaugural Award in Outreach and Engagement. The University Assisted Community School Program makes Pond Gap a full-service school where more than 100 students have access to after-school services including on-site meals and laundry facilities.

More: http://tntoday.utk.edu/2014/05/08/bob-kronick-receives-faculty-endowment-award/

2. In the News: UT Smart Communities Planning Underway

A new initiative to combine the expertise of Cleveland, Tennessee city officials, and UT students got underway with a meeting Monday. Cleveland was chosen to take part in the inaugural year of UT's new Smart Communities Initiative that will allow students to work with city officials and create proposals on ways to address city planning concerns. Beginning this fall, students and faculty will begin looking at ways to address everything from transportation needs to tourism in Cleveland.

More: http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/25042931/article-UTK-Smart-Communities-planning-underway?&utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2014-05-08

3. Business Continuing Education Program Wins Multiple Awards

UT’s Executive Healthcare Business Program recently won several international awards for its work with medical teams around the nation to enhance the patient experience. “These impressive process improvements were made possible because of the strength of the relationship between our partners and our faculty,” said Lea Anne Law, director of the UT’s Executive Healthcare Business Program.

More: http://tntoday.utk.edu/2014/04/30/business-college-health-care-program-wins-international-awards/

CALLS FOR PROPOSALS & NOMINATIONS

4. Call for Nominations: IARSLC Service-Learning & Community Engagement Research Awards

The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement is now accepting 2014 nominations for four awards: (1) The Distinguished Research Award recognizes any researcher who has a distinguished record of research and scholarly contributions on service-learning and community engagement. (2) The Early Career Research Award recognizes outstanding early career contributions to scholarship on service-learning and community engagement. (3) The Dissertation Award recognizes a dissertation that advances research on service-learning and/or community engagement through rigorous and innovative inquiry. (4) Ten $500 Graduate Student Scholarships are provided by the Association on a competitive basis for support to attend the conference.

Deadline: May 30, 2014 for all Awards

More: http://www.researchslce.org/awards-nominations/

5. Call for Poster Abstracts: National Conference on Engaging Patients, Families, and Communities

Faculty, staff, trainees, community based health care providers and community researchers invited to submit poster abstracts that reflect the theme: “Engaging Patients, Families, and Communities in all Phases of Translational Research to Improve Health.” Abstracts should demonstrate feasible and replicable methods and metrics developed by and with communities that have improved individual and community health, particularly within underserved communities. Audience for this conference will include community researchers, practice based researchers and academic researchers interested in community engagement and partnerships in research as well as those interested in community engaged research. Conference to be held August 21-22 in Bethesda, MD. (H/T Twitter @CCPH2010)

Deadline: Abstracts due July 13, 2014

More: https://www.dtmi.duke.edu/ce-workshop

6. Call for Book Chapter: Service-Learning to Advance Social Justice in a Time of Radical Inequality

Editors Alan S. Tinkler, Barri E. Tinkler, Jean R. Strait & Virginia M. Jagla seek submissions to advance understanding and knowledge of service-learning, particularly submissions that address social justice in a time of radical inequality. In addition to theoretical papers, submissions must employ methodological rigor. Editors intend to frame social justice by addressing three (overlapping) human concerns: 1) access to meaningful educational opportunity, 2) ability to earn a reasonable income and enjoy financial stability, and 3) opportunity for wellness, including access to health care. All manuscripts will undergo blind review.

Key Dates: Intent to submit a manuscript, including a working title and 100-150 word abstract, should be sent to Alan Tinkler [log in to unmask] by July 15, 2014. Complete manuscripts due September 1, 2014.

More: https://groups.google.com/a/nylc.org/forum/#!topic/he-sl-listserv/m7xacwd92OA

7. Call for Submissions: Public Arts, Design, & Humanities

Volume III, Issue 1 of Public: A Journal of Imagining America (IA) is aligned with Imagining America’s 2014 conference in Atlanta, October 9-11, which will explore how concepts, methodologies, theories, and knowledge from arts, humanities, and design contribute to organizing for culture change.

SubmissionWindow: July 15- 30, 2014

More: http://public.imaginingamerica.org/about/call-for-submissions/

8. Call for Papers: International Journal of Political Science and Development

IJPSD publishes peer-reviewed articles in Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Institutions, Political Dynamics, Public Administration, International Relations and International Law, Relation between the State and the Individual, Political Economy, Conflict, Security and Development, Small Business Development, Managing and Evaluating Development, Development Skills in Practice, Environmental Politics, Governing the Global Borderlands, International Development Organizations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Research Methods, Militarization, Militarism and War, Discourse Analysis, International Human Rights, Sino-US Relations, Japan and East Asia, Europe and Global Integration, Rethinking the State, Global Civil Society, China's International Relations, Religion and Politics in the West, Globalization and Culture, Narrating the Self, Interpreting Gender, Philosophy of Social Science, Advanced Qualitative Research, Advanced Quantitative Social Research, Nations and Nationalism, Political Science and Development.

Deadline: Open

More: http://www.academicresearchjournals.org/IJPSD/Author%27s%20Guide.htm

FUNDING

9. Home Depot Foundation: Community Impact Grants Program

Grants, up to $5,000, are available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.

Deadline: August 15, 2014

More: http://homedepotfoundation.org/page/applying-for-a-grant

10. MacArthur Foundation: Access and Success in Developing Countries

The Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education, a collaboration of the MacArthur Foundation with other funders, supports innovative initiatives that provide learning opportunities and life and livelihood skills for underserved youth (ages 12- 19) in East Africa, Nigeria, and India. The 2014 call for proposals is focused on the following themes: increasing access, demand, and retention at the secondary level, including projects focused on transition from primary to secondary school; improving teacher effectiveness at the secondary level through innovative approaches that enable teachers to better act as facilitators to learning; improving adolescents’ learning outcomes; and promoting 21st century employment-relevant skills.

Deadline: June 13, 2014

More: http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/more-28-million-funding-announced-spur-fresh-thinking-secondary-education-developing-countries/

11. American Honda Foundation: Grants For Youth and Scientific Education

The American Honda Foundation supports nonprofit organizations and educational institutions nationwide that address the areas of youth and scientific education. The Foundation’s primary funding priority is youth education, specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; the environment; job training; and literacy.

Upcoming Deadlines: August 1, 2014 & November 1, 2014 (weekend deadlines extend to subsequent Mondays).

More: http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf

12. Open Society Foundations Invites Applications for Social Justice Photography Projects

Proposed projects should include partnerships between photographers and organizations recognized as tax exempt by the IRS. Each project partner should have the skills and track record to realize the project and must commit time and resources to implement it. Beginning this year, the program offers two tracks of support for individuals at different phases of their audience engagement projects: 1) Project Development: Grantees receive funding to attend an Open Society–organized retreat in December 2014. The event will provide essential practical tools and strategies to help participants move their project and career goals forward. Attendees will become part of a larger Audience Engagement grant cohort, with further funding opportunities. 2) Project Implementation: Grantees receive grants of up to $30,000 to execute (or continue executing) their projects as well as attend the December retreat.

Deadline: (both tracks) July 8, 2014

More: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/audience-engagement-grant

13. Advancing Science, Serving Society (AAAS): 2014 Awards for Early Career Award for Public Engagement With Science

A $5,000 prize will be awarded to an early-career scientist or engineer who demonstrates excellence in contributing to public engagement with science activities. For the purposes of the award, public engagement activities are defined as active participation in efforts to engage with the public on science- and technology-related issues and which promote meaningful dialogue between science and society. Examples of public engagement activities include informal science education; public outreach, public policy, and/or science communication activities such as mass media, public dialogue, radio, TV and film; science cafés, exhibits, or fairs; and social and online media.

Deadline: October 15, 2014

More: http://www.aaas.org/page/aaas-early-career-award-public-engagement-science

NEW RESOURCES & READING

14. Join for Free: Community Network for Research Equity & Impact (CNREI)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other research funding agencies have identified community engagement in research as central to understanding and addressing racial, ethnic, linguistic and socioeconomic health disparities. Substantial investments are being made to support faculty members and academic institutions. In February 2013, the CNREI released a report that articulates an Agenda for Action and described how communities want a shared, balanced, and equal ownership stake in the decision making systems for research at federal, tribal and state levels, and within academic institutions. The CNREI has since grown to over 300 community partners, reflecting diversity in terms of participant location, race/ethnicity, gender, research experience and funding. Community leaders and community-based organizations may join the CNREI by completing a form on the link that follows.

More: http://tinyurl.com/m793ued

15. Peer-Review and Publication Support, and other Resources for Community-Engaged scholarship

CES4Health.info is a free, online mechanism for peer-reviewing, publishing and disseminating products of health-related community-engaged scholarship that are in forms other than journal articles. Through CES4HEALTH, scholars can submit products for peer review, apply to be a peer reviewer, and contribute to the field of community-engaged scholarship and the health of communities. On this website you will also find high quality tools and resources that can be directly downloaded or obtained from the author, typically free-of-charge. All products posted on CES4Health.info have been reviewed and recommended by expert academic and community reviewers.

More: http://ces4health.info/index.aspx

16. Six ways community engagement enhances traditional outreach

There are at least six broad types of assets in communities, many of which we are likely to miss if we focus purely on community needs and our own, unilateral ability to address them. To identify and help communities mobilize these assets, we can:

1) Recognize the skills and abilities of individuals within the community and find people who are passionate about the community and who are good at making connections.

2) Identify voluntary community associations, organizations and networks and what they offer (or could offer) to the community.

3) Look at what non-government organizations, not for profits, government agencies, and businesses are already connected to the community, paying particular attention to small, local institutions.

4) Look at our physical environment (both natural and built) in a new way.

5) Consider the local economy in a broad way so that we include the informal economy (e.g., people swapping goods and services, voluntary work) as well as the traditional economy (e.g. production, consumption).

6) Appreciate the stories, culture and heritage of the community.

More: https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/what-is-abcd/

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

May 2014:

· Call for Submissions: Literacy and Social Responsibility. Deadline: May 1, 2014.

· Call for Proposals: 2014 Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference. Proposal Deadline: May 1, 2014.

· National Council of Teachers for Mathematics: Teacher Action Research Grant. Deadline: May 2nd, 2014.

· Free Webinar: Community Engagement - Forging Effective Partnerships. Webinar: May 6, 2014, 2:30–4pm-Eastern.

· William T. Grant Foundation Invites Applications for Youth Social Setting Research Projects. Deadline (Letters of Inquiry): May 6th, 2014.

· Gates Foundation: Round 13 of Grand Challenges Initiative. Deadline: May 6th, 2014.

· Call for Proposals: Rural Design Proposals. Application Deadline: May 6th, 2014.

· Grant Foundation Launches Initiative on Understanding Inequality. Deadline: May 6th, 2014.