UT-REACH July 10, 2014
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS
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Huff Post: Community Engagement and Higher Education
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Nominations for AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
4.
Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) Seeks Partnerships with Organizations, Designers, & Advocates
FUNDING
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IEEE Foundation: STEM Education, History of Technology, and Humanitarian Projects
6.
HCA Foundation Accepting Applications From Middle Tennessee Organizations
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Greenwall Foundation: Fall 2014 Bioethics Program
8.
New Grant Budgeting Tool for UT Faculty & Staff
NEW RESOURCES & READING
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Just Published: CU Expo 2013 Theme Journal Issue
10.
New Resource Website: Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA)
11.
Broader Impacts Toolkit: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)
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Broader Impacts Toolkit: Community Based Participatory Research in STEM
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS
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UT Carnegie Community Engagement Advisor to Lead National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association
Congratulations to Keith Barber, vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement at UT’s Institute of Agriculture, who has been elected by the
NAADA to a two-year term as president. Barber was on the advisory committee that helped prepare UTK/UTIA’s joint application for the 2015 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Barber has been broadly involved in promoting community engagement at
the campus, state and national levels. His own engaged scholarship includes a presentation, "Citizen Alum: Engaging Alumni in Service to Higher Education and Society," made at the national meeting of the Association of Public and Land grant Universities (APLU,
formerly NASULGC). (H/T Patty McDaniels)
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Huff Post: Community Engagement and Higher Education
(July 2, 2014) "All of us in higher education are under considerable pressure to justify the relevance and reduce the costs of our colleges
and universities. While we often find ourselves on the defensive, our increasing programs and activities in community engagement strengthen our case for the significance and the value of higher education,” writes Joseph L. Subbiondo, President of the California
Institute of Integral Studies.
More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-l-subbiondo/community-engagement-and-_1_b_5552416.html
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
3.
Nominations for AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science, established in 2010, recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate
excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities. A monetary prize of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, complimentary registration to the AAAS Annual Meeting, and reimbursement for reasonable hotel and travel expenses to attend the
AAAS Annual Meeting to receive the prize are given to the recipient.
Nomination Deadline: October 15, 2014
More:
http://www.aaas.org/page/aaas-early-career-award-public-engagement-science
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Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) Seeks Partnerships with Organizations, Designers, & Advocates
CUP seeks collaborating groups who work directly with the constituency impacted by the issue and who can distribute the completed foldout poster
to that audience. CUP provides project management, art direction, and editing; covers production costs; and helps staff each project with additional support as needed. Advocates receive 1,000 free copies of the publication they help to produce. (H/T Arts &
Democracy Project)
Deadline: August 8, 2014
More:
http://makingpolicypublic.net/
FUNDING
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IEEE Foundation: STEM Education, History of Technology, and Humanitarian Projects
The IEEE Foundation seeks to increase the understanding of how technologies are created and how they impact society, individuals, and the environment.
To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for new projects in the areas of education, history of technology, and applying technology for humanitarian causes. Last year, the foundation awarded grants totaling $516,000 to twenty-nine projects.
Deadline: August 1, 2014
More:
http://www.ieeefoundation.org/Grants
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HCA Foundation Accepting Applications From Middle Tennessee Organizations
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to support programs in the areas of (1) Health and Well-being (basic health and human needs such as
mental and physical health care, housing, and food); (2) Childhood and Youth Development (positive growth and development, success in school, character development, responsibility, service, and leadership); and (3) Arts: (support for arts organizations engaged
in community outreach and educational programs dedicated to local children and adults.) To be eligible, all applicants must be considered tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be based in middle Tennessee.
Next Deadlines: September 12, 2014 & December 12, 2014
More:
http://hcacaring.org/supporting/grant-application-procedure.dot
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Greenwall Foundation: Fall 2014 Bioethics Program
Through its new Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas program, the Greenwall Foundation will fund research to help resolve important
emerging bioethics problems in clinical care, biomedical research, public health practice, and public policy. Priority will be given to projects with budgets of less than $60,000.
Deadline: August 1, 2014
More:
http://greenwall.org/new-bioethics-grant-program.php
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New Grant Budgeting Tool for UT Faculty & Staff
UT's Office of Sponsored Programs has prepared a new tool to help faculty and staff prepare budgets more accurately and with less burden. The
downloadable “Proposal Budget Workbook” includes adjustable escalation rates for salaries, GRA insurance, and tuition, embedded formulas for future year calculations, easily customized fringe rates for charging actual rates for each person, and a preset exemption
of F&A on Participant Support Costs. This workbook is an adaptation of the format required by the College of Engineering. For faculty and staff in COE, the original format is still required. Also, for any Department or College that has a required format,
please continue using that format.
Contact: Office of Sponsored Programs: 974-3466
Download Proposal Budget Workbook:
http://research.utk.edu/osp/forms-osp/
NEW RESOURCES & READING
9.
Just Published: CU Expo 2013 Theme Journal Issue
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement's Summer 2014 issue features open-access, peer-reviewed articles based on presentations at CU (Communities-Universities)
Expo 2013. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health co-sponsors this major, Canadian-led international Communities-Universities partnerships conference in lieu of its own conference in odd-numbered years. Mark your calendars for the CU Expo 2015, May 25-29,
2015 in Ottawa, ON Canada!
Full Text Online:
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/ijcre/issue/view/315
10.
New Resource Website: Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA)
The Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), a division of the American Psychological Association, serves many different disciplines
that focus on community research and action. Its members are committed to promoting health and empowerment and to preventing problems in communities, groups, and individuals. The work of SCRA can be generally fit into the categories of Education, Research,
Practice and Policy. (H/T Community-Campus Partnerships for Health)
Website:
http://scra27.org/
11.
Broader Impacts Toolkit: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)
CAISE works in collaboration with the National Science Foundation to strengthen and advance the field of professional informal science education and its infrastructure. One of CAISE’s goals
is to enhance capacity for scientists, STEM-based professionals and university/lab directors of education and outreach who are planning and implementing, or considering professional informal science education programs, projects or activities. CAISE also provides
resources for connectivity and collaborations, project ideas, and a platform for publication and dissemination.
http://informalscience.org/research/ic-000-000-009-505/Making_Research_Work_For_Your_Community
12.
Broader Impacts Toolkit: Community Based Participatory Research in STEM
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) is research conducted as an equal partnership between traditionally trained “experts” and members
of a community. Produced by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, this toolkit uses a number of case studies from different STEM disciplines to demonstrate replicable CBPR approaches and projects. Case studies include: Carpentaria Ghost
Nets Programme; Protection and monitoring of turtle nesting activity: the case of Sunshine Coast Turtlecare volunteers; Community involvement in marine protected areas: The case of Puerto Morelos reef, Mexico; Queensland Coral; Reef Finfish Fishery; Lessons
from the Katnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project in Canada; Learning from a Community Action Plan to Promote Community Health; Fisheries management in Scotia-Fundy; and The Malaspina Ucluelet Research Alliance.
Toolkit:
http://t.co/yi16mPksol
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE
July 2014:
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Call for proposals: Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2014.
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Call for Proposals – “Forging Civic Pathways.”
Deadline: July 15, 2014.
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Schwab Foundation: Social Entrepreneur of the Year Competition. Deadline: July 15, 2014.
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Call for Submissions: Public Arts, Design, & Humanities. Submission Window: July 15- 30, 2014.
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Call for Submissions – Public Arts, Humanities & Design. Deadline: July 30, 2014.
August 2014:
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Greenwall Foundation: Fall 2014 Bioethics Program. Deadline: August 1, 2014.
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SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grants. UTK Deadline: August 1, 2014.
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Open Society Challenge Fellowship Grants. Deadline: August 4, 2015.
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Apply or Nominate Someone for Knox Community Leadership Class. Deadline: August 8.
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Home Depot Foundation: Community Impact Grants Program. Deadline: August 15, 2014.
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Collaborative Research Summer Institute. Date: August
22nd-24th, Santa Cruz, California.
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Call for Proposals: UT’s OUTstanding Conference. Proposal Deadline: August 30th, 2014.
September 2014:
October 2014:
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Nominate a Grad Student for Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. Deadline: October 1, 2014.
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Gates Foundation: Short Film Challenge for Innovative Solutions. Deadline: October 1, 2014.
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NEA Foundation: Learning and Leadership Grants. Deadline: October 1, 2014.
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Emerging Engagement
Scholars Preconference Workshop. Date: October 5-6th, 2014.
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Save the Date! 15th Annual Engagement
Scholarship Consortium Conference Oct 5-9, 2014.
November 2014:
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Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. Conference: November 7-8, 2014.
December 2014:
Ongoing:
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Kinder Morgan Foundation: K-12 Academic, Arts, Environmental Programs. Deadline: Rolling.
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Knoxville’s Vestal Boys and Girls Club Seeks Service-Learning Partnerships. Ongoing.
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New Funding for UT Staff: UT Access
and Diversity Staff Retention Fund. Ongoing.
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Call For Book Proposals: Humanities and Public Life. Deadline: Ongoing.
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NGCP Collaborative Mini-Grants. Ongoing.
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Call for papers: eJournal of Public Affairs on Public Scholarship. Ongoing
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Call for papers: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Ongoing and special issues.
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Call for papers: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
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Public - A Journal of Imagining America (Public Arts & Humanities)
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Impact Big Ideas: Crowdfunding for University of Tennessee Projects. Ongoing.
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Ready for the World Funding Available. Ongoing.
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Community Service Grants. Ongoing through June 30th, 2014.