Welcome to Black Hills State
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- Amber Wilde, library associate, Library Learning Center
CSA position open -
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The following Career Service position is open:
For additional information or to apply, visit
http://YourFuture.sdbor.edu.
CSA position open to Student
Financial Services -
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The following Career Service position is open and limited to status
Career Service employees of BHSU’s Student Financial Services:
For more information or to apply, visit
http://YourFuture.sdbor.edu.
Schallenkamp makes
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 Dr. Kay Schallenkamp, president of Black Hills State
University, clarified the university vision and welcomed faculty back to
campus during a general assembly address last week. Her presentation was
part of a week-long schedule of activities for faculty in-service.
Schallenkamp, who has been at the helm of the
university for just six weeks, extended a special welcome to the new
faculty and staff, praised the returning faculty and staff for their
on-going efforts and reminded members of the university community of
their opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students.
“As we know, it is the people who make an organization
successful. Through the commitment and dedication of each of you here
today, as well as the many individuals who have come before us, Black
Hills State University is an outstanding educational institution that is
responsive to the needs of its constituents,” Schallenkamp said.
“Clearly, you make a difference for many. This is a remarkable
university. In a semester, a class period, or maybe a split second,
lives can be changed forever. It is a heavy responsibility and an
awesome opportunity.”
The new president says she has spoken with many
community members in the region who speak highly of the faculty and
staff’s commitment to teaching and learning. She added that many people,
community people as well as new faculty, have commented on the strength
of the academic programs, the talents of the faculty in their
departments, the state-of-the-art facilities, and the beautiful location
of the university.
Schallenkamp says her vision for the university is for
BHSU “to be recognized as an innovative, high quality institution of
higher learning throughout the state, the greater Black Hills region,
and the nation.”
Schallenkamp added that an effort will be made to
standardize the university’s visual identity which will strengthen the
university’s overall recognition in the state and region.
Another topic of Schallenkamp’s address was the
university’s recruitment and retention of students. Schallenkamp
commended the plan to combine the Freshmen Year Experience and an
orientation course into the students’ early experience and stressed that
it’s imperative for the university to continually refine the programs
for new students. She also commented on the importance of student
engagement and says that it is critical for student satisfaction and
retention.
Schallenkamp says she been asked many times in recent
months why she chose to come to BHSU.
“I saw a university that has a long history of
responding to the needs of the students and the state. I saw a
university that has wide support from the community, Board of Regents
and state officials. I saw faculty and staff who are committed to our
educational mission. I also saw a university that is poised to do great
things, and I wanted to be part of that,” Schallenkamp said.
New faculty begin at
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New faculty in the Black
Hills State University classrooms when classes begin Tuesday,
Aug. 29 include: front row left to right, Faye LaDuke-Pelster,
reading; Carrie Gray-Wood, geography; Jamalee Stone, math
education; Scott Aloha, library media; Donald Anderson,
mathematics; Mary Mock, physical education; Ken Schallenkamp,
business; Mike Tolan, library media; Deaver Traywick, writing
center; back row, left to right, Lee Pearce, special education;
Karen Griffith, human services; David Scarborough, human
resources; Dan Spencer, tourism; Pradosh Simlai, quantitative
methods; Joseph Stephens, physical education; Amy Gurney,
physical education and softball coach; and Eric Huntimer,
chemistry. Not pictured are: Pam Arneson, biology; William
Carper, accounting; James Castleberry, sociology; Patrick
Heming, mathematics; Rita Herman, mass communications; Stephen
Herman, mass communications; Trent Mack, physical education;
Jesse Palczewski, art, Lorna Richey, humanities; Bradd Schafer,
physical education; Monica Schmidt, history; Dee Sleep, mass
communications; John Steen, sociology; and Bret Swanson,
English.
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The Spill Canvas will perform
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 The
Spill Canvas, a band formed by Sioux Falls native Nick Thomas, will
perform Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. on the Clare and Josef Meier
Hall outdoor stage on the Black Hills State University campus. The
concert is one of several events planned to welcome students to campus
during the first week of the 2006-07 school year.
Band members include Thomas, Joe Beck, Scott McGuire
and Don Ludeman. According to the band, their musical influences include
Maroon 5, John Mayer, Dashboard Confessional, Atmosphere, and Killswitch
Engage among others.
BHSU students, faculty, and staff and members of the
community are welcome to attend at no charge. In case of inclement
weather, the concert will be held in the Woodburn Hall Auditorium.
Students begin arriving on campus Sunday, Aug. 27.
BHSU faculty, staff and students will be available to help new students
move into their residence halls Sunday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Returning
students will begin moving into the residence halls Monday, Aug. 28
after 8 a.m.
A complete list of Welcome Week events is listed below:
Monday, Aug. 28
- Registration, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, David B. Miller
Yellow Jacket Student Union Marketplace
- Drop/Add, 12 noon to 4 p.m., David B. Miller
Yellow Jacket Student Union Marketplace
- ACT Residual Test, 12:30 to 4 p.m., Jonas Hall
Room 105
- Weekly night classes begin
Tuesday, Aug. 29
- Classes begin
- Student check-in (according to schedule), 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m., David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union Jacket Legacy
Room
- Drop/Add, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., David B. Miller
Yellow Jacket Student Union Marketplace
- Drive In Movie Night, 8 p.m., BHSU campus green
(Jonas Hall Room 305 in case of rain)
Wednesday, Aug. 30
- Student check-in (according to schedule), 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m., David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union Jacket Legacy
Room
- Drop/Add, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., David B. Miller
Yellow Jacket Student Union Marketplace
- Concert performance by The Spill Canvas, 6:30
p.m., Clare and Josef Meier Hall outdoor stage
- Capture the Flag, 8:30 p.m., BHSU campus green
Thursday, Aug. 31
- Residence Hall Olympics, 3 p.m., BHSU campus
green
Student activities are sponsored by the Black Hills
State University Orientation Planning Committee and the University
Programming (UP) Team. For more information on Welcome Week activities,
contact the UP Team office at 642-6418.
More
than 200 faculty and staff attend annual picnic
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 President Kay Schallenkamp, center,
draws the winning tickets for one of the door prizes at the annual
faculty and staff picnic this week. Fred Nelson, left, and Terry Hupp,
right, served as emcees for the event. More than 200 people attended the
annual picnic at the Spearfish City Park. The event was the
collaborative effort of several campus departments, according to Dr.
Judith Haislett, vice president for student life. She added that the
gathering allows university staff and faculty to meet socially and begin
the year on a positive note. New faculty and staff are guests at the
picnic.
BHSU faculty attend collaborative learning workshop during in service
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 Dr. Wendy Klepetar, right, and Dr.
Virginia Arthur (not shown) from the College of Saint Benedict,
presented a collaborative learning workshop titled “Teaching Millennial
Students: What Boomer and Gen X Faculty Need to Know” as a part of
faculty in service at Black Hills State University this week. This was
one of several presentations and activities for the weeklong in service.
Residence hall leaders practice
fire safety - top
 Laura
Seumanutafa, a Black Hills State University sophomore from Rapid City,
practices using a fire extinguisher as a part of the recent residence assistant
training held on campus. Myron Sullivan, director of safety
and security, arranged for the fire safety training with a member of the
Spearfish Fire Department. A group of 37 resident assistants, night
assistants and hall directors attended training on a variety of topics
including how to handle safety and security situations in the residence
halls. Fall classes at BHSU begin Tuesday, Aug. 29; students will move
into the residence halls Sunday and Monday.
Grant opportunities announced
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Below are program materials received in the Grants
Office, Woodburn 213, through Thursday, Aug. 10. For copies of the
information, contact the office at 642-6204 or e-mail requests to
grants@bhsu.edu. Fellowship
information will also be posted on the Student Union bulletin board near
the information desk.
AmeriCorps National Professional Corps
Subject to the availability of appropriations for
fiscal year 2007, the Corporation for National and Community Service
(the Corporation) announces the anticipated availability of
approximately $88,000,000 to award to new and re-competing AmeriCorps
State and National grants. Professional Corps programs place members as
teachers, nurses, and other health care providers, police officers,
early childhood development staff, engineers, or other professionals
providing service in communities with an inadequate number of such
professionals. Grantees receive Corporation funding to support program
costs, and use their own or other resources to pay the members’ living
allowance and additional member costs. For more than a decade, the
Corporation for National and Community Service—through its Senior Corps,
AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve programs—has mobilized a new generation
of engaged citizens. This year, more than 1.8 million individuals of all
ages and backgrounds will serve through these programs. They will help
thousands of national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based
groups, schools, and local agencies meet local needs in education, the
environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas.
For example, in 2005-2006, more than 21,000 national service volunteers
contributed to hurricane relief and recovery across the country.
AmeriCorps grants are generally awarded to eligible organizations to
recruit, train, and manage AmeriCorps members who address unmet
community needs. Special consideration is given to projects that address
one or a combination of four strategic initiatives:
- Mobilizing more volunteers. The
Corporation will invest in organizations that can effectively
recruit, train, manage, and use volunteers who will ultimately have
an impact on the success of their program. We will increase the
capacity of faith-based and other community organizations to
mobilize volunteers in communities to meet critical needs. We plan
to support organizations that develop strong partnerships and
collaborations with volunteer centers or other volunteer connector
organizations in their service areas.
- Ensuring a brighter future for all of
America’s youth. The Corporation will invest in organizations
that provide caring adults as mentors for youth from disadvantaged
circumstances, and opportunities for young people from disadvantaged
circumstances to serve their communities. We plan to support
organizations that recruit and manage at-risk youth serving in
National Service Programs, and mentoring efforts, particularly those
targeting children of prisoners.
- Engaging students in communities. The
Corporation will invest in organizations that implement effective
strategies for connecting their school, faculty, staff, and
administration with their communities through service and
volunteering. We plan to support K-12 and higher education
institutions that effectively incorporate service-learning into
their curricula, and the number of college students engaged in
community service and service-learning. We will also help colleges
and universities expand support for student service.
- Harnessing baby boomers’ experience. The
Corporation will invest in programs that plan to capture the
talents, skills, energy, and experience of baby boomers and older
Americans to meet local and national needs. We plan to improve the
capacity of nonprofits to attract and retain boomers via targeted
training and technical assistance.
Additional programs and program models that may
receive special consideration in the selection process are described in
the AmeriCorps regulations. You will note that mobilizing volunteers,
youth in disadvantaged circumstances, working with educational
institutions, and baby boomers are priorities in the regulation as well
as our strategic initiatives. You are encouraged to integrate the
priorities and initiatives into your program design, as they logically
align with your organizational mission and objectives.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2007. For complete
requirements and a link to the full announcement, see
www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10587&mode=VIEW.
Discovery Research K-12 (NSF)
The National Science Foundation announces Discovery
Research K-12 funds research, development, and evaluation activities
through knowledge generation and application to improve K-12 learning
and teaching. The program addresses this mission by funding activities
in three major areas: * Applied Research that supports three categories
of projects: Evaluative Studies of NSF-Funded Resources and Tools,
Studies of Student Learning Progressions, and Studies of Teachers and
Teaching. * Development of Resources and Tools that supports two
categories of projects: Assessment of Students’ and Teachers’ Learning
and Instruction of K-12 Students and Teachers. * Capacity Building that
supports two categories of projects: STEM Systems Research and STEM
Education Research Scholars. In addition to these three areas,
conferences related to the mission of the program are also supported.
Deadlines: Nov. 1, 2006, is the deadline for
the required Letter of Intent. The deadline for Exploratory Projects
only in all categories is Nov. 15, 2006. The preliminary proposal
deadline for Full Scale Projects only in all categories is March 9,
2007. The Full Proposal deadlines are: *March 20, 2007, for Component A:
Applied Research (Exploratory and Full-Scale); *March 28, 2007, for
Component B: Development of Resources and Tools (Exploratory and
Full-Scale); and *Dec. 1, 2006, for Component C: Capacity Building
(Exploratory and Full-Scale). The Full Proposal deadline for conferences
related to Components A, B, and C is May 8, 2007. See
www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10548&mode=VIEW for more
information and the link to the full announcement.
Student Applicants Sought for $1.25 Million in
Sustainability Grants (EPA)
Everyone has a role in protecting our environment,
including members of Generation Y. EPA is tapping into their innovation
and creativity in finding solutions to environmental challenges through
the agency's People, Prosperity and the Planet competition. The agency
plans to award up to $1.25 million in grants that enable teams of
college students to research, develop and design scientific and
technical solutions to sustainability challenges that protect the
environment while achieving continued economic prosperity.
EPA will award as many as 50 grants up to $10,000 each
to student teams. The money will be used to research and develop
sustainable solutions during the 2007-08 academic year. In spring 2008,
the teams will be invited to bring their designs to Washington, D.C., to
compete for EPA's P3 Award, which includes an additional award worth up
to $75,000 to further develop and implement the project in the field.
The competition will be judged by the National Academy of Engineering
for design innovation and technical merit along with relevant social,
economic and environmental considerations that are the keys to
sustainable designs.
The P3 competition is open to teams of students
attending colleges, universities and other post-secondary educational
institutions. Interdisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged, including
representatives from multiple engineering departments and/or departments
of chemistry, architecture, industrial design, economics, policy, social
sciences, business, communication, etc.
The grants will be awarded for research related to the
P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) sustainability competition, a
national student design competition launched in 2004.
Several previous winners have already taken their
innovations to new levels – including starting successful businesses,
winning additional awards, and improving the quality of life in the
United States, other developed countries plus those that are developing.
Deadline: Dec. 21, 2006. Details about the P3
competition can be found at
www.epa.gov/P3. Application procedures and materials for this year's
grants can be found at
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_p3_4thannual.html.
Ecosystem Science Cluster (NSF)
The National Science Foundation’s Ecosystem Science
Cluster supports research on natural, managed, and disturbed ecosystems,
including those in terrestrial, freshwater, and wetland (including salt
marsh) environments. Descriptive and manipulative approaches in field,
mesocosm, and laboratory settings are supported, with the expectation
that the bulk of the research is question- or hypothesis-driven.
Proposals are encouraged, but not necessarily required to incorporate
new or existing quantitative or conceptual models for the purpose of
integration or synthesis. The Ecosystem Science Cluster funds research
in the following areas. Ecosystem Studies: Supports investigations of
whole-system ecological processes and relationships in ecosystems across
a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales. Proposals
may focus on areas such as: biogeochemistry; decomposition of organic
matter; belowground nutrient cycling and energy flow; primary
productivity; radiatively active gas flux; element budgets on watershed,
regional, continental, or global scales; relationships between diversity
and ecosystem function; ecosystem services; and landscape dynamics.
Proposals will be considered that focus on advancing ecosystem science
through either the pursuit of new theoretical paradigms or novel
modeling efforts. Proposals that, in whole or in part, strive to develop
new techniques can be supported when a compelling argument exists that
there is the potential for a major advance in ecosystem research. Inter-
and multi-disciplinary proposals that fall across traditional
programmatic boundaries are welcomed and encouraged. Proposals may focus
on the cycling of non-nutrient elements, but proposals that are
ecotoxicological in orientation will not be considered.
Ecosystem-oriented proposals that focus on coastal marine or deep ocean
habitats are reviewed by the Biological Oceanography Program in the
Division of Ocean Sciences. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER):
Supports fundamental ecological research that requires long time periods
and large spatial scales. This cluster supports a coordinated network of
more than two dozen field sites. The general mission of LTER is to
understand ecological phenomena that occur over long temporal and broad
spatial scales; to create a legacy of well-designed and documented
ecological experiments; to conduct major syntheses and theoretical
efforts; and to provide information necessary for the identification and
solution of environmental problems. The LTER network of sites conducts
integrated research in five core areas: pattern and control of primary
production; spatial and temporal distribution of populations selected to
represent trophic structure; pattern and control of organic matter
accumulation in surface soils and sediments; patterns of inorganic
inputs and movements of nutrients through soils and waters; and
patterns, frequency, and effects of disturbance. LTER also supports a
Network Office [http://lternet.edu/sites/net/],
whose mission is to coordinate and facilitate information technology
development and implementation across the network, to facilitate
management of the network, to aid efforts in research synthesis, and to
conduct public outreach. LTER field sites represent a diversity of
habitats in continental North America, the Caribbean, and the Antarctic,
including deserts, estuaries, lakes, prairies, various forests, alpine
and Arctic tundra, urban areas and production agriculture. This breadth
is possible through coordinated funding from Biological Sciences,
Geosciences, Polar Programs, and Social, Behavioral and Economic
Sciences. Supplemental funding supports the LTER Schoolyard educational
program, international collaborative research, and related activities at
LTER sites. LTER does not solicit proposals, except when new LTER sites
are initiated and does not accept unsolicited proposals from LTER or
non-LTER PIs. For more information and announcements of opportunity,
visit the LTER web page [www.lternet.edu/].
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2007. For the link to the
full announcement, see
www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10704.
Ecological Biology Cluster (NSF)
The Ecological Biology Cluster supports research on
natural and managed ecological systems, primarily in terrestrial,
wetland, and freshwater habitats. Research areas include experimental,
observational, theoretical, and modeling studies on the structure and
function of complex associations that focus on biotic components, and
the coupling of small-scale systems to each other and to large-scale
systems. Projects are encouraged that develop conceptual and synthetic
linkages among theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches; that are
conducted at one or more scales of ecological or geographic
organization; and that synthesize empirical and theoretical findings
into new paradigms. The Ecological Biology Cluster funds research in the
following areas. Ecology: Supports studies of community ecology and
population interactions at diverse spatial and temporal scales. These
include (1) dynamics and processes within particular habitats; (2)
food-web structure; (3) landscape patterns and processes; (4)
paleoecology; (5) biotic interactions, including mutualism, competition,
predation, and parasitism; (6) mechanisms of coexistence and community
assembly, (7) co-evolution, and (8) chemical ecology. Ecology
particularly encourages studies that reveal causal mechanisms, patterns,
and ecological processes or that apply to a wide range of habitats and
taxa. Studies focusing on population dynamics of single species should
be directed to the Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster.
Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB): Focuses on
evolutionary or ecological phenomena that require long-term
investigation. Awards are designed to provide base funding to help
maintain an on-going long-term research project in any area supported by
the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). These awards are not a
source of start-up funds to initiate long-term research, nor should they
be the main source of extramural support for investigators. LTREB
proposals are reviewed by disciplinary panels that have target dates on
July 9 and January 9. Visit the LTREB program description page for
additional details [www.nsf.gov/bio/progdes/ltreb.htm].
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is an
NSF-funded research center located in downtown Santa Barbara,
California. The core activities of the center include the development
and testing of important ecological ideas and theories using existing
data; cutting-edge analysis of ecological information; research on data
access and use; promoting the use of sound science in policy and
management decisions; investigating sociological issues that pertain to
the science of ecology; projects involving the state of California; and
education and outreach. Several kinds of activity are supported by the
center including Working Groups that convene at NCEAS, Center Fellows
(sabbatical visitors), and Postdoctoral Associates. NCEAS solicits
proposals in January and August. Proposals may be submitted between
these dates under unusual circumstances, after consultation with the
Director. Proposals are reviewed by the NCEAS Science Advisory Board,
which makes recommendations for support. Visit the NCEAS home page for
additional details [www.nceas.ucsb.edu].
Inter- and multi-disciplinary proposals that fall across traditional
programmatic boundaries are welcomed and encouraged. Studies focusing on
the ecology of marine organisms should be directed to the Biological
Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences. Studies focusing
on human disease or health are not supported.
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2007. The full announcement
is accessible at
www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10705.
Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories (NSF)
Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Cluster through the National Science Foundation: Supports the general
science of systematics, whose three main missions are: to discover,
describe, and inventory global species diversity; to analyze and
synthesize the information derived from this global discovery effort
into predictive classification systems that reflect the history of life;
and to organize the information derived from this global program in
efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and
society. The Cluster manages review panels each fall and spring, which
include the review of Revisionary Systematics (REVSYS) proposals; as
well as special competitions for Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in
Taxonomy (PEET) and Planentary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI), which
rotate biennially. The Cluster also works in conjunction with Emerging
Frontiers (EF) on the Assembling the Tree of Life (AToL) program.
Supplementary grants for existing awards and other opportunities for
funding are offered by the Cluster: see Supplements & Other
Opportunities for more information. Systematic Biology: Supports the
scientific study of biological species diversity, and encompasses
taxonomy, classification, and phylogenetics, for all groups of organisms
and for all habitats on Earth, including marine environments. Activities
include the discovery and description of species, the organization of
taxonomic information into hierarchical predictive classifications
associated with efficient, reliable identification keys, and the
analysis of evolutionary relationships among groups of species and
across the tree of life. Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories: Supports
expeditionary work to discover, describe, and document plant, animal,
and microbial diversity throughout the world, whether terrestrial,
freshwater, or marine, and with emphasis on well-vouchered natural
history collections, or stocks and cultures including associated
databases. Supported surveys may be primarily area-based (i.e., focusing
on species inventory and discovery, including biogeographic or
evolutionary hypothesis testing), clade-based (i.e., continental-scale
to global species inventory for a particular taxonomic group), or
guild-based (i.e., surveys that couple species inventory and discovery
with ecological hypothesis testing). Revisionary Synthesis in
Systematics (REVSYS): Seeks to revitalize revisionary and monographic
research on species so that it fully utilizes modern information
technology at all stages of the taxonomic enterprise from data capture
and analysis to electronic dissemination of results. Each proposal must
bring together all specimens available of a particular group of
organisms in order to compare the distribution of spatial and temporal
attributes of these specimens, distinguish populations of different
species, determine relationships among the species, and establish highly
predictive classifications that allow generalizations from the known
attributes. Partnership for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET):
Biennial special competition to address three biodiversity-related
goals: monographic research on poorly known groups of organisms;
training of at least two new taxonomic experts; and web-based
bioinformatics for taxonomic resources. The deadline in March of
odd-numbered years precedes panel review in late spring. Planetary
Biodiversity Inventories (PBI): Biennial special competition to
accelerate the discovery and study of the world's biodiversity.
Proposals are invited from teams of investigators to conduct a
worldwide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of
organisms. Each project should conduct fieldwork necessary to fill gaps
in existing collections, produce descriptions, taxonomic revisions,
web-searchable databases, and interactive keys (or other automated
identification tools) for all new and known species in the targeted
group, analyze their phylogenetic relationships, and establish
predictive classifications for the group. Proposals may target any
particular group of organisms, from terrestrial, fresh-water, or marine
habitats, at any feasible level in the taxonomic hierarchy.
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2007. For a link to the full
announcement, see
www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10706.
CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) (NSF)
The National Science Foundation’s Computer and
Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Computing Research
Infrastructure (CRI) program supports the acquisition, development,
enhancement, and operation of research infrastructure that enables
discovery, learning, and innovation in all computing fields supported by
CISE. Supported infrastructure includes instrumentation needed by
research or research and education projects, major experimental
facilities for an entire department or for multi-institutional projects,
and testbeds or data archives for an entire subfield of CISE
researchers.
The CRI program aims at providing infrastructure that
enables high-quality computing research and education and extending the
set of individuals and departments that are able to conduct such
activities. The CRI program is committed to maintaining a broad
portfolio that supports research and education across a diverse
population and lessens the digital divide. The program encourages
proposals that are from or that include minority-serving institutions.
The CRI program is designed to complement the funding
available in CISE research programs: Infrastructure
Acquisition/Development awards support infrastructure that is used for
the proposing team's research; and, Community Resource Development
awards support the development of resources that serve broad research
communities.
The CRI program will support a variety of
infrastructure needs, such as general or specialized research equipment,
technical support, and/or software. CRI will also support the
development of infrastructure that can be used by others, such as data
archives or libraries of software tools. The infrastructure must
facilitate high-quality research and related education, and cannot be
acquired or developed without funding resources beyond those available
from individual research and education grants and the host institution.
The CRI program will make three kinds of awards:
- Infrastructure Acquisition/Development.
These awards have budgets from $50,000 and up to $2,000,000.
- Community Resource Development. These
awards have budgets from $300,000 to $2,000,000. Community Resource
Development projects create a resource for an entire CISE research
community, such as a testbed for evaluating research results or a
large data resource for use by a research community (e.g., annotated
speech data).
- Planning. These awards facilitate the
preparation of a proposal for a medium or large Infrastructure
Acquisition/Development or Community Resource Development grant.
They have budgets up to $50,000 for one institution or up to
$100,000 if more than one institution is involved.
The program supports projects in four size categories:
large projects have budget requests from $800,000 and up to $2,000,000;
medium projects have budget requests from $300,000 and up to $799,999;
small projects have budgets from $50,000 and up to $299,999; planning
proposals may request budgets up to $50,000 for one institution or
$100,000 for two or more institutions. Project sizes affect page limits,
review processes, and eligibility.
The CRI program replaces and expands upon three
previous CISE programs: Minority Institutional Infrastructure (MII),
Research Infrastructure (RI), and Research Resources (RR). The most
significant changes from the former programs are that CRI will support
Community Resource Development grants in addition to Infrastructure
Acquisition/Development grants.
Deadlines: The deadline for the Letter of
Intent is Oct. 2, 2006. The deadline for the Full Proposal is Nov. 15,
2006. For details, visit
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12810&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund.
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