IU Northwest Research Grants
STUDENT SUCCESS GRANTS
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
PROCEDURE AND GUIDELINES
Revised 2016 (Academic Affairs)
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Student Success Grants is to provide faculty with resources to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success. Projects may focus on academic challenge, student-faculty interactions, active and collaborative learning, enriching educational experiences, and/or creating a supportive campus environment. Proposals should also describe how student success will be increased and how the project impacts overall student retention.
GUIDELINES:
(1) Proposals should broadly address improvements using technology, assessment strategies, and/or new pedagogies. Projects that integrate more than one area are encouraged. Preference will be given to proposals that address:
- Projects with a potential for publication in journals addressing the scholarship of teaching and learning
- Models that can be applied across disciplines
- Innovations that impact multiple sections of courses
- Improvement of student retention
- General Education goals
A. Technology – The proposed projects will focus on the use of instructional technology to enhance teaching and improve student learning outcomes. They should make a significant technological advance in instructional practices and student learning beyond the use of Canvas. Potential topic areas include high-tech classroom usage, distance learning, e-communities, e-advising, blogs, Wikis, student response systems, simulations, computer modeling, e-portfolios, and podcasts.
B. Assessment – Assessment-related projects will focus on systems or procedures for formative and summative evaluation of learning and learning outcomes using qualitative and/or quantitative methods. Potential topic areas include changing pedagogy to enhance outcomes, assessment schemes and rubrics, student participation in assessment procedures, and the impact and clarity of outcomes.
C. Pedagogy – Teaching-related projects will focus on the implementation of classroom models and theories to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. Potential topic areas includewriting across the curriculum, problem-based learning, peer-led learning, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, learning styles, diversity in the classroom, lesson-study groups, learning communities, and other student engagement models.
(2) Alltenure-track and tenured faculty and those with full-time continuing clinical rank and lecturer appointments are eligible to apply.
(3) Award amount isup to $10,000. A detailed budget must be included with the grant application. Travel to conferences to present research findings are not eligible for funding with this grant. Compensation for the principal investigator will generally not be funded.
(4) Applicants must include at least one outside letter of recommendation and one internal letter (from the chairperson or appropriate unit head as appropriate). Letters should be addressed to the Associate Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, accompany the application, and arrive in Academic Affairs (Lindenwood 329) on or before the deadline of the first Friday in December.
(5) Recipients must continue at IU Northwest through the academic year following the award year in order to be eligible for this grant opportunity.
(6) An application involving the use of animals must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Northwest Center for Medical Education.An application involving the use of human subjects must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the IU Northwest Human Subjects Committee.An application involving DNA, human fluids or tissues, or other infectious agents must be accompanied by evidence that it has been approved by the Biosafety Committee in Bloomington.Without such approval and in the absence of unusual extenuating circumstances, an application will not be considered. For information on the policies related to animal, biosafety, and human subject approval, the applicant can access the Indiana University policies and forms () and the IU Northwest policies and forms on human subjects () online.
(7) All funds must be used within two (2) years of receipt of the award. Funds not used within that time frame will revert back to the grant program. An annual summary of progress on the grant will be due to the Associate Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at and by September 30thof each year until the project is complete.
(8) Funding is not renewable for a project previously funded through a Student Success Grant unless substantial change or addition to the project hasoccurred.
(9) A principal investigator may not hold a Curriculum Improvement Fellowship and a Student Success grant simultaneously. In other words, a principal investigator cannot be awarded both grants within the same funding cycle.
(10) These funds are intended to enhance the efforts of continuing IU Northwest faculty. A condition for consideration for this grant is a commitment to the university on the part of the applicant to remain at IU Northwest for at least one year following the award date and an agreement to reimburse IU Northwest for all funds expended by the University in the event that this commitment is not honored after the receipt of a grant awarded under this program.
(10) The Office of Academic Affairs will handle the awarding of the funds, which will be transferred into the recipient’s research account.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
(1) Applications for support must follow the format on the Student Success Grant application form.
(2) The deadline for proposals will be the first Friday in December.
(3) An application for a Student Success Grant should be sent to the Office of Academic Affairs.Please note: one complete original application, including letters of recommendation, CV, and any other required documentation, must arrive in Academic Affairs (Lindenwood 329) by 5:00 pm on the first Friday in Decemberto be eligible.In addition, asingle pdf containing the complete application must be sent to by the deadline.
For additional grant information, please contact Dr. Cynthia O’Dell (Associate Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs) at or 219-980-6509.
(4) Notice of award should be no later than two months after the proposal deadline.
EVALUATION PROCEDURE:
(1) The Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs will assume responsibility for the application—evaluation process, distributing the proposals, and running the meetings.
(2) The Grants Committee of the Faculty Organization will serve as the selection committee for the Student Success Grants. They will be charged annually by the Associate Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Individuals cannot serve on this committee during a year in which they are applying for funds. The Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs will be invited to review the proposals and attend the evaluation meeting.
(3) Copies of proposals will be read by all members of the committee, evaluated, and ranked in terms of merit prior to the committee meeting to discuss the proposals. The committee will meet to select the recipient(s).
(4) The committee will make its recommendations and send them to the Associate Executive Vice Chancellor forAcademic Affairs who will make the final decision in consultation with the Executive Vice Chancellor. Awardees will then be notified by the Office of Academic Affairs.
OBLIGATIONS:
(1) Eachfaculty member who receives a grant must file a brief informative report with the Office of Academic Affairs upon completion of their project to and by September 30th. If the work is not completed by the end of the fall semester following the receipt of the grant, a progress report must be submitted by September 30th. A final report should be submitted when the project is completed. Failure to submit these reports may cause a faculty member to be ineligible for all categories of IU Northwest support for research and teaching development.These reports may be reviewed by future funding committees to assist them in evaluating subsequent applications of a faculty member.
(2) Eachfaculty member who receives a grant must also agree to present the findings of their project at a CISTLworkshop in order to share their best practice with the campus community, within sixmonths of completing the project.
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STUDENT SUCCESS GRANT
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
Application Form
Revised 2016 (Academic Affairs)
Instructions: The application should be computer generated using the format below: All sections must be completed for the proposal to be considered. One (1) completed original application, including all required supporting documentation, is to be submitted to Academic Affairs (Lindenwood 329). Also submit a single pdf containing the complete application to and .
1.Applicant Name
2.Title and Department/Division/Unit
3.Project
a.Title
b.Character and scope
c.Applicant’s special competence for this project (background, training, preparation)
d.Method and plan of work
- Describe how student success will be enhanced through this curriculum improvement. (Include specifics on assessment measures.)
- When commenced, progress-to-date, and expectation regarding completion and publication
4.Papers published by the applicant, bearing upon this subject
5.Other publications by the applicant (Attach list if desired.)
6.References (The applicant should request supporting letters from at least two persons, including the chairperson of the department or division head as applicable, and a person from outside who is knowledgeable in the field of the proposed project. Please list names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers ofpersons who will supply references.)
7.Other source(s) of support for this research, if any
8.Year of first appointment at Indiana University
9.Other sources and amounts of support for research you have received in the last five years
10.Other relevant information, if any
11.Amount requested: $
12. Detailed Budget
NOTE: It is understood that (a) substantial deviations from the budget for a Student Success Grant arenot to be made without the authorization of the Office of Academic Affairs, and (b) any granted funds not needed or used will be promptly returned.
I acknowledge and agree that, as a condition for consideration for this grant, I will remain at IU Northwest for at least one year from the award date if I am awarded a grant under this program. ______[initial]
I agree that if I if I am awarded a grant under this program and I fail to remain at IU Northwest for at least one year from the award date, I will reimburse IU Northwest for all funds expended by the University under the grant. ______[initial]
Signatures:
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FacultyDate
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Department ChairDate
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