Research and Engaged Scholarship Newsletter
December 2019
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2019-2020 Workshops, Events, and Opportunities
Scroll down to view grant funding opportunities with imminent and December and January application deadlines!
Research & Creative Scholarship Showcase 2020!
Registration is now open for this College of Design event which will be held on February 7, 2020 from 9 to 11 a.m in Rapson Hall Courtyard. Please follow the link to learn more about it, to provide input to help inform planning decisions for the 2020 event, and to register to present your work at the Showcase.
Ongoing OACA/ CDes Initiatives
Discuss Funding over Lunch on Wednesday, December 4th
Join Dean Carol Strohecker and Lucy Dunne, on Wednesday, December 4th in McNeal Hall, Room 22 to hear a discussion on funding: how to find it, how to to get it, how to find and engage collaborators. Lunch sandwiches will be available to attendees.
UMN Driven to Discover ("D2D") State Fair Research Facility: Applications Now Open
2020 MN State Fair - The Research Opportunity Announcement for conducting studies at the Driven to Discover Research Facility the 2020 State Fair is open! Dr. Griffin and her team had a very successful time at the 2019 fair. Let's maintain a College of Design presence at the Minnesota State Fair by taking advantage of this splendid opportunity every year!
Find the ROA on the D2D website. Or send your questions to the Driven-to-Discover team by email: d2d@umn.edu
Foundations Grant-writing Workshop by Mindy Breva and Wolfe Molitor,
UMN Corporate Foundation
Thursday, December 12, 9:00 am to 12 noon
McNeal Hall Room 274 - Fireplace Room
Come with an idea and leave with a plan on how to fund it!
Experts from the University of Minnesota Foundation will provide tips and strategies on how to identify the best foundations to fund your research and how to write a compelling proposal. Contact Nate Mueting or Abimbola Asojo with any questions.
Please RSVP
Partnering with Minnesota:
Connecting the University with Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities through Public Engagement
Thursday, March 5, 2020
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Call for Public Engagement Presentations Proposals
Proposal deadline: Monday, December 16, 2019
For a description Call for Proposals
28th Congress for the New Urbanism
Heads-up announcement, to prepare for the June 2020 event which will take place right here in River City! - Saint Paul, that is. Learn more and submit a proposal for the upcoming Congress. Funding opportunities are not yet finalized, but you can sign-up to be kept informed; or you can be a sponsor!
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Here is something new and exciting! MPact!
The University of Minnesota has created a map of the state with details on projects and research being conducted by its units throughout Minnesota. The ultimate goal is to have a comprehensive visual representation of the positive impact the University has on the state. This mapping project is being called 'the M Pact'.
Click on this FORM to be included by submitting your projects.
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For Graduate Students:
Graduate student opportunities: Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) and our community partners have multiple student position openings through the Center for Urban & Regional Affairs for 195 hours (1/09/2020 - 5/24/20). These are great opportunities for students interested in community-engaged scholarship.
Students: APPLY NOW at https://humanresources.umn.edu/content/find-job and search for the Job ID.
- Southeast Human Powered Trails Design - Job ID 334201
- Creative Community Design-Build for Main Street Building Renovation – Job ID 334164
- Conservation Curriculum Media Design for National Loon Center - Job ID 334150
Call for proposals for Collaborative Student Projects
The College has three $1,500 grants available to support projects among graduate and/or undergraduate students, collaborating across at least two different disciplines to produce two- or three-dimensional imagery. Projects should explore ways of visually representing complex ideas in a way that broad audiences can understand them.
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News & Updates
CDes Collaborative Grant Faculty Award Recipients.
Congratulations to the 3 team recipients of the $15,000 CDES Collaborative Research Grants!
Developing a Systems Framework for Circular Design
PI: Lindsey Strange, Apparel Design
Co PIs: Malini Srivastava, Architecture; Frances Trice, Graphic Design; Linsey Griffin, Apparel Design
Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Buildings Through On‐Body Supplemental Heating: A Feasibility Analysis
PI: Rolf Jacobson, Center for Sustainable Building Research /Architecture
Co PI: Lucy Dunne, Co-Director Wearable Technology Lab/Apparel Design
A Biophilic Approach to Net-Positive Design
PI: Mary Guzowski, Architecture
Co PIs: Joe Favour, Landscape Architecture; Richard Graves, Center for Sustainable Building Research; Jessica Rossi‐Mastracci, Landscape Architecture; Abimbola Asojo, Interior Design; Genell Ebbini, Interior Design
Getting Works Data to Experts@Minnesota
To help faculty increase their visibility to potential collaborators, we are encouraging everyone to populate your profile in the Experts database. This link reviews what we have done to help you so far, and provides instructions on how to activate your information to make it visible in Experts.
RADPN Resource Materials
Thought provoking, Advice-filled, How To and How NOT To pursue research funding, this event was posted on the Research Resources website, and took place on the UMN Campus. Five presenters shared the slides from their presentations at the Research Advancement and Development Professionals Fall Conference they nicknamed "RADCON".
OACA/ CDes Initiatives
- CUHCC Design Charette: A round table discussion/design ideation session for CUHCC's waiting room design invites student participation on Dec 4, 2019. Email aasojo@umn.edu before 6 pm on Dec 3 if you are interested.
- CDes OACA Seed-funding grants were awarded for the following research initiatives:
Sparking Crucial Conversations about Mental Health Through Wearable Items - Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Professor of Interior Design and Calee Cecconi, Design Director for Advancement
Addressing Health Disparities and Quality Health-CareAccess through Advanced Technology Integration into an Innovative Diagnostic Mobile Application - Linsey Griffin, Assistant Professor of Apparel Design; Dr. Peterson, MD, Director of the Center for Excellence in Primary Care; and Bethany Juhnke, PhD Candidate at the Earl E. Bakken Medical Device Center
- Boris Oicherman, the Weisman's Curator for Creative Collaboration hosted a Design & Health Brainstorming luncheon on November 11 at the Weisman. The session developed ideas for youth-participatory sessions to inform the design of the Institute for Child and Adolescent Brain Health, UMN.
- Reiko Yajima, PhD, CDes Advisory board, (bio) presented a talk on collaborations between Design and Health initiatives, and the pursuit of funding to support research. Dr. Yajima shared her presentation slides.
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External Funding Opportunities
There are multiple deadlines coming soon. Please be sure to check the links for opportunities relevant to your research.
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We encourage you to take advantage of the External Grants page on the CDes Research Resources Website, which is updated frequently. Your X500 log-in is required to access it.
Rethink Plastics Innovation Challenge
Submission deadline January 14, 2020
How can consumers, businesses, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean substantially reduce or eliminate single-use plastic and plastic waste? Submit a solution to the Rethink Plastics Challenge powered by MIT Solve!
2020 Wheelwright Prize, Harvard GSD call for Submissions
This International competition for early-career architects to win $100,000 research fellowship is accepting applications through January 26, 2020
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Database
The Foundation's grants database allows you to browse grants awarded by the Foundation since 1969. Filters are also available to search for grants within a particular program, time frame, or geographic location.
NSF Grants
This spreadsheet is reviewed monthly to keep it current, and can also be accessed via the CDes Research Resources Website. For more information on NSF grant proposal solicitations, you can also visit - https://www.nsf.gov/
Growing Convergence Research Program Solicitation
Deadline February 3, 2020
Growing Convergence Research (GCR) at the National Science Foundation was identified as one of 10 Big Ideas. Convergence research is a means for solving vexing research problems, in particular, complex problems focusing on societal needs. It entails integrating knowledge, methods, and expertise from different disciplines and forming novel frameworks to catalyze scientific discovery and innovation. The College of Design sponsored a grant-writing workshop tailored to this NSF Program Solicitation on September 6th. See Research Resources website to access materials from the workshop.
Private Foundation Grants
This spreadsheet contains new RFPs, which are announced monthly. Check out the link for funding opportunities.
Metropolitan Council
State of Minnesota Grants
This spreadsheet is reviewed monthly and can also be accessed via the Research Resources intranet website. UMN x500 log-in required.
Lewis Burke UMN Washington Update
This document provides information on the status and timing of flagship funding opportunities across federal agencies (x500 sign-in required).
Lewis Burke Large Federal Funding Update
October 14, 2019 edition
Lewis Burke list of Grant Opportunities
This spreadsheet is updated monthly with new opportunities.
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Get your Grant Alerts in PIVOT - A video!
Here is a new video, created by the University Libraries for us to show us how to set up grant alerts in Pivot.
Excellent Grant Funding Tutorials
University of Minnesota Libraries also have these excellent tutorials on grant funding resources.
In-person Help Using Grant Resources
In-person help by appointment is also available from The Libraries liaisons for the College of Design are: Marlys McGuire, m-mcgu@umn.edu (Design, Housing, and Apparel) and Deborah Ultan, ultan004@umn.edu (Landscape Architecture and School of Architecture). These librarians can provide guidance with using grant resources or on other topics. |
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UMN Internal Grant Opportunities
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Imagine Fund remaining deadlines
Imagine Fund grants support innovative research or scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. Applications are now open for the Arts, Humanities, and Design Chair position (due Jan. 6). The Special Events Round 2 applications (due March 16) are not yet live.
Apply for ADH chair position.
Grants-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship
Deadline February 6, 2020
Administered through the Office of the Vice President for Research, Grant-in-Aid Program (GIA).
Faculty Travel Grants
Deadlines: August, December, March
International Travel Grants are funded by the University of Minnesota central administration to support the internationalization of the University on all campuses through research, teaching, and outreach. Graduate Students may also apply.
IAS-Faculty Residential Fellows
Each year up to twelve University of Minnesota faculty members are selected as Residential Fellows.
Apply!
Center for Educational Innovation - Teaching Innovation Grant
Grants for up to $1,000 available to support innovative teaching and learning across the University.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
The next deadline for applications is February 24, 2020 for Summer or Fall 2020 projects and July 6 for Fall 2020 projects.
Be a mentor! UROP awards fund students to do research and creative activities with faculty. Faculty, please complete this CDes UROP Projects Collection Form so we can promote your opportunities to students. You can complete this form any time, and as many times as you have ideas to explore undergraduate research help with.
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Meeting your volunteer needs: University Retirees Volunteer Center
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Remember to keep your EXPERTS@MINNESOTA Profile and
your WORKS account up to date. Colleagues are looking for potential research collaborators from the College of Design.
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