TRIP Newsletter - Message #19

Our TRIP Scholars are very successful individuals who go above and beyond inside and outside of the classroom. They distinguish themselves in their careers through community-engaged research and academic excellence.

Here at the IUPUI Center for Translating Research Into Practice, community engagement is extremely important to us. Take a look at the free resources that are available to you to improve yourself and other members of your network.

Working on an amazing research project and need help with something? Take a look at the resources that are available to faculty researchers at Indiana University.

Indiana University employees will receive two additional paid holidays in December this year. IU offices will close on these two days (December 23 and December 30). 

Whether you're flying home for the holidays or looking to book your spring break road trip already, check out these hacks for saving time and money on your next adventure. 

20 community organizations can receive $250 - Indiana Humanities, a statewide nonprofit that encourages Hoosiers to think, read and talk, is offering stipends to nonprofit organizations across the state to host screenings and discussions of the film Arab Indianapolis: A Hidden History. 

Instructors are usually not met with excitement when they assign a group project. Students’ lack of enthusiasm can be due to past group projects. In this article James M. Lang shares his daughter’s frustrating experience with group members not communicating, contributing, or meeting deadlines. Lang encourages instructors to not abandon group projects, but to go beyond assigning them by providing explicit guidance and checking in with groups.  

The IU Medical Student Program for Research and Scholarship (IMPRS) is planning to host medical students for summer 2023 from all nine IU School of Medicine regional campuses. IMPRS connects students with research opportunities between the first and second years of medical school. IMPRS is currently looking for faculty, educators, and researchers to mentor students for next summer. 

“Innovations in Medical Education” is the theme of the 2023 IU School of Medicine Education Day. The full-day event is open to the school community and is an opportunity to share research and ideas about medical education. The deadline to submit proposals is January 13. 

A new “movement” in the world of physical fitness is the exercise snack. An exercise snack is a short, easy form of exercise that gives you similar benefits as longer, more sustained workouts. Exercise snacks are the perfect way to integrate movement into your daily life.

The 2023 CEG Request for Proposals is now open! Faculty from IUPUI are invited to submit a proposal to enhance their course/curricula for inclusive and equitable student learning experiences using innovative pedagogies and technology, and engaged learning practice of ePortfolios. Completed proposals due by January 31, 2023. 

Are you or someone you know interested in advancing the science of informatics and methods applied to public health or population health? If so, the Regenstrief Institute and the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health are recruiting postdoctoral fellows for the Public Health and Population Health Informatics Fellowship program. 

Storing data correctly is the key to keeping it safe. Storage owners must use the Institutional Storage Request Form if storing or sharing restricted or critical data. IU’s University Information Policy Office also reminds you that individually owned storage spaces such as Google at IU My Drive and Microsoft OneDrive at IU are never an appropriate place to share institutional data.

A new round of global health planning grants provides funding to establish research collaborations focused on improving the health and well-being of Hoosiers and people in resource-limited communities around the world. Proposals must address a critical global health challenge such as infectious or non-communicable diseases, infant and maternal health, mental health or access to quality health care and demonstrate collaboration with at least one partner from a low- and middle-income country. The application deadline is March 30, 2023.

A reminder that you can install statistical, mathematical, and qualitative analysis software packages such as SPSS and Stata for no additional cost. Since this UITS initiative began in July 2022, the number of downloads is three times higher than it was in the prior year, with around 3,000 students, faculty, and staff taking advantage of access to the software. 

The IU Center for Survey Research has capabilities from traditional survey design and data collection (using web, mail, telephone, in-person) to qualitative interviews to specimen collection. They provide up to 2 hours of free consultation to any IU faculty, staff, or student and then charge based on hourly rates determined by the university. During the academic year, they offer free weekly consulting at two locations on the Bloomington campus (Tuesdays from 10-12 and Wednesdays from 12-1:30) but are happy to meet by Zoom for people in Indy.

New research funding from IU addresses racial and ethnic disparities specific to substance use disorder. $25,000 is available per grant. Funding will be available to IU faculty without regard to field or discipline to address this critical issue as broadly as possible. The research must be innovative, new, or reflect a new application of existing research. Priority will be given to efforts that seek to better understand and meet the needs of communities of color and utilize engagement methods with partners or the communities (such as community-based participatory research or person-centered outcomes research methods) which build sustainable relationships and trust in communities. All IU faculty (whether tenure-track or clinical track) on all IU campuses are welcome to apply.

The IU Presidential Arts and Humanities program provides funding in support of research and creative activity through a variety of mechanisms, including a Fellows Program as well as travel and production grants. The research website outlines each of the categories of funding as well as eligibility and application requirements. All grant categories are currently open for applications.

Do you need equipment, datasets or software to help conduct your research? IU researchers can search an online database to find university resources that are shareable with researchers or submit their own equipment from their laboratory or core to encourage broader use.

The Indiana Statistical Consulting Center supports IU faculty, staff and graduate students by helping with the planning phase, writing the methodological portion of grant proposals, carrying out the proposed analysis and writing up results once the grant is funded. Collaborators will meet free of charge with the agreement that their efforts will be compensated by the grant if funded.

IU's Innovation and Commercialization Office provides technical assistance on the commercialization of technology, including grant writing and submission in agency-specific systems such as ASSIST, FastLane, Grants.gov, eBRAP, etc. Contact Amie Frame at ude[dot]ui[at]emarfima for more information.

Private foundation and corporate funding opportunities are available through the Office of Business Partnerships and the Office of Foundation Relations. 

Indiana University faculty have access to high performance computing and storage, research software, advanced visualization and data services, and expert consulting services.

Need external funding to support your research? Discover helpful information and resources to locate relevant external funding sources.

Scholars@IU: this site provides access to Indiana University researchers. Use this information to find potential collaborators and partners.

The Office of Research Administration (ORA) provides free self-paced training videos for every step of your sponsored research.

Indiana University offers numerous internal funding programs to support development of faculty research and creative activities.

-You will be a valued member of an extensive network of other researchers/collaborators

-You will receive opportunities to showcase your research at IUPUI TRIP events

-You will receive promotional opportunities for your research inside and outside of the IUPUI community