The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies invites proposals for Interdisciplinary Research Grants. These grants foster collaborative scholarship and creative work by offering recipients the time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication. The grant supports work at the Obermann Center during the summer of 2010. Eligible UI faculty and staff members may propose to work on a project with colleagues from across the University, across disciplines within their own department or other parts of the country or the world. Projects must be designed to result in an important work of scholarship or creative work. Each collaborator will be awarded $6,000 for a four-week residency. We anticipate funding three projects. These grants are supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Obermann Fund. Obermann staff provide administrative and technical support to make the grant period as fruitful as possible. Collaborating teams also have the opportunity to become part of the Center’s larger intellectual community. Deadline: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 5 PM.Eligibility: The proposed project should involve two or three collaborators who will work together at the Obermann Center during a four-week interval between May 24 and July 30, 2010. All UI tenured, tenure-track, and clinical faculty members are eligible. Also eligible are all UI Professional and Scientific full-time staff members who possess a terminal degree or equivalent experience, a record of scholarship or creative work in the proposed area, a regular (versus temporary) appointment, and a UI position that includes expectations for research or creative work. Visiting collaborators and their institutions should be of at least equal caliber to their UI collaborators. Individuals who received an Interdisciplinary Research Grant during the summers of 2008 or 2009 are not eligible for consideration this year. Applicants may submit only one proposal for this competition. We support projects in all stages of development. Competitive proposals will have a detailed plan and timetabsle for the publication or exhibition of the work. Click here to see descriptions of past projects. Hypothetical examples of eligible projects might include:
All grant recipients must make the Obermann Center, located on the UI Research Campus, a major base of study during the grant period. Scholars will be provided offices, computers, multimedia support, library delivery service, and access to the Internet, conference rooms, kitchen, and lounge. Parking is free, and the CamBus provides free service to the main campus.
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