TRIP Newsletter - Message #28

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.

The Polis Center created a greenspace index to provide a starting point for community assessment and neighborhood engagement to determine areas of need in Marion County where further greenspace development should be prioritized.

The ILI Medical Interpreter Training Scholarship was created to address a lack of Spanish-language support in Indiana healthcare facilities and remove financial barriers for Latinos who would want to become licensed medical interpreters. Courses are offered year-round.

Enjoy complimentary access to NYTimes.com, courtesy of IUPUI University Library. Stay connected to the people, places, and topics that matter most with unlimited news, videos, and multimedia; anytime, anywhere. Create an individual account with NYTimes.com using your university email address.

Calling all Indiana artists! Eskenazi Health, 60 Center and Gang Gang Culture seek Indiana artists for the new Eskenazi Health Center East 38th Street. Both purchasing available works of art and commissioning new work will be considered. Deadline: September 17, 2023. 

The IUPUI Office of Health and Wellness Promotion offers presentations for your class on a variety of topics such as health and wellness, time management, leadership, various university policies, and sexual assault resources and prevention. Take the work out of preparing an interactive presentation. These presentations, some of which can be customized to fit your needs, are offered for free throughout the school year.

The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year of 2024-25. Candidates must explain the relevance of a stay in Berlin to the development of their work and engage with audiences in Germany on one or more occasions. Benefits include round-trip airfare, partial board, a $5,000 monthly stipend and accommodations at the Academy’s lakeside Hans Arnhold Center. Deadline: September 29, 2023.

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 reminder that IU faculty, staff, and students 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