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Body & Knowing - Awards for Research and Creative Projects

Application Procedures

The Institute for Advanced Study and the Office of the Vice President for Research invite proposals for collaborative interdisciplinary research and creative projects on the topic of “Body & Knowing,” the subject of the University Symposium for the two-year period beginning in the fall of 2008. Body & Knowing examines the human body both as an object of study and as a producer of knowledge.

Funding may be used for release time or salary support, summer stipends, research travel, student support (both graduate and undergraduate), purchase of equipment, books, and other materials, as well as to bring in scholars whose work is central to the collaboration. A total of about $200,000 is available; we anticipate making approximately a dozen awards with a maximum award amount of $25,000. Project investigators are encouraged to seek other sources of funding as necessary. Funds will be available after July 1, 2008. Awardees are expected to present the results of their projects in a public forum at the IAS. Project principal investigators must be University of Minnesota tenured or tenure-track faculty.  Faculty at all campuses are eligible.  Project teams may include non-faculty members.

Preference will be given to those collaborations which cross collegiate lines and/or include new community partnerships. Applications that integrate approaches from several disciplines or propose a new or distinctive approach in their exploration of some aspect of body and knowing are particularly encouraged. Evaluation criteria will include relevance of topic to the general theme “Body & Knowing,” interdisciplinary and collaborative aspects of the work, and innovative approach. Please bear in mind that your proposal will be reviewed by committee members drawn from disciplines across the entire University.

Proposals should consist of the following:

1. A description of the project, including its significance (1,000 words).
2. An abstract of the project (200 words).
3. Detailed budget, including other sources of funding if applicable, and budget narrative
4. A list of proposed participants in the project , with a two-page curriculum vitae for each.
5. Completed cover sheet (fillable PDF).

Arts projects may submit one CD-ROM with up to ten images or a film clip of up to five minutes.

Proposals are due on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. If funds remain, a second round of proposals will be considered in the fall. Submit seven complete sets (one original and six copies) of your proposal by 4:30 p.m. on June 4 to Ann Waltner, Director, Institute for Advanced Study, 131 Nolte Center (mail code 0095), 315 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 .

Successful applicants will be required to participate actively in Symposium events; applicants are strongly advised to participate in Symposium planning sessions in Spring 2008. Future planning sessions include lunch discussions on Friday, April 4 and Friday, May 9, and an afternoon session on Monday, April 21. More information on these meetings is at Body & Knowing. Faculty, staff, and students from University of Minnesota coordinate campuses can have their mileage reimbursed for travel to the Twin Cities campus for IAS events.