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Exploration Traveling Fellowship Grants (grants up to $2,500): This component provides funds to help support national and international travel for scholars and researchers pursuing innovative projects in the arts and humanities. The grants will allow travel to museums, libraries, laboratories, art galleries, and cultural sites; travel and participation in conferences, workshops, symposia, and performances; and visits to collaborators. The travel needs to be "exploratory" in the sense of helping faculty members in the initial stages of new research projects or creative activities. Travel to meetings to present work that is already well advanced is not eligible for support. Proposal: complete the online application form at http://research.iu.edu/funding/newfron/ including a project description (4 page maximum), budget and budget explanation, c.v. of proposer (3 page maximum), 1 letter of support. Proposals will be accepted at any time and reviewed by the committee six times per year, in the middle of the following months: August, October, December, February, April, and June.

General Guidelines for All Grant Proposals

  1. Tenured and tenure-eligible faculty members on all campuses of Indiana University are eligible to apply. On campuses that are jointly administered with Purdue, only Indiana University faculty members are eligible to submit proposals. With certain exceptions, non-tenure-track faculty members whose evaluation criteria include research or creative activity are also eligible with an explanation in the letter of support from their chair or dean. Visiting and adjunct faculty members and post-doctoral fellows are not eligible. Emeritus faculty members who are still active in research or creative activity are eligible, but there may be some budgetary restrictions. Please contact this office for advice. Previous recipients of New Frontiers grants who have filed their required reports are eligible to apply. The review committee, however, will give preference to applicants who have not received awards recently. For further information on eligibility click on "Frequently Asked Questions" on this page: http://research.iu.edu/funding/newfron/.
  2. Please do not exceed the page limits for project descriptions and c.v.'s. If you do, your proposal will not be reviewed.
  3. A new procedure for submitting proposals electronically has been implemented for 2008- 09. Please see instructions at http://www.research.indiana.edu/funding/newfron/.
  4. Project descriptions should be concise and to the point. Again, do not exceed the page limits. Project descriptions should indicate the overall arts or humanities focus of the project, state the significance clearly, identify the innovative aspects, and specify the time span and completion date. The description should also include a plan for evaluating the project's success. Proposals for research projects should indicate the methods to be used. All proposals, whether for research or creative activity, should identify the projected results (publications, performances, exhibitions, symposia, etc.).
  5. If relevant, the proposal should discuss the possibility of attracting external research funding or similar funding to sustain or extend the project's activities in the future.
  6. The budget should list all projected expenditures that will be charged to the New Frontiers award. Any item whose purpose or cost computation is not self-evident should be discussed in a separate budget explanation. If the New Frontiers grant will not cover the entire cost of your project and you have or are applying for support from other sources, you may discuss them in your budget explanation. Please do not include expenses to be covered by other sources in the budget form itself.

    Please note that this year the New Frontiers Program WILL provide support for course release. The maximum allowable amount is $11,000. It is expected that the normal figures for applicants' campuses or schools will prevail if they are lower than the maximum. The computation of course release requests should be discussed in the Budget Explanation and approved by the department chair and the dean of the school.

    Applicants from the College of Arts and Sciences on the Bloomington Campus should consult Frequently Asked Questions for specific instructions.
  7. All proposals must include up-to-date brief curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum). Again, exceeding this limit will cause the proposal to be returned without review.
  8. All proposals require a letter of support from the head of the applicant's department, division, center, or institute. Applicants from schools that do not have departments, as well as applicants who are the heads of their units, should request a letter from the appropriate dean or equivalent. The letter of support form is available on the web at http://research.iu.edu/funding/newfron/.
  9. Applicants for New Frontiers Grants and New Perspectives Grants should also request a letter of support from an expert in the field (not necessarily from Indiana University) assessing the significance of the project and the likelihood of its success.

Each successful applicant will be required to submit a progress report twelve months after the funds are awarded. A final report is required within three months of the project's completion. Also, all awards are subject to Indiana University's intellectual property guidelines. Please see for details of the policy.

If you have a question, please check the FAQ page first. If your question isn't answered there, contact:

Geoffrey W. Conrad
Associate Vice Provost for Research
Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 116-Y
Bloomington, IN 47405
phone: (812) 855-8913
e-mail: newfron AT indiana DOT edu

 
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