Findings of Veterans’
Hearing Study Available
In addition to research on the acute
physical and psychosocial conditions faced
by many veterans, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, at the direction of Congress,
sponsored a closer look at the effects of
battle on soldiers’ hearing. The National
Academies is offering the results of that
study in a new book (cost-free if read
online), Noise and Military Service:
Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus.
For assistance in locating funding for
projects on this less-addressed aspect of
war-related research, contact your GRC
program advisor.
Grants.gov Transition to Adobe
Schedule
Adobe Posting Robert Beattie, the University
of Michigan’s Grants.gov liaison and
spirited electronic research administration
activist, has posted information on a change
to the Adobe transition timeline provided by Grants.gov. Meanwhile, the Grants Resource
Center (GRC) is in the process of forming a
member-led task force that will assess the
needs of GRC Grants.gov users, develop a
list of specific priorities, and open a
direct dialogue with Grants.gov
administrators. Contact Meg Cantwell at cantwellm@aascu.org if you are willing to
serve as a task force member.(continued)
NEH Initiative Becomes
Permanent
The National Endowment for the Humanities
has made it official: the agency’s focus on
its Digital Humanities Initiative is here to
stay. Effective March 25, 2008, the
enterprise became the Office of Digital
Humanities (ODH), complete with its own
resource library, blog outlet, and funding
opportunity guide.
EDA University Economic Development
Funding Available Now
During the months of April and May 2008, the
U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic
Development Administration (EDA) will offer
funding opportunities for colleges to
conduct research on the nation’s economic
development challenges and to better prepare
the U.S. workforce for emerging economic
opportunities.(continued)
Shared Need
Demands Community Partnering
Colleges and
universities are left vulnerable as state
legislators, who in most states are
prohibited from operating under a deficit,
identify which programs they can cut to
balance their budgets. Their shared,
growing, state of need demands that colleges
and universities partner more closely than
ever with local organizations to secure
federal and private discretionary funding
for the programs their communities depend
on. (continued)
This
Edition of GrantWeek was edited by Meg
Cantwell and Jim Cummins. Contributed by
Richard Dunfee, Malcom Furgol and Marcus
Skelton.
