Just received this from my NEAIR listserve and want to share it with
OAIR readers:
Subject: AIR grant availability announcement
Dear Colleague:
Following is a press release pertaining to the 1997 Association for
Institutional Research Improving Institutional Research in
Postsecondary Educational Institutions program. There have been
several important changes to the program this year:
* The guidelines have been edited to better reflect the need to
focus on research activity that uses national databases to
improve institutional research and/or institutions.
* The categories of proposers have been altered to better serve
the target audience. The current fellowship category has been
merged into the research grant category, and the research
grant maximum has been increased to $20,000 renewable for one
year.
* A new category has been added for an 8-10 day institute in
Washington, DC. This institute, tentatively scheduled for
June 23-30, 1997, will train participants on the National
Postsecondary Education Data at NCES and NSF. Scholarships to
cover travel and subsistence in Washington will be awarded to
qualified applicants on the basis of brief (maximum seven-
page) applications.
The deadline for research grant proposal and seminar application
postmarks is January 15, 1997. We hope that you will be able to
include this announcement in an upcoming edition of your
newsletter, electronic list, or conference materials. A print
version is being mailed to you.
Should you have any questions, please contact Ann Macmillan, at
tel. 904/644-2933 or at the e-mail noted above.
Sincerely,
Terrence R. Russell
Executive Director
Ann T. Macmillan
Coordinator of Grants and Publications
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Terrence R. Russell, Executive Director
904/644-4470
September 25, 1996
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- The Association for Institutional Research
(AIR), with support from the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF)
announces the 1997 program IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH IN
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. This program includes
research grants, communications grants, and NCES/NSF Data Seminar
scholarships.
The goals of the program are to foster the use of the federal data
bases to inform research on institutional research in postsecondary
education, to foster the use of federal data bases by institutional
researchers (including the national sample surveys) in
postsecondary education decision-making, and to provide
opportunities to institutional research professionals for
professional development. Proposals are solicited from the staff
and faculty of postsecondary education institutions.
RESEARCH GRANTS
(1997 awards: $20,000 annual maximum, 2 year limit.)
The Research Grants Program will provide grants to investigators
to: (1) conduct research on institutional research in postsecondary
education using the NCES and NSF national data bases; (2) conduct
other research that promises a significant contribution to the
national knowledge of the nature and operation of postsecondary
education (for example, developing a model institutional data
system); and (3) conduct activities that will contribute to the
professional development of professional personnel working in
institutional research at postsecondary education institutions.
Additionally, proposals are solicited for small grants ($3,000
maximum) for communicating and disseminating information about the
content of the NSF and NCES data bases and techniques for
utilization of national data for analysis. Dissemination to
postsecondary education and science faculty, administrators and
their students -- those beyond the institutional research milieu --
will be especially encouraged.
NCES/NSF DATABASE INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIPS
(1997 awards: $3,000 maximum.)
An intensive eight-day institute will be offered June 23-30, 1997
in Washington, D.C. to train institutional research professionals
in the uses of National Postsecondary Education Data maintained by
NCES and NSF. Scholarships to cover travel and subsistence in
Washington will be awarded to 15 qualified applicants on the basis
of brief (maximum seven-page) applications.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND INFORMATION
The postmark deadline for proposals is January 15, 1997. Awards
made under this program will be announced in early April for
commencement of work on June 1, 1997. For further information
about the program and to obtain proposal guidelines, access the web
site listed below, or contact:
Ann T. Macmillan, Coordinator of Grants and Publications
The Association for Institutional Research
114 Stone Building, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-3038
Telephone: 904/644-4470 Fax: 904/644-8824
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Home Page:
www.fsu.edu/~air/home.htm
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