ORGSP NEWSLETTER

August 2011

Dr. Caldwell to Serve on National Science Foundation Review Panel

Dr. Caldwell has

agreed to serve on a

Fall 2011 panel sched-

uled for September 14-

16 at the National Sci-

ence Foundation (NSF)

in Arlington, Vir-

ginia. The panels are

anticipated to award 20

-25 grants with an an-

nual funding amount of

approximately $20 mil-

lion dollars. The only

eligibility restrictions

for submitting a pro-

posal are the investiga-

tor’s affiliation with an

organization—the in-

vestigator must be af-

filiated with a non-

profit, non-academic

organization or with a college or university accredited in the United States. The

NSF bases their funding upon two basic criteria: “What is the intellectual merit of

the proposal activity?” and “What are the broader impacts of the proposed activ-

ity?” Dr. Caldwell will be assisting in choosing recipients for the awards based

upon these guidelines. A more in-depth discussion of the criteria, which can also

be found on the NSF website, is shown below.

What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?

How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and un-

derstanding within its own field or across different fields? How well

qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the project? (If

appropriate, the reviewer will comment on the quality of the prior work.)

To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative,

original, or potentially transformative concepts? How well conceived and

organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to resources?

What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?

How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while

promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed

activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gen-

der, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will it enhance

the infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities, instrumen-

tation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results be disseminated

broadly to enhance scientific and technological understanding? What may

be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?

Article information and photo submitted by Dr. Ron Caldwell. In the

photo, Dr. Caldwell is the second to the last person on the right. On

either side of him are two of his students, Sara Collins and Jessica

Mayberry.

Robin Zachary, Instructor of Nursing

at LMU, submitted an article entitled

“Wounds: Here Today and Gone To-

morrow! The Use of Temporary

Skin Tattoos in Teaching Wound

Care to Associate Degree Nursing

Students” in July 2010 to the journal,

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

(JTLN). It was accepted for publica-

tion in the journal in December

2010, and was later published in

Teaching and Learning in Nursing,

Vol. 6, No. 3, in July 2011. Teach-

ing and Learning in Nursing is the

official journal of the National Or-

ganization for Associate Degree

Nursing (N-OADN). To learn more

about the JTLN or the N-OADN,

please visit www.naodn.org.

ORGSP NEWSLETTER

August 2011

Robin Zachary Published in Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Darnell Arnoult, LMU’s writer-in-residence, has given four presentations in the

past two months. First, Ms. Arnoult presented two workshops, “Crafting Taut

Fiction from the Ground Up” and “Yearning and Story” at the Clarksville Writ-

ers Conference at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN, on July 16-

17, 2011. Then, Ms. Arnoult presented workshops in the writing of fiction, po-

etry, and creative nonfiction on August 6, 2011, at Northeast Alabama Commu-

nity College for the Sigma Kappa Delta chapter tornado relief fundraiser to

help buy school supplies for families devastated by the Spring 2011 tornadoes.

And finally, Ms. Arnoult presented a week-long workshop, “Opening the Door

on Your Novel,” at John C. Campbell Folk School, on August 7-13, 2011.

Recent Scholarly Activity from Darnell Arnoult

In August, Cindy Farris, Instructor at the Caylor School of Nursing, received the

National League of Nursing (NLN) certification as an educator. In order to re-

ceive the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) certification you must meet certain re-

quirements, including eligibility criteria and the passing of an examination. To

learn more about the NLN certification as an educator, please visit www.nln.org.

Cindy Farris Receives National League of Nursing Certification as Educator

Article information and photo submitted by Robin Zachary

Article information submitted by Darnell Arnoult

Article information submitted by Dr. Billie Phillips

Dr. Callahan presented a poster the 9th International Conference on Grief and

Bereavement in Contemporary Society and the Association of Death Educa-

tion and Counseling’s 33rd Annual Conference in Miami, FL.

Dr. Callahan also had her manuscript called “A Qualitative Exploration of

Spiritually-Sensitive Hospice Care” accepted for publication within the Jour-

nal of Social Service Research.

Recent Scholarly Activity from Dr. Ann Callahan

ORGSP NEWSLETTER

August 2011

Dr. Suhanya Aravamudhan, Assis-

tant Professor of Management, had

her recent article entitled,

"Enhancing Operational Excellence

in a Healthcare Setting" published

in the Journal of Consulting Ahead,

Volume 5, Issue 2, pages 56-61.

The journal published its inaugural

issue in January 2007. Since then,

the journal has released bi-annual

issues, so that there are currently

nine Consulting Ahead journals

available. To learn more about the

Consulting Ahead journal, please

visit the website of the sponsor of

this journal, the Consultancy Devel-

opment Centre. For a list of avail-

able journals, please follow this

link.

Dr. Aravamudhan Published in Journal of Consulting Ahead

Article information submitted by Dr. Jack McCann. Picture shown

is Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2011, from website www.cdc.org.

Recent Grant Submissions

Article information submitted by Dr. Ann Callahan

Lisa Blair Cox submitted a proposal to the ABC Charities for Harrogate City

Park improvements.

Michele Gantz submitted a proposal to the Anne Potter Wilson Foundation

for a Civil War artifact preservation project.

April Meldrum submitted a proposal to the Toms Foundation for DSOL

scholarships.

Jack McCann submitted a proposal to the Norfolk Southern Foundation for

support for the Energy Management program.

Robert Sabbatini submitted a proposal to BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

for the IronABE competition.

Charles Hubbard submitted a proposal to the Anschutz Foundation for support

of the Abraham Lincoln Institute for the Study of Leadership and Public Pol-

icy.

ORGSP NEWSLETTER

August 2011

Foundations Corner

Now that the new academic year is underway, it’s time once again to think

about grant proposal writing. Here are some reminders:

My office is in Kresge, Marca Cenatiempo’s office is in DCOM and Pauline

Lipscomb can be found in the ORGSP office in Duke. All three of us are

available to guide you through the grant process.

For those of you who have a project or program that would benefit from ex-

ternal funding from a private or corporate foundation, please call or email

me before you begin an application. I am more than willing to research

funding sources for a particular project.

Pauline must be contacted for all federal grant applications.

There is a wealth of information on grants on the ORGSP website including

funding sources and grant application procedures and forms.

Marca, Pauline and I meet regularly and keep tabs on all federal and private

funding agencies, proposals that are in process or pending, and projects

around campus that are in need of external funding. This helps to avoid

overlap and multiple submissions to the same funder.

Marca, Pauline and

I will also help you de-

termine if your project

fits federal or founda-

tion guidelines. While

it is not always possible

(or advisable) for us to

write the proposal for

you, we are more than

willing to read, edit and

offer constructive feed-

back on your proposal.

I wish all of you a suc-

cessful 2011-2012 aca-

demic year!

By Martha Scheidler, Director of Foundations

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August 2011

pauline.lipscomb@lmunet.edu

or call (423) 869-6214

carolyn.gulley@lmunet.edu

or call (423) 869-6291

ORGSP Contact Information

The ORGSP staff would like to thank everyone

for their submissions to the newsletter!

If your grant award, application, presentation, or

publication has not been mentioned in this edi-

tion, please forward your information to us us-

ing the contact information listed.

The ORGSP is located in Duke Hall, Suite 304

A Note From the LMU Institutional Review Board

Please remember that all research proposals and projects involving human subjects, must

have IRB approval prior to the presentation of any information gathered during the

course of the research.

Under federal policy, the IRB cannot grant retroactive IRB approval.

For more information regarding the LMU IRB, please visit

http://www.lmunet.edu/curstudents/ORGSP/IRB.shtml.

As a reminder, all applications for external funding must first begin by contacting the

ORGSP.