Call for 2010-2011 Remak New Knowledge Seminar and Remak Scholar Award

Remak New Knowledge Seminar--Maximum $20,000
Remak Distinguished Scholar Award--$5,000

Deadline for All Applications: Feb. 19, 2010

Remak New Knowledge Seminar and Scholar Award

The Remak New Knowledge Seminar will explore a topic or issue from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The award honors the legacy of Professor Henry H.H. Remak and his commitment to scholarship in all fields of study. The seminars will aim to break new ground and perfect research designs that can lead to external funding. Seminar participants must come from two or more departments or units of Indiana University and can include participants from other institutions as well. Each seminar must have a Director (or no more than two co-directors).

Seminar funds can be used to make research grants to faculty participants, bring visiting scholars or artists to Indiana University, and cover incidental seminar expenses. Seminar directors must be tenured members of the Indiana University faculty. The Maximum Seminar Award is $20,000. Each application should be sent electronically as an attachment to ihedin@indiana.edu by Feb. 19, 2010. A completed application will include a Cover Letter from the seminar director or co-directors indicating the intellectual focus of the seminar and its promise for new scholarly directions and future funding, a list of the seminar participants along with their affiliations, and an explanation of how participants will contribute to the realization of seminar goals. Include also a tentative budget and brief CV’s for the seminar director or co-directors only (no more than 3 pages each). Applicants should also arrange to have two detailed letters of support from relevant experts who can attest to the significance of the proposal (with at least one of the letters coming from an expert outside Indiana University) e-mailed to ihedin@indiana.edu. No part of the proposed budget need be reserved for the payment of course releases, which will be awarded to seminar directors or co-directors from certain units of Indiana University. Only one seminar will be selected for 2010-11.

Remak Distinguished Scholar Award

The Remak Scholar award will be given to the director or two co-directors of the seminar selected for funding. All seminar applications should clearly identify the name(s) of the director(s). The Remak Scholar award carries a research grant of $5,000—to be shared if there are two co-directors. The intent here is to honor distinguished contributions to multi-disciplinarity. The Remak award may also carry one course reduction (one each for co-directors) during the seminar year. To date, course reductions have been negotiated for faculty from IUB’s College of Arts and Sciences, Informatics and Computing, Law, and SPEA. Negotiations with other units are ongoing.

Remak Scholars will present one public lecture during the seminar year and write a report of the year’s accomplishments to the IAS.

The deadline for all applications is February 19, 2010.