Internal Small Grant Program (ISGP)
Purpose
The purpose of the Internal Small Grant Program (ISGP) is to expand the capacity for research and creative activity at ISU. The Office for Research (OR) makes funding available for this program and relies on the ISU Research Council (RC) to make recommendations to the Vice President for Research in as fair and as transparent a way as possible and supports all areas, types and disciplines of research and creative activity by all full-time ISU faculty. Funding for ISGP comes from Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs resulting from external grant and contract funding.
The RC places special emphasis on recommending for funding faculty projects that lead to external funding or some other significant benefit for the researcher or artist and/or the university, which help the applicant get to the “next level” in their research or creative activity.
Guidelines
Internal Small Grant Program - Faculty Guidelines
Internal Grant Competition Budget Template
Important Yearly Dates and Deadlines
| November 1st* | |
| Award notifications will be made as soon as possible | |
| *If dates fall on a weekend or holiday, the proposals are due the following workday at 11:59pm (MDT). |
Internal Small Grant Program (ISGP) submission method
New this year. You are required to submit your application in Cayuse SP.
Below is the specific Cayuse SP labeling information for the ISGP:
* Sponsor: ISU Internal Small Grant Program
* Short Project Name: ISU ISGP: Title of your proposal
Activity Code: Internal Grant
* Title of Project: ISU ISGP: Title of your proposal
Internal Small Grant Program - Faculty Final Report Form
Questions
If you have any questions concerning the guidelines, proposal or review process, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs & Support, within the Office for Research: Dave Harris (harrdave@isu.edu) and/or Steve Wright (wrigstep@isu.edu).
Previously funded ISGP grants
| Raphael | Njoku | History / Global Studies and Languages | CAL | Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947 - Present. |
| Eddie | Ludema | Music | CAL | Binary Brass: New electro-acoustic works for trumpet and friends. Bridging the avant-garde with the familiar. |
| James | Stoutenborough | Political Science | CAL | Grant Writing and Survey Design at the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Texas A&M University |
| Joel | Shura | Theatre and Dance | CAL | Give us some space! A venture into expanding the ISU New 10-Minute Play Festival |
| JongHun | Sung | Human Performance and Sport Studies | COE | Examining the characteristics of the deep cervical flexor muscles dysfunction in people who use wheelchair full-time |
| Cho Hyun | Park | Organizational Learning and Performance | COE | Creating a disability-inclusive workplace: Examining perception of people with physical disabilities |
| Kristin | Van De Griend | Community and Behavioral Health | COH | Healing Motherhood: Intermountain Enhanced Postpartum Care and Screening |
| Cindy | Seiger | Physical and Occupational Therapy | COH | Body Image Perceptions throughout Medical Practitioner Education |
| Ali | Habashi | Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | COP | Relationship of Biological Variables, Obesity, Gender, and Age for COVID-19 Patients |
| Mostafa | Fouda | Electrical and Computer Engineering | CoSE | Smart Reconstruction and Analytics of Biomedical Images |
| Taher | Deemyad | Mechanical Engineering | CoSE | A Robotic System for Handling and Packing Fruits in Grocery Stores |
| Heather | Ray | Biological Sciences | CoSE | Mechanisms regulating phenotypic plasticity in a highly social hermaphroditic fish |
| Paul | Bodily | Computer Science | CoSE | Interactive Visualization Tools for Teaching Computer Science Theory |
| Bryan | Austin | Counseling | KDHS | Value and Efficacy of Certification in Health Professions: A Qualitative Analysis of Counselor Perceptions of the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Credential |
| Cynthia | Blanton | Nutrition and Dietetics | KDHS | Impact of hempseed consumption on bone structure and marrow cell populations in growing mice |
| Mostafa | Fouda | Electrical and Computer Engineering | CoSE | Smart Health Monitoring System Using Reservoir Computing and Spintronic Sensors |
| Fredi (Edna) | Giesler | Sociology, Social Work & Criminology | CAL | Mental Wellness Pilot Proposal |
| Gustavo | Gonzalez-Cuevas | Biomed and Pharmaceutical Sciences | KDHS | Developing a new model of post-traumatic stress disorder in zebrafish |
| Darci | Graves | Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology | CAL | Funding Support for Qualitative Research on Open-Air Homeless Encampments |
| Jindra | Ines | Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology | CAL | Funding Support for Qualitative Research on Open-Air Homeless Encampments |
| Shandra | Helman | Music | CAL | Bass Clarinet Duo Repertoire: A Commission and Outreach Project |
| Leekyung | Kang | Art department | CAL | Exploration of expanded field of printmaking – As a selected artist in Frans Masreel Centrum Artist Residency, Belgium |
| Susan | Kater | SPEL | COE | Community College Trustees - Mission, Values, and Decision-Making in Uncertain Times |
| Elizabeth | Kickham | Anthropology | CAL | Enhancing Native American Engagement in An Exploration of Past Research Engagement between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Idaho State University |
| David | Lawrimore | Department of English & Philosophy | CAL | The Natural Aristocracy: The Novelist as Intellectual in the Early Republic |
| Matthew | Levay | English & Philosophy | CAL | Looking Old: Anachronism in Contemporary Comics |
| Liz | Moreno-Chuquen | Global Studies and Languages | CAL | Visual Narratives of Afroporteños Presence and Social Prestige in Alexander Witcomb’s Photographic Archive |
| Thomas | Ottaway | Computer Information Systems | COB | BennyBot: A Chatbot Utilizing Open-Source Textbooks |
| Joshua | Pak | Chemistry | CoSE | Urethane Degradation Analysis for Designing Sustainable Plastics |
| Tracy | Payne | Mathematics and Statistics | CoSE | Generalized Voronoi diagrams |
| Celal | Perihan | Teaching & Educational Studies | COE | Teachers' Awareness and Responses to Anxiety-Related Problems in Children with ASD |
| Erin | Rasmussen | Psychology | CAL | Effects of Food Cues on Food Impulsivity in Binge Eating Prone and Binge Resistant Rats |
| Renee | Robinson | Pharmacy Practice and Admin Science | KDHS | Model for Collaboration and Pharmacy Practice Change: Social Network Analysis of COVID Related Response in Idaho and Alaska |
| Neelam | Sharma | Communication, Media & Persuasion | CAL | Social media and political discourse: Analysis of India's prime minister Narendra Modi's strategic use of social media in 2019 elections |
| Charles | Speer | Anthropology | CAL | Territorial Perspectives through Raw Material Sourcing |
| Irene | van Woerden | Community and Public Health | KDHS | College students food costs, dietary quality, and food security status |
| Hyeri | Choi | Music | CAL | Artist Series: Exploring trends in Violin Study and Performance (Korea) |
| Sarah A. | Ebel | Anthropology | CAL | Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity in Chile’s Fishing Communities |
| Alan | Johnson | English & Philosophy | CAL | Pilgrimage, Sacred Space, and National Identity in Modern Indian Literature, 1880-2020 |
| Anna | McCarrey | Psychology | CAL | Request for course release in fall 2020 for grant-writing purposes (R15 NIH grant) |
| Robert | Rieske | Psychology | CAL | Assessing and addressing barriers to diagnosis of developmental disabilities within a northwestern tribal community |
| Summer | Shelton | Communication, Media, & Persuasion | CAL | A New Age of Information Seeking?: Questioning the Need for a Call-to-Action Message for Millennial and Gen Z Consumers |
| Amir | Ali | Nuclear Engineering | CoSE | Temperature Effects on Surface Wettability and Critical Heat Flux Prediction of Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) |
| Caryn | Evilia | Chemistry | CoSE | Microbial Profiling of the Northern Arm of the Great Salt Lake |
| Andrew | Holland | Chemistry | CoSE | Molecular Precursors for Earth Abundant Semiconducting Nanomaterials |
| Keith | Reinhardt | Biology | CoSE | Quantifying the effects of cloud-fog on carbon and water relations at leaf to ecosystem scales |
| Jennifer | Blaney | School Psychology & Educational Leadership | CoE | Advancing Equity in Computing and Engineering: The Role of Community College Transfer in Broadening Participation |
| D. Jasun | Carr | Communication, Media, & Persuasion | CAL | Development of a Multidimensional Scale of Social Media Trust |
| Erika | Fulton | Psychology | CAL | Effects of Caffeine & Beliefs About Caffeine on Metacomprehension |
| Ruiling | Guo | Management | CoB | National Trends in Mortality and Direct Medical Costs of Hospitalization in Female Patients with COPD in the United States: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample 2007-2016 |
| Bethany | Hurst | English & Philosophy | CAL | Ruins of the New West: Two Lyric Essays |
| Edward | Kammerer | Political Science | CAL | The Politics of LGBT Pride Festivals: History and Trends |
| Leekyung | Kang | Art | CAL | Post-print culture and definition of the field of printmaking |
| Diana | Livingston Friedley | Music | CAL | Vocal-Instrumental Music of Howard Boatwright |
| Evan | Rodriguez | English & Philosophy | CAL | The Open Republic Project: Translation and Commentary for the 21st Century |
| Victoria | Scharp | Communication Sciences & Disorders | KDHS | Modified Intensive Aphasia Program Patient Outcomes |
| Marco | Schoen | Mechanical Engineering | CoSE | Jet Engine Research Facility |
| Joshua | Swift | Psychology | CAL | Stigma and Preferences for Mental Health Treatments in Taiwan |