Deadline approaching for Obermann Center Interdisciplinary Research Grants

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is still accepting applications for its Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IDRG) program. The deadline for applicants is Nov. 4.

Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants foster collaborative scholarship and creative work by offering recipients time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication. The teams of two or three participants (one of whom must be a UI tenure-track faculty or research staff) are in residence at the Obermann Center for either two- or four-week periods during the summer. This program is intended for projects that will benefit from in-person, extended collaboration.

Each collaborator is awarded $3,000 for a 2-week residency and $6,000 for a 4-week residency.

Recent projects have included:

  • Development of the current UI Theatre production Crescendo
  • Creation of a web-based app to provide music therapy for pain relief to teens undergoing surgery
  • Co-authorship of an article and several grant applications regarding the interplay of memory and gestures.

For more details, review the application checklist or contact Erin Hackathorn at 319-335-4034 or erin-hackathorn@uiowa.edu.

Dedicated to advancing the research mission of the UI, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies offers a neutral space outside departments and colleges where scholars and can take risks and wrestle with the challenges that genuinely collaborative and interdisciplinary work demands. The Center falls under the auspices of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, and serves many scholars from the departments of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, particularly within the humanities disciplines.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.