Faculty Research Exchange Visits Diversity Enhancement Faculty Diversity Committee Faculty Evaluation Faculty Diversity Award Faculty Diversity Committee Office of Minority Programs Summer Research Internship MANRRS Office of Diversity Programs Summer Research Internship Graduate Assistantships Faculty Exchange Visits 1890 institutions 1994 Tribal Colleges

The Experiment Station sponsors a competitive grants program fall and spring semesters to strengthen the research linkages of ISU faculty and their counterparts Minority Serving Land-Grant Institutions. Up to $1,000 per grant is available to support travel and subsistence expenses of College of Agriculture faculty to either travel to or to host a faculty member from these institutions for the purpose of enhancing research, teaching, or extension collaboration. Two-way exchanges are encouraged. Activities could include preparation of proposals for federal funding, such as NRI, NIH, and USDA grants; planning collaborative research projects, delivering research seminars, and recruitment activities. A list of eligible Land-Grant institutions is attached. Applications are due Oct. 15 and Feb. 15. The exchange, either a visit to another institution or at ISU, is to be completed by June 15 of the fiscal year. Contact Mary M. de Baca, mmdb@iastate.edu or 294-8574.