FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS

We are proud to announce the 2008 FIU-CIBER grant recipients and the new CIBER Research Associates:

1. David Wernick
2. Jerry Haar
3. Walfried Lassar
4. Karen Paul
5. Ron Lee
6. Weidong Xia
7. Aya Chacar
8. Bill Newbury
9. Maida Watson
10. Divesh Sharma

Faculty Research Awards ranging from $1000 to $3000 will be awarded based on research (in the early conceptual stages or in progress) involving international research questions. Preference will be given to those whose research mirrors CIBER's Congressional mandates:

• Collaborative programs, activities, or research involving other institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, professional associations, businesses, firms or combinations to promote the development of international skills and awareness.
• Research designed to strengthen and improve the international aspects of business and professional education and to promote integrated curricula.
• Research designed to promote the international competitiveness of American businesses and firms, including those not currently active in international trade.
• Interdisciplinary programs which incorporate foreign languages and international studies and training into business and other professional curricula.
• Interdisciplinary programs which provide business and other professional training for foreign language and international studies faculty and degree candidates.
• Programs, such as intensive language, available to members of the business community and other professionals.

In addition, Congress has authorized 2 Invitational Priorities:

• Programs or activities focused on homeland security and US international competitiveness issues.
• Innovative approaches to improving the teaching of foreign languages in a business or professional context, including the less commonly taught languages.

FIU CIBER has distilled these broad Congressional mandates into the following two categories, and if your research pertains to these, you should consider applying for one of the grants:

• Improving US International Competitiveness in Today's World of Heightened Security.
• Using Languages and Technology Wisely in International Business: Improving K-12, University and Organizational Absorption.

Although preference will be given to research on the above topics, other research proposals loosely linked to these will be considered for funding. We would like to encourage applications by faculty interested in international research, who are working jointly with colleagues abroad (particularly our dual degree partner schools).

Proposals for funding should be 1-5 pages, with budgetary requirements. Proposals are due: May 16, 2008 with funding decisions made by May 28th.

Questions should be sent to CIBER at ciber@fiu.edu, or if you would like to discuss any of this with the director Mary Ann Von Glinow (vonglino@fiu.edu) or assistant director Sonia Verdu (verdus@fiu.edu).