Call for Nominations for the 2023 Excellence in Online Teaching Award.
Nominations for the 2023 Excellence in Online Teaching Award are now being accepted. This award recognizes NIU faculty and instructors whose performance exemplifies a commitment to excellence in online teaching, course development and student engagement.
All who teach online or hybrid courses (tenured and tenure-track faculty members, instructors and teaching staff) are eligible. There is no limit to the number of nominees from any department/program or college. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged.
Award recipients will receive a plaque and a one-time $2,000 stipend.
Deadline for nominations is Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Read more about the criteria, eligibility and nomination process and submit a nomination.
Grants Time and Effort Reporting Reminder
In early November, Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) will distribute Effort Statements (aka Time and Effort Reports, Effort Certifications, etc.) for the period Jan. 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022.
Effort Statements are required for any NIU faculty, staff or student receiving pay from a federally funded award. Completing Effort Statements is a requirement of federal funding. Hourly employees verify their time via timesheets and do not receive Effort Statements.
Colleges and divisions will receive all Effort Statements for distribution to their faculty, staff and students. Statements will be due back to SPA by Dec. 5, 2022. SPA will review any corrections to reports and will work with the principal investigator and their department to make any necessary adjustments.
See NIU’s Effort Reporting Policy to learn more about this requirement. For questions, please contact Dara Little, assistant vice president for Research and Sponsored Programs/director of Sponsored Programs Administration.
Blackboard courses from fall 2016, spring 2017 and summer 2017 to be deleted beginning on Dec. 1.
In accordance with NIU’s course retention guidelines for Blackboard, only the last five years of courses are retained in Blackboard. The Division of IT will begin removing courses from the 2016-2017 academic year this fall. Shells and Organizations will not be affected at this time.
All courses from fall 2016, spring 2017 and summer 2017 will be deleted beginning Dec. 1, 2022. Courses from fall 2017 to fall 2022 will be retained in Blackboard.
You may save any courses you wish to retain before the course removal process begins by exporting the courses from Blackboard. You may also download the Grade Center if you wish to retain your grades for your records. Learn more about downloading the Grade Center in Original or Ultra Course View.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please feel free to contact the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at 815-753-0595 or citl@niu.edu. If you experience technical issues while exporting a course or downloading your grades, please contact the Division of IT Service Desk at it.niu.edu, 815-753-8100 or servicedesk@niu.edu.
Research and Artistry 2023 internal grant competition open
The Research and Artistry 2023 competition is accepting applications through November 9, 2022. This annual internal grant competition provides funding support for faculty research, scholarship, and artistry activities. More information, including the 2023 request for proposals containing full details and application instructions is available on the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships Research and Artistry website. Applications are due November 9, 2022. Tenure-track teaching and research faculty are eligible to apply.
Free NSF Virtual Grants Conference Nov. 14-17, 2022
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will host its free virtual grants conference Nov. 14-17, 2022.
New faculty, researchers, research administrators and staff who work with NSF grants are encouraged to attend. Highlights of the conference include:
- New programs and initiatives.
- NSF Directorate sessions.
- Future directions and strategies for national science policy.
- Proposal preparation and the merit review process.
- Award management topics.
Learn more about the conference and how to register by visiting the Sponsored Programs Administration Newsblog.
