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Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, October 2, 1934
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By Erin Hicks
Dally Nebraskan Staff Writer
In August alone, nearly $2 mil
lion was awarded to UNL in the
form of grants, contracts and
gifts.
Since the July J, onset of fiscal
year 1984-85, almost $3 million
has been granted. Much of the
credit for these substantial sums
should go to the programs and
personnel of UNL's Research and
Sponsored Programs Services.
Mary Severs has been a grants
information specialist for RSPS
for three years. Along with work
ing as a graduate assistant at the
Teaching and Learning Center
for three years, she also earned
her masters in special education
at UNL
Severs said she works to do two
things.
"First of all, I try to inform the
faculty of funding opportunities
as I get that information from the
funding agencies, and secondly, I
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agencies or opportunities for spe
cific projects they have in mind,"
she said.
Funding and grant information
is supplied primarily by private
and government funding agencies;
but also from state government,
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government, she said. RSPS also
has extensive subscriptions to
national newsletters and profes
sional periodicals that provide
new information about the major
federal grants and their guide
lines. Two major programs Severs
works with are the Key Word
Thesaurus Project and the Illi
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numbers are first assigned to
funding announcements that are
distributed to the universities.
Then faculty members complete
interest profiles using the same
keyword system of identification.
"When I get a fundirig an
nouncement from one of the gov
ernment agencies, I run it through
the computer and match the
numbers on them with faculty
who have an interest in each
area Severs said.
Since Severs began working at
RSPS, she said she has seen an
increase in the number of faculty
who use the information and ser
vices provided by RSPS. She now
has more than 700 faculty inter
est profiles on record.
The three major funding agen
cies that cooperate with the Key
Word Thesaurus Pr. ject are the
National Science Foundation, the
National Endowment for the Hu
manities and the National Insti
tute for Health.
The Illinois Researchers Infor
mation System is a computerized
data base that RSPS subscribes
to. Any faculty member interested
in finding a grant for a specific
project can get a listing of fund
ing opportunities in that area.
IRIS also helps new professors
learn about grant opportunities
in their fields.
RSPS has existed at UNL for
UNL Chess
prepares for Pan-Am tournament
Ater two years of not being
offidaltyrecognised by theUNLCam
pus Activities Office, the UNL
Chess Club is back in action with
hopes of becoming a large and
successful team.
"The club never disbanded," said
Robert Narveson, UNL Chess Club
adviser. "We just were not active
enough to be recognzied by the
Campus Activities Office as an
organization."
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recruit eight participants who
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about 15 years, Office Manager
Dianne Horracks said.
"We function as an interme
diary contact between faculty
members and funding agencies,"
she said. u Often it is scary to ap
proach these federal agencies,
but they are usually very helpful
and nice people."
USPS helps faculty members
find funding for research, instruc
tional and public service projects.
"Faculty members come to us
with a specific project or a fund
ing source in mind. We match
their needs with what is available
and then provide them with appli
cation guidelines, forma and
deadlines," Horracks said.
After these funding propesab
have been compiled, RSPS reviews
their general content and ideas,
then checks to make sure all of
the funding agency guidelines
have been met.
After a project has been award
ed, RSPS follows up by assisting
with grant and contract negotia
tions with the funding agency.
MA funding agency may accept
a proposal as it was submitted, or
they may like only a certain aspect
Club gains recognition,
each played three, two-hour Swiss
rounds.
Kevin Flemming, the Nebraska
state chess champion, and Matt
Mohowald tied for first' place.
John Stepp placed second.
The next UNL Chess Clubspon
scred tournament will be Oct.
14th in the Nebraska Union at 1
p.m.
Narveson said club plsyers are
excited about the Pan-American
Tournament. The tournament is
held in late February or early
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and will allocate fund3 for parts
of a proposal We work with the
faculty and the funding agency
negotiating the terms and condi
tions of awards," Horracks said.
RSPS, in conjunction with Nor
man Rosenberg, acting assistant
chancellor for research, works
with UNL department chairper
sons to stimulate research activ
ity and to maintain UNL's repu
tation as an active university
across the nation. According to
Horracks, RSPS reviewed more
then 500 proposals last year.
Proposals submitted by UNL
this August totaled $2,457,411.
Of this, $1,972,688 was actually
received. Federal agencies award
ed $1,110,225, state agencies,
$241,0S4, area and local agen
cies, $83,500, industry, $179,005,
the NU Foundation, $1 87,346; and
other various agencies provided
$170,648.
RSPS publishes a monthly
newsletter that informs profes
sors of ongoing grants, programs
that will be discontinued, changes
in eligibility requirements and
specific deadlines that must be
met. People interested in the news
letter can have their names placed
on a mailing list free of charge by
contacting the RSPS office at Ad
ministration 414 or call 472-3171.
March every year in a different
location and its participants are
from various states and regions.
The UNL Chess Club won the
Pan-American Tournament in
1976.
Narveson, the chess club ad
viser since the early 1060s, was
the Lincoln city chess champion
Ln 1974.
"Chess is an absorbing hobby,"
Narveson said. Flayers feel as
though they are in an "interspace
and you move into an other world
that is totally absorbing," he said.
Narveson, 54, became interested
in playing chess when he was 18.
Citizens urged
to help fight
alcohol abuse
Gov. Bob Kerrey will usher in
October as Alcohol Awareness
Month in Nebraska by signing a
proclamation Wednesday at the
CapitoL
The proclamation urges Neb
raskans to become actively in
volved in increasing awareness of
alcohol and drug abuse and to
take individual responsibility in
preventing alcohol-related prob
lems. Alcohol Awareness activities
are scheduled throughout the
state during October.
The Lincoln Council on Alcoho
lism and Drugs will be hosts of
Challenge to Fitness, a track and
field event to promote physical
fitness as a healthy alternative to
chemical use, Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
at Lincoln High School.
The council also is assisting in
producing 'a television program
on chemical dependency among
women, scheduled to be broad
cast on KOLN-TVKGIN-TVs
"Etcetera," Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
The Omaha Council on Alcoho
lism and Drug Abuse is coordi
nating a series of events includ
ing poster contests, shopping mall
displays, workshops feryouth and
programming forcsbla television.
- The Daily Nebraskan will run a
five-part series beaming Monday
exploring various issues of the
topic, "Alcohol on Casipus, &
coordination with National Col
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