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Other Support Services

  • Travel support to attend professional conferences (level of support varies from department to department).
  • Caterpillar Faculty Scholars Program (1 Caterpillar Scholar designations a year, $9,000-- nomination/application deadline: early-mid September).
  • Country Financial Faculty Scholar Program ($15,000 Award over a two-year period.)
  • University Research Awards Program (3 Outstanding University Researcher Awards, 3,000 each; and 7 Research Initiative Awards, $500 each--nomination/application deadline for both types of awards: early-mid October).
  • COB Outstanding Researcher Award Program ($1,000--nomination/application deadline: mid- November).
  • Grant writing resources - A variety of grant writing training and support opportunities through the University's Research and Sponsored Programs office.
  • Graduate Students.
  • Faculty reassigned times for research (level of support varies among departments).
  • Computers and printers in faculty offices.
  • Research-related software (SPSS for Windows, mainframe SAS, and COMPUSTAT Research Insights is available to all COB faculty through College's computer network. Access to such software as SAS for Windows and LISREL, also available on some faculty computers based on individual needs. 
  • Access to a suite of commonly used Internet applications (e.g., e-mail, World Wide Web, mainframe connection, etc.) from home through the ISU Networking System.
  • Extensive library resources (Milner Library) including 80,000 volumes in business and economics, over 800 business periodicals, 12 major indexes to periodicals, over 150 reference titles, extensive holdings of government documents, and on-line searches of approximately 50 databases in business and economics.
  • ILLINET Online serves as the online catalog for Milner Library and also provides information about materials available at 44 other academic and research libraries in the State. ILLINET may be accessed through ISUNET, on the World Wide Web
  • State of the art instructional technology in all classrooms.
  • Technological resources such as multimedia projectors, laptop computers, digital cameras, smart classrooms and a distance learning classroom are available in the College.
  • The Computer Help Desk, 438-HELP (4357).
  • Faculty Resource Center (COB 25): Uses advanced equipment (e.g., offset press, high speed copiers, color printer, etc.) to offer a variety of professional-quality services including word processing, desktop publishing, document scanning, reprographics, and document production (e.g., color brochures, flyers, booklets).
  • Statistical consulting center.