MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS
June 20, 2011
Dr. Rob Fischer is an invited advisor to The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University's Advancing Knowledge Scholarship Council
Dr. Rob Fischer, Co-Director of the Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences has been invited to be an adviser on The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University's prestigious Advancing Knowledge Advisory Council Scholar Community, that awards grants, and mentors non-profit leadership.
"In addition to awarding research funds, Advancing Knowledge seeks to build a community of scholars, mentors, and advisors working to improve the practice of human services philanthropy.
Award recipients will be matched with a project mentor to serve as an advisor throughout the course of their research. Recipients will also be invited to identify potential mentors.
Mentors will provide ongoing feedback to recipients to strengthen their research. Additionally, mentors can help scholars address the broader challenges and issues they may face in the field of research about nonprofits. Mentors and award recipients will create a mentoring plan by January 2012. Templates and guidance for developing a plan will be provided by Advancing Knowledge staff.
Recipients, mentors, and the Advancing Knowledge Advisory Council will be invited to workshops at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) annual conferences in 2011 held in Toronto and 2012 held in Indianapolis to review scholar recipient projects.
Award recipients will also have the opportunity to work with a communications consultant to disseminate research findings to the broader nonprofit community. This service will be provided to recipients in 2013 after traditional scholarly research papers have been produced and should not be included in project budgets."