Key Contacts

If you have questions, please contact the Assistant to the Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure.

Applicability

DEOs, Faculty, Administrators

Policy Purpose and Description

The purpose of this endowment fund is to promote interactions among Iowa faculty and students in areas of cross-departmental strength, and to support interdisciplinary events that draw scholars from other institutions to the UI campus, both as presenters and as audience.

CLAS faculty may apply for funds to support events and programs that are consistent with the Bond Fund's purposes. Such events may include conferences, performances, exhibitions, lecture series, symposia, workshops, or any combination thereof. Though CLAS faculty must be among the primary participants (as organizers, presenters, panelists, artists, or performers), the participation of other UI faculty is welcome and encouraged.

Prior awards from the Bond Fund have ranged from $200 to $5,000. Rare applications for funding above $5,000 may be considered in extraordinary circumstances. 

Definitions

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Procedure

Proposals for Bond Fund awards are submitted by the DEO to the Assistant to the Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure. Proposals are typically considered in two cycles: those submitted by October 1 and those submitted by April 1 of each year. An off-cycle proposal may be considered in extraordinary circumstances. Faculty are encouraged to apply for funds at least four months prior the event.

Proposals include the following elements:

• The Bond Fund Application Form. The applicant completes the form and sends to the DEO for their review.
• A confidential letter from the DEO, sent to the Assistant to the Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure along with the completed application form.  The DEO letter speaks to the value of the project and indicates any support that the department is able to contribute.
• If the proposal is submitted by a group of faculty, or if the proposal is being submitted jointly by two or more departments, each DEO must sign the letter and the letter must indicate the support that each department is able to contribute.

Forms

Bond Fund Application Form

Frequently Asked Questions

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Related Information

About Perry A. and Helen Judy Bond – The Bond Fund was established through a generous gift from Perry A. and Helen Judy Bond. Perry A. Bond (B.S. 1901, M.S. 1908, Ph.D. 1915 in chemistry) taught chemistry at Iowa from 1918 to 1948. Helen Judy Bond (B.A. 1923 in home economics) received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia and became chair of the Department of Home Economics at Teacher's College, Columbia University, where she taught for over 20 years.

Revision History
07/2022
01/2025