Competing for Federal Funding: Funding Sources and Strategies for Writing Successful Proposals Addit

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Competing for Federal FundingFunding Sources
and Strategies for Writing Successful
ProposalsAdditional SlidesDec. 9, 2005Office
of VPR/Office of Proposal DevelopmentAM System
Pathways ProgramOffice of Vice Chancellor for
Research and Federal Relations
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National Endowment for the HumanitiesFunding
Agency Culture Mission

• http//www.neh.fed.us/
• NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the
  United States government dedicated to supporting
  research, education, preservation, and public
  programs in the humanities
• NEH was created in 1965 and is the largest funder
  of humanities programs in the US
• NEHs FY 2005 budget request was for 162 million

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National Endowment for the HumanitiesFunding
Agency Culture Mission

• Funding is provided to
• Strengthen teaching learning in the humanities
  in schools and colleges across the nation
• Facilitate research and original scholarship
• Provide opportunities for lifelong learning
• Preserve and provide access to cultural and
  educational resources
• Strengthen the institutional base of the
  humanities

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NEHInvestment Priorities

• NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions,
  such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges,
  public television, and radio stations, and to
  individual scholars
• NEH provides grants for high-quality humanities
  projects in four funding areas
• Preserving and providing access to cultural
  resources
• Education
• Research
• Public programs

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NEHRequests for Proposals

• An alphabetical listing of grant programs and
  deadlines is available on the NEH website
• http//www.neh.fed.us/grants/grants.html
• NEH offers grants in the following categories
• Challenge Grants
• Education Programs
• Preservation and Access
• Public Programs
• Research Programs
• Federal/State Partnerships

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NEHPerformance Expectations

• Grantees are required to submit a report of
  project accomplishments at the conclusion of the
  grant
• Final performance reports become a permanent
  record of project accomplishments
• Interim performance reports may also be required
  during a project
• Interim reports measure progress achieved on a
  project and help identify programmatic and
  administrative problems that may need to be
  resolved
• Performance reports provide information used to
  evaluate the significance and impact of NEH grants

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NEHIdentifying Research Funding Opportunities

• Search the web http//www.neh.gov/grants/index.ht
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• You can search the list of grant programs either
  alphabetically or by program
• Each grant program has its own guidelines review
  these carefully before beginning your application
  for information about the focus of the program,
  eligibility requirements, and types of funding
  offered
• Each program guideline contains instructions on
  how to submit your application, whether by mail
  or online

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NEH Awards

• Search for previous awards http//www.neh.gov/new
  s/recentawards.html
• Each month NEH Connect! delivers the latest news,
  projects, upcoming events, and grant deadlines
  from NEH http//www.neh.fed.us/news/nehconnect.ht
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• Talk to Program Manager, read solicitation
  carefully, shop your proposal around, search for
  previous awards

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Mission Agencies

• Government organization with specific mission
• Employ scientists scholars - conduct research
  to address the mission and needs of the agency
• Internal research - External research
• Annual budget mainly for internal research
• External research funds to supplement mission

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Earth Mission Agencies

• US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• US Department of Energy (DOE)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• US Geological Survey (USGS)
• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
  (NOAA)
• National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

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Culture Mission General Points

• Internal research and external research
• External research supports internal research
  programs
• Missions funding priorities change with
  political landscape
• Stay informed through news, newsletters, agency
  web sites
• Missions overlap
• All agencies highly multidisciplinary

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USDA Mission and Funding Programs Priorities
Mission Expand and develop markets Address
needs of rural America Food safety, nutrition
and health Manage, protect public, private
lands Funding Programs Priorities Cooperati
ve Research http//www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding
.cfm Biosecurity, biotechnology, nutrition
health, natural resources, pest management,
invasive species management
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DOE Mission and Funding Programs Priorities
Mission Advance national economic and energy
security Promote scientific technological
innovation Ensure cleanup of nuclear weapons
complex Funding Programs Priorities Office
of Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Office
of Environmental Management Office of Nuclear
Energy Office of Science Advanced Computing,
Biological Environmental Research, Climate
Change, Fusion, High Energy
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EPA Mission and Funding Programs Priorities
Mission To protect human health and the
environment Funding Programs
Priorities Environmental Education
Program Environmental Justice
Program Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Program http//es.epa.gov/ncer/grants/
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USGS Mission and Funding Programs Priorities

• Mission
• Describe understand the Earth
• Minimize loss from natural hazards
• Manage water, biological, energy, mineral
  resources
• Funding Programs Priorities
• Biology, geology, geography, water, regional
  studies, natural hazards, environment, wildlife
  and human health
• http//www.usgs.gov/science.html
• Education

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NOAA Mission and Funding Programs Priorities
Mission Research global oceans, atmosphere,
space, and sun Science, Service
Stewardship Funding Programs
Priorities Atmospheric Research (storms, air
quality) Climate Research (climate change, El
Niño) Oceans and Coastal Research (ocean
circulation, coasts) Educational Programs
(minority emphasis)
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NASA Mission and Funding Programs Priorities
Mission To understand, protect our home
planet To explore the Universe, search for
life To inspire the next generation of
explorers Funding Programs Priorities Earth
Space Science Biological Physical Science
Space Flight Aerospace Technology Education
Equal Opportunity
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Mission Agencies Requests for Proposals

• Funding cycles
• Varies by agency and within agency
• Range from one-time only solicitations to 36
  months
• Proposal review procedures
• Individual reviewers, panel reviews, agency
  review
• Know the review criteria

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Mission Agencies Performance Expectations

• Disseminate your results
• Publish
• Conform to agency data standards
• Train students
• Serve the broader community
• Make results available to the public
• Clearly communicate the relevance of your study
  to society

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Mission AgenciesIdentifying Research
Opportunities

• Automatic notifications
• Agency listserv
• Community of Science
• Agency web sites
• e.g., NASA SYSEFUS http//research.hq.nasa.gov/
• NOAA http//www.ofa.noaa.gov/7Egrants/index.htm
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• EPA http//www.epa.gov/ogd/
• Agency newsletters, reports, publications

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Mission AgenciesTips for Successful Proposals

• Scholarly and Scientific Merit
• How will your work add to the body of
  knowledge?
• Clarity
• State ideas and research plan clearly
• Address the program requirements
• Read the solicitation carefully
• Direct questions to program manager
• Experience counts
• Resubmit!
• Agree to review other proposals