Faculty and Grant Writing: A Winning Combination

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Faculty and Grant Writing A Winning Combination

• Nick Kallieris, MPA
• Director Resource Development and Legislative
  Affairs

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• Nick Kallieris, Director
• Nina Smith, Grant Specialist
• Marina Kibardina, Grant Budget Specialist
• Harriet Seltzer, Senior Secretary

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Overview of Grant Services Provided

• Participate in preliminary grant discussions
• Identify external funding sources
• Interpret grant guidelines
• Write, edit, design, and develop a wide variety
  of projects with faculty and staff
• Complete required forms and mail proposals
• Assist in overall grants management
• Ensure grant expenditure compliance
• WE ARE HERE TO HELP!

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Grants at CLC

• For FY2007 (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007), CLC
  secured 41
• grants from Federal, State, Private Foundation
  and
• partnerships with other institutions.
• 906,833 for 23 competitive grants
• 2,150,547 for 18 non-competitive grants
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• 3,057,380 total grant awards in FY07

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• Sample of New Faculty-Led Grants for
• Fiscal Year 2008
• (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)

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NSF Scholarships in Science Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)

• Award of 499,194 over the life of the five-year
  project.
• Up to 60 scholarships annually.
• For academically talented and financially needy
  students who enroll full-time at CLC as
  Engineering, Computer Science and pre-Engineering
  majors.
• P.I. Rob Twardock additional support from Amy
  Curry, Scott Reed, Chris Patrick, and Ana Mazilu

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Shifting Gears

• One of eight competitive grants from the
  ICCB/Joyce Foundation
• 125,000 for 18 months.
• To develop and implement a Computerized Numerical
  Control (CNC) bridge program.
• Will provide the academic remediation and
  foundational occupational content necessary to
  become a successful CNC technician.
• Project Coordinator will be Don Ruesch with
  assistance from Jeff Hines and Margie Porter.

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Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign
Language Program (Title VI-A)

• Highly competitive grant -- one of four community
  colleges!
• 60,853 for year one funding.
• Will be used to enhance and expand Chinese
  language instruction and courses.
• Provide new and revised courses in East Asian
  Studies.
• Offer a study abroad and faculty exchange
  programs with Xian International Studies
  University (XISU)
• Li-hua Yu (Coordinator) Pat Gonder, Venkat
  Krishnamurthy, and George Liu

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Why Should Faculty Get Involved with Grants?

• For your students! (Provide experiences that
  would otherwise not be available).
• Pay for new initiatives, specialized equipment,
  new staff to assist in coordination.
• Release time from teaching.
• Stipends.
• Travel funds for research purposes and
  professional development.
• Make and maintain academic relationships outside
  of the college.
• Gain publicity and increase exposure for
  yourself, CLC, and your field of study.
• Advance your cause even if the grant proposal is
  not funded.

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Next Steps?

• Contact your Dean and Resource Development Office
  to discuss idea RDLA locates source
• Check out RDLA website for valuable information
  and guidance _at_ http//www.clcillinois.edu/depts/re
  d.asp
• Attend annual grant writing workshop (January
  2008).
• Assist in writing many grants.
• Wait for (if not, we resubmit next year).