Anita Quinn, Director

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• Anita Quinn, Director
• Research and Sponsored Programs
• aquinn_at_mtu.edu
• 487-2225

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• Conducting Research At MICHIGAN TECH

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• Lisa Jukkala
• Manager, Federal Processing/Training
• lajukkal_at_mtu.edu
• 487-2226

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The Proposal Process
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• Mike Gilles
• Assistant Director, Research and Sponsored
  Programs
• mgilles_at_mtu.edu
• 487-2225

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Industrial Proposals

• 1. NEGOTIATIONS
• ? HOW FAR SHOULD YOU GO?
• ? WHEN SHOULD RESEARCH SPONSORED PROGRAMS
  STAFF
  TAKE OVER?

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• 2. BUDGETS
• ? KEEP IT SIMPLE
• ? MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER

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Budget - example

• Faculty Summer 2,500
• Graduate Student 15,000
• Subtotal Personnel 17,500
• Subtotal Fringe Benefits 1,630
• Tuition and Fees 11,630
• Facilities Admin 10,713
• TOTAL 41,473

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Your most important link!

• www.admin.mtu.edu/research/sprot/forms.html
• This is the most important link that you will
  ever use when dealing with the Research
  Sponsored Programs Office (RSP).
• This web link and 7-2225 or 7-2226 will get you
  access to everything that you will ever need to
  know about proposal submissions.

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Proposal Development Support

• 1. What help is Available?
• Help finding funding for your project
• Review, edit, critique proposals
• Check proposals for compliance with RFP and
  organizational requirements
• Writing non-science sections Outreach,
  Evaluation, Dissemination, Management, etc
• Management of large projects
• Program-specific resources (CAREER, etc)

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Proposal Development Support

• 2. Who should I contact?
• Federal/Governmental Agencies
• Peter A. Larsen (pete_at_mtu.edu) 7-2906
• Private Foundations
• Lynn Artman (laartman_at_mtu.edu) 7-2228
• Other sponsor?
• Contact Pete or Lynn and we can help or
  direct you to someone who will!

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• Joanne Polzien, Director
• RESEARCH COMPLIANCE
• jpolzien_at_mtu.edu
• 487-2902

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Responsible Conduct of
Research

• Conflict of Interest
• Conflict of Interest/Effort Policy
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/prov/facbook/ch3/3c
  hap-01.htmP4_55
• Conflict of Interest Procedures
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/prov/facbook/appb/b
  app2.html
• Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/sprot/forms.html
  
• Research Misconduct
• Faculty Handbook 3.3.5 Scientific Misconduct
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/prov/facbook/ch3/3c
  hap-31.htm
• Faculty Handbook Appendix F. Scientific
  Misconduct Procedures
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/prov/facbook/appf/f
  app.htm
• Review Boards
• IRB
• IACUC
• IBC

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Conflict of Interest
Faculty Handbook Section 3.1.1
Conflicts of interest at Michigan Tech are
divided into five categories of increasing
seriousness

• ? Category I Exempt Activities - almost all
  outside professional activities can pose
  conflicts of interest, if an honoraria or
  royalties are received, or conflicts of
  commitment. But participation in certain
  traditional professional activities expected of
  all members of the MTU academic community does
  not have to be reported or disclosed.

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Conflict of Interest

• ? Category II Professional activities and
  academic service that pose very little conflict
  of interest in traditional financial terms, but
  because they require a commitment of time beyond
  that normally allowed for consulting
  relationships can create conflicts of commitment.
• ? Category III External professional
  relationships with minimal financial interests,
  such as consulting relationships or royalty
  sharing arrangements, outside research contracts
  and grants, adoption of self-authored textbooks
  and other learning aids.

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Conflict of Interest

• Category IV Outside business activities,
  including entrepreneurial activities such as
  ownership of outside companies, that are
  connected to ones professional activities within
  the University and that involve more complex
  financial relationships
• Category V Other outside professional activities
  that create unacceptable conflicts of interest.
• Conflict of Interest Coordinator
• David Hand, Civil Environmental Engineering
• 487-2777 -- dwhand_at_mtu.edu

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Research Misconduct
Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.5

• Significant departure from commonly accepted
  practices in the scientific community in
  proposing, performing or reviewing research, or
  reporting research, such as fabrication,
  plagiarism, falsification, deception,
  misrepresentation, or arbitrary selection of
  data
• Plagiarism or other appropriation of the work of
  another individual and presenting it as if it
  were ones own or without credit to the
  originator
• Material failure to comply with funding agency
  (federal, state, or private, etc) requirements
  and
• Retaliation against a person who, acting in good
  faith, has reported or provided information about
  suspected or alleged misconduct.

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Review Boards

• IRB
• Institutional Review Board - Human Subjects
  Committee
• Willie Melton, Chair
• IACUC
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
• Ann MacLean, Chair
• IBC
• Institutional Biosafety Committee (Recombinant
  DNA)
• Shekhar Joshi, Chair
• Information and forms for these committees may be
  found at http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/re
  view.html
• All Applications for research to use human
  subjects, animals, and R-DNA need to be submitted
  to the review board administrator Research
  Compliance Office for dissemination to the
  appropriate board/committee for review and
  approval.

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Internal Awards

• Research Excellence Fund
• The REF Program will award grants in three
  catagories 1) Infrastructure Enhancement 2)
  Research Seed Grants and 3) Mentoring Grants.
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/exc
  ellence.html
• Century II Endowed Equipment Fund
• The C2E2 program is aimed at providing equipment
  money to improve the lives of faculty, students,
  and staff campus-wide.
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/cen
  tury.html
• Faculty Scholarship Grant
• The FSG provides faculty the opportunity to
  engage in scholarly and creative activities to
  enhance their professional development.
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/fac
  ulty.html

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RESEARCH COMPLIANCE Internal Awards

• Research Award
• This award recognizes an individual for
  outstanding achievement in research.
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/mtu
  research.html
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• This program is for undergraduates to help them
  gain research experience, work with a faculty
  member, discover exciting applications for
  coursework, and to help build an impressive
  resume.
• http//www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/surf/