Texas Southern University Research Week

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Texas Southern UniversityResearch Week

• A panel presentation on grant writing by the
• Office of Proposal Development
• Office of Research Graduate Studies
• Texas AM University
• Mike Cronan, Grant Writing Overview
• Lucy Deckard, National Science Foundation
• John Ivy, Life Sciences Funding (NIH, NSF)
• Robyn Pearson, Soc. Sci., Ed., Humanities
• Jean Ann Bowman, Earth, Environ., Agr.

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Office of Proposal Development

• Supports faculty in the development and writing
  of research and educational proposals to federal
  agencies and foundations--
• Center-level initiatives,
• Interdisciplinary research teams,
• New junior faculty,
• Institutional diversity initiatives,
• Health Science Center collaborations,
• Multi-institutional research partnerships.
• Offers a full suite of grant writing training
  programs to help faculty develop and write more
  competitive proposals.

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See OPDs Webpage for This Seminar

• For an electronic version of this presentation
• For more information on
• How to write a proposal
• How to find funding opportunities
• NSF
• NIH
• Education and Social Sciences
• Humanities
• Programs for Junior Faculty
• http//opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-mate
  rials-by-date/march-31-2008-presentations-for-tsu-
  research-week.html

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OPD Member List

• Jean Ann Bowman, PhD (Physical Geography/Hydrology
  ), earth, ecological, environmental,
  jbowman_at_tamu.edu
• Libby Childress, Scheduling, workshop management,
  project coordination, libbyc_at_tamu.edu
• Mike Cronan, PE, BS (Civil/Structures), BA, MFA,
  Center-level proposals, research and educational
  partnerships, new proposal and training
  initiatives, mikecronan_at_tamu.edu
• Lucy Deckard, BS (Materials), MS (Materials), New
  faculty initiative, fellowships,
  engineering/physical science proposals, equipment
  and instrumentation, l-deckard_at_tamu.edu
• John Ivy, PhD (Molecular Biology), NIH biomedical
  and biological science initiatives,
  johnivy_at_tamu.edu
• Phyllis McBride, PhD (English), proposal writing
  training, biomedical, editing,
  p-mcbride_at_tamu.edu
• Robyn Pearson, BA, MA (Anthropology), social
  sciences and humanities proposals, editing and
  rewriting, rlpearson_at_tamu.edu
• http//opd.tamu.edu/

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Generic Strategies for Writing Competitive
Proposals

• Identifying funding solicitations
• Analyzing the solicitation
• Analyzing the funding agency
• Understanding the review process
• Writing the proposal narrative

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If you dont write grants, you wont get any

• Target the proposal at the intersection where
• research dollars are available
• your research interests are met
• a competitive proposal can be written within the
  time available.

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OPD-Web Funding Opportunities
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Focus on your research interests
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Request for Proposals (RFP)

• One starting point of the proposal writing
  process.
• Other starting points include investigator-initiat
  ed (unsolicited) proposals, white papers, and
  quad charts.

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Program Solicitation, RFP

• The solicitation represents an invitation by a
  funding agency for applicants to submit requests
  for funding in research areas of interest to the
  agency or foundation.
• The RFP is not a menu or smorgasbord offering the
  applicant a choice of addressing some topics but
  not others, depending on interest, or some review
  criteria but not others.
• The RFP is a non-negotiable listing of
  performance expectations reflecting the stated
  goals, objectives, and desired outcomes of the
  agency.

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Reviewing the RFP

• Clarify ambiguities if unresolved
• Get clarification from a program officer.
• Ambiguities needs to be resolved prior to
  proposal writing so the proposal narrative maps
  to the guidelines with informed certainty.

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Role in Proposal Organization

• Use the RFP to develop the structure, order, and
  detail of the proposal narrative.
• Use the RFP as an organizational template during
  proposal development to help ensure every RFP
  requirement is addressed fully.

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Never be timid about contacting a program officer
for clarification

• Timidity is never rewarded in the competitive
  grant process.

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The RFP as Treasure Map

• Follow directions
• Review step by step
• Understand it
• Understood by all PIs
• Keep focused
• Dont wander off path
• Use the RFP as an organizational template during
  proposal development to ensure every requirement
  is addressed fully in the proposal narrative.

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Analyzing the funding agency

• Analyzing the mission, strategic plan, investment
  priorities, and culture of a funding agency
  provides information key to enhancing proposal
  competitiveness.

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Know what was recently funded

• Learning about recently funded research in your
  area helps you understand what an agency is
  looking for in the review process
• Review abstracts of funded proposals on agency
  web sites
• Talk to the principal investigators of funded
  proposals in your area
• Obtain copies of funded proposals
• Ask the PI
• Ask the agency (funded proposals are public)

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You must intrigue the reviewers
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The funded proposal

• The author of a funded proposal has
  accomplished the basic goal of grant writing
• Ensured the reviewers were intrigued and excited
  about the proposed research,
• Understood its significance, and
• Were confident in the researchers capacity to
  perform.

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Make Clear to Reviewers

• What you propose to do?
• Why it is it important?
• Why are you able to do it?
• How will you do it?
• How does it contribute to the interests and
  objectives of the agency and program?
• Ensured the reviewers were intrigued and excited
  about the proposed research,
• Understood its significance, and
• Were confident in your capacity to perform.

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Narrative Detail

• Agencies will not fund an idea not embedded in
  a convincing pattern of narrative detail and
  performance specificity tightly mapped to funding
  agency objectives.

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Role of the Proposal Narrative

• Helps incubate ideas, concepts, connections
  details
• Synthesizes ideas and detail
• Connects ideas to performance details
• Develops order, logic, transitions, and
  connectedness
• Helps the timing, logistics, and collaborations
  of proposal development
• Integrates collaborators ideas
• Provides a common structure to meld disciplinary
  strands
• Makes ideas accessible to others
• Converges on a common language
• A competitive narrative requires persistence,
  continuous revisions, and many draft iterations
  to converge on perfection

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The proposal is the only reality

• A proposal is not unlike a novel or a movie. It
  creates its own, self-contained reality. The
  proposal contains all the funding agency and
  review panel will know about your capabilities
  and your capacity to perform. With few
  exceptions, an agency bases its decision to fund
  or not fund entirely on the proposal and the
  persuasive reality it creates.

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The National Science Foundation
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NSF Culture and MissionStrategic Goals, 2006 -
2011

• Discovery
• Advance frontiers of knowledge
• Emphasize areas of greatest opportunity and
  potential benefit
• Establish nation as global leader in transforming
  science and education
• Learning
• Cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive SE
  workforce
• Expand scientific literacy of all citizens

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NSF Strategic Goals (contd)

• Research Infrastructure
• Build nations research capability through
  investments in advanced instrumentation,
  facilities, cyberinfrastructure and experimental
  tools
• Stewardship
• Support excellence in science and engineering
  research and education through a capable and
  responsive organization

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NSF Overarching Themes

• Integration of research and education
• Infuse education with excitement of discovery
  and enrich research through diversity of learning
  perspectives.
• Integrating diversity into NSF programs, projects
  and activities
• Participation of all citizens women and men
  underrepresented minorities persons with
  disabilities.

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NSF Structure

• Divided into directorates
• Biological Sciences (BIO)
• Computer and Information Science and Eng (CISE)
• Education and Human Resources (EHR)
• Engineering (ENG)
• Geosciences (GEO)
• Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
• Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
• Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
• Each directorate divided into divisions and
  programs -see http//www.nsf.gov/staff/orglist.jsp
  
• Submit most proposals to specific disciplinary
  program
• Also cross-cutting programs

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NSF Culture

• Each directorate has its own culture and
  priorities
• Get to know the directorates and divisions that
  could fund your work
• Read web site goals, priorities of directorate,
  division, programs
• Get to know program directors
• Use funded programs data base to find out what
  has been funded recently - http//www.nsf.gov/awar
  dsearch/index.jsp
• Volunteer to serve as reviewer
• Attend NSF national and regional workshops

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Funding Opportunities

• Helpful NSF web pages to search for funding
  opportunities
• Guide to Programs
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/browse_all_funding.jsp
  
• About Funding http//www.nsf.gov/funding/aboutf
  unding.jsp
• Active Funding Opportunities (by due date)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?orgNSFor
  drcnt
• Award Search http//www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/index.
  jsp

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Types of Funding Opportunities Unsolicited

• Program Description or Program Announcement
  (unsolicited)
• Administered by disciplinary programs within
  directorate and division
• Typically due once or twice per year (sometimes
  due dates sometimes target dates or
  windows) 1 3 PIs
• Follow Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) for formatting,
  eligibility, etc.
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf08
  _1/gpg_index.jsp
• Synopsis of research interests and abstracts of
  funded proposals on web site

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Types of Funding OpportunitiesSolicited

• Solicitation or Request for Proposal (RFP)
• More focused than program announcements
• Often tied to particular agency initiative
• NSF-wide and cross-cutting opportunities
• Often apply for limited period of time
• Give specific format, criteria and other
  requirements that may differ from GPG

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Types of Funding OpportunitiesOther Types

• Dear Colleague Letter
• Informs proposer community of upcoming
  opportunities, special competition for
  supplements, etc.
• SGER (Special Grants for Exploratory Research)
• Small-scale, high-risk exploratory research
• 200K or less
• Approved by program officer (talk to program
  officer before submitting!)
• This mechanism may change

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Funding Opportunities

• In addition to research grants, NSF funds
• Instrumentation
• Conferences and Workshops
• Doctoral Research in Selected Areas (Doctoral
  Dissertation Improvement Grants)
• International Travel
• Supplements to existing grants

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NSF Education Programs Examples

• Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement
  (CCLI)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  741orgNSFsel_orgNSFfromfund
• NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology,
  Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  257orgNSFsel_orgNSFfromfund
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  517orgNSFsel_orgNSFfromfund
• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  464orgNSFsel_orgNSFfromfund
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  488orgDUEfromhome
• Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering
  and Mathematics (S-STEM)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id52
  57orgDUEfromhome

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NSF Programs Specifically for MSIs

• Centers of Research Excellence in Science and
  Technology (CREST)
• HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and
  Engineering (HBCU-RISE)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id6
  668orgNSFsel_orgNSFfromfund
• Historically Black College and Universities
  Undergraduate Program (HBCU-RISE)
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id5
  481orgNSFsel_orgNSFfromfund

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Review Process

• May be ad hoc or panel review (at least three
  reviewers)
• Proposal rated
• Excellent, Very good, Good, Fair, Poor
• Comments included as feedback
• NSF tries to return reviews within 6 months of
  due date

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Performance ExpectationsReview Criteria

• Intellectual Merit
• How important is the proposed activity to
  advancing knowledge and understanding within its
  own field or across different fields?
• How well qualified is the proposer (individual or
  team) to conduct the project?
• To what extent does the proposed activity suggest
  and explore creative and original concepts?
• How well conceived and organized is the proposed
  activity?
• Is there sufficient access to resources?

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Review Criteria

• Broader Impacts
• Advance discovery while promoting teaching,
  training and learning
• Broaden participation of under-rep. groups
• Dissemination
• Societal benefits
• Improve infrastructure for research
• Discuss throughout proposal AND in separate
  section in both Project Summary and Description
• Special Criteria
• Program specific
• Listed in solicitation under Proposal Review
  Information
• Provide program director with nuggets

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Points to Emphasize

• State benefits of your research clearly
• Why is it important and how is it novel?
• How will it advance knowledge in field?
• Societal benefits
• Research Plan should be specific and detailed
• Clearly state measurable goals and outcomes
• Discuss how you will address any possible
  problems
• Be sure to emphasize integration of education and
  research
• Measurable goals (e.g., number of students,
  diversity goals, etc.)
• Connect to existing NSF projects if possible

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For More Information on NSF

• Resources for NSF
• http//opd.tamu.edu/proposal-resources/resources-f
  or-nsf.html
• Toolkit for NSF
• http//opd.tamu.edu/the-craft-of-writing-workbook
  /toolkit-for-nsf
• Longer presentation on NSF
• http//opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-mat
  erials-by-date/november-7-2007-graduate-student-se
  minar.html

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Life Sciences Funding

• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• and elsewhere

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Life Sciences a diverse category

• Biology
• Biomedicine
• Health disparities
• Behavior
• Biochemistry
• Computational science
• Interdisciplinary studies

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Many categories of funding

• Research
• Training
• Fellowship
• Student retention-recruitment
• Diversity
• Outreach
• Curriculum
• Loan reimbursement

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Funding Sources

• National Institutes of Health 29 bill.
• National Science Foundation 6 bill.
• Dept. of Health Human Services
• Department of Defense
• Foundations
• Environmental Protection Agency
• US Department of Agriculture
• National Aeronautics Space Admin.

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NSF Biological Sciences Directorate

• The mission of the Directorate for Biological
  Sciences (BIO) is to enable discoveries for
  understanding life. BIO-supported research
  advances the frontiers of biological knowledge,
  increases our understanding of complex systems,
  and provides a theoretical basis for original
  research in many other scientific disciplines.
• NSF supports fundamental research in science and
  engineering, except for the medical sciences

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NSF Biological Sciences Directorate - Divisions

• Biological Infrastructure
• Environmental Biology
• Emerging Frontiers
• Integrative Organismal Systems
• Molecular Cellular Biosciences

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NIH Mission

• NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral
  research for the Nation. Its mission is
• science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about
  the nature and behavior of living systems and
• the application of that knowledge to extend
  healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness
  and disability.

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NIH 20 Institutes, 7 Centers
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National Institutes of Health

• NIH is a basic research agency
• Each Institute has its own mission
• Each Institute has its own budget
• Each Institute has its own activities
• Each Institute has its own ways of doing things
• When youre planning to submit a grant, check
  with Program Officers from different institutes
  to determine their specific policies and interest
  in your science.

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Identify NIH Funding Opportunities

• NIH Office of Extramural Research
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
• Search by keyword
• Browse by Requests for Applications (RFAs)
• Browse by Program Announcements (PAs)
• Automatic funding alerts
• Institutes and Centers (IC) homepages
• Listed at http//www.nih.gov/icd
• Go to IC homepage
• Browse or search their Research Funding or
  "Extramural Funding section

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NIH Funding Mechanisms

• Three principal categories
• Training T F
• Career Development K
• Research Project Grant R
• R01, R03, R15, R21

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NIH Career DevelopmentK Awards

• Directed at retraining, professional career
  development, or recognition of career success
• K Kioskhttp//grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdeve
  lopmentawards.htm
• Career Award WizardHelps you select the right
  career awardhttp//grants.nih.gov/training/kwizar
  d/index.htm
• Participation may be restricted to certain
  Institutes and Centers

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NIH Research Program Grants

• R01 Research Project Grant
• R03 Small Research Grant
• R21 Exploratory, Developmental Research Grant
• R15 Academic and Research Enhancement Award
  (AREA) Grant

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New Investigator Programhttp//grants.nih.gov/gra
nts/new_investigators/index.htm
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Minority Opportunities in Research(MORE)
http//www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
• Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)
• MORE Special Initiative (SI)

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CRISP http//crisp.cit.nih.gov/

• Computer Retrieval of Informationon Scientific
  Projects
• A searchable database of federally funded
  biomedical research
• What similar projects have been funded?
• Has someone already been funded to pursue my
  idea?
• Who are my competitors?
• Who are potential collaborators?

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Speak with the Program Officer early and often

• Do your homework first
• Make an appointment
• Listen to the response
• Request clarification
• Follow up

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Know your NIH Review Criteria

• Significance
• Ability of the project to improve health or
  advance the field
• Approach
• Feasibility of methods and appropriateness of
  budget
• Innovation
• Originality of research
• Investigator
• Education, training, relevant experience
• Environment
• Suitability of facilities and institution support

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Understand the NIH Review Process

• Center for Scientific Review
• Administers and coordinates peer review
• Offers a video of a mock review session
• Posts study section rosters
• http//cms.csr.nih.gov/
• Two-step Review process
• Peer review is merit-based
• Applications receive three individual reviews
• Scores range from 100500
• Written critiques provided to investigator
• Advisory Council or Board
• Meritorious proposals considered against mission,
  needs, and budget

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Tips for Success with NIH Grants

• Read the solicitation
• Sign up for the Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities
  and Notices
• Identify your "IC home"
• Get to know your Program Officer
• Study the "how-to" NIH websites
• Develop a descriptive title
• Write a concise, non-ambiguous Abstract/Summary
• Write Specific Aims that are hypothesis-driven
  with clear, measurable outcomes

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Web Resources

• Office of Proposal Development,
  TAMUhttp//opd.tamu.edu/
• Resources for Junior Facultyhttp//opd.tamu.edu/r
  esources-for-junior-faculty
• Funding Opportunitieshttp//opd.tamu.edu/funding-
  opportunities
• The Craft of Grant Writing workbookhttp//opd.tam
  u.edu/the-craft-of-writing-workbook
• National Science Foundationhttp//www.nsf.gov/
• Find Funding http//www.nsf.gov/funding/
• Funded Research http//www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/

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Web Resources

• National Institutes of Health http//www.nih.gov/
  
• Grant Application Basicshttp//grants.nih.gov/gra
  nts/grant_basics.htm
• All About Grants Tutorialhttp//www.niaid.nih.gov
  /ncn/grants/default.htm
• New Investigator Portalhttp//www.niaid.nih.gov/n
  cn/grants/new/portal.htm
• Annotated R01 Research Plan and Summary
  Statementhttp//www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/
  
• Mock Peer Review Videohttp//www.csr.nih.gov/Vide
  o/Video.asp
• CRISP funded biomedical researchhttp//crisp.cit.
  nih.gov/

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Web Resources

• Grants.gov http//www.grants.gov
• GrantsNet sponsored by AAAS and
  HHMI http//sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding
• Congressionally Directed Medical Research
  Programs http//cdmrp.army.mil/funding/default.ht
  m
• Philanthropy News Digest RFP listings http//found
  ationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/
• American Cancer Society http//www.cancer.org/doc
  root/RES/RES_0.asp
• American Heart Association http//www.americanhear
  t.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier9713
• Cancer Research Institute http//www.cancerresear
  ch.org/criprogs.html
• Life Sciences Research Foundation
  http//www.lsrf.org/geninfo.htm
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  http//www.nationalmssociety.org/

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Research Funding in Education, Social
Behavioral Sciences, and the Humanities
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Department of Education (ED)

• Mission to promote student achievement and
  preparation for global competitiveness by
  fostering educational excellence and ensuring
  equal access
• Student loans
• Formula grants non-competitive funds awarded to
  state agencies (i.e., title grants)
• Discretionary grants based on a competitive
  review process

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ED Principal Offices

• Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/index.htm
  l
• Education practice and policy
• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
  (OESE)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.ht
  ml
• Promote academic excellence, access for all, and
  improve teaching learning
• Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.ht
  ml
• Attainment of English proficiency build
  capacity in critical foreign languages
• Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/index.htm
  l
• Parent programs, teacher quality, education
  improvement, and technology

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ED Principal Offices

• Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/index.htm
  l
• Increase access to postsecondary education
• Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/index.h
  tml
• Includes health and physical education programs
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
  Services (OSERS)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.h
  tml
• Improve education for people of all ages with
  disabilities
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.ht
  ml
• Adult education and literacy with focus on
  community college programs

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ED Resources

• Grantmaking at ED
• http//www.ed.gov/fund/grant/about/grantmaking/ind
  ex.html
• Forecast of Funding Opportunities
• http//www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.
  html
• Award database
• http//www.ed.gov/fund/data/award/grntawd.html

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How to Find ED Funding

• Federal Register
• http//www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.
  html
• FY 2007-08 Discretionary Grant Application
  Packages
• http//www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index
  .html
• Programs by Title, Subject, Eligibility
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/find/title/index.html?s
  rcov
• EDInfo
• http//www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/index.html
• 1-2 email messages a week describing federal
  teaching and learning resources and new ED
  funding opportunities

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ED Review Process

• Most reviewers are recruited and have expertise
  in the subject area(s)
• Each proposal is divided into sections with a
  certain number of maximum points assigned per
  section, totaling 100 points
• Each reviewer reads and scores a group of
  applications using selection criteria stated in
  the application package then scores are averaged
  and rank ordered
• Sometimes scores will be standardized to
  compensate for extremely high/low scores
• A high score does not guarantee funding
  geographic distribution requirements may limit
  awards in specific regions, or funding may be
  denied due to an applicants poor performance on
  previous federal awards

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Federal Funding for Social Behavioral Sciences

• National Science Foundation
• Social, Behavioral Economic Sciences Funding
  Opportunities
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?orgSBE
• Crosscutting and NSF-wide Funding Opportunities
• http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?typexcut
• National Institutes of Health
• Health disparities research, multidisciplinary
  programs, center-level initiatives

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Federal Funding for Humanities

• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Fellowships 4200/mo for 6-12 months to produce
  scholarly work
• http//www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.h
  tml
• Summer Stipends 6000 total for two months must
  be nominated by your institution
• http//www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
  

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Federal Funding for Humanities

• National Endowment for the Arts
• Creative Writing Fellowships 25,000 for
  original prose or poetry
• http//www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Lit/index.html
• Translation Fellowships 10-20,000 for
  translation of prose, poetry, or drama into
  English
• http//www.nea.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/ind
  ex.html
• Both fellowships have strict eligibility
  requirements and are highly competitive.

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Federal Funding for Humanities

• Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program
• http//www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/
• Grantees lecture and conduct research abroad in a
  wide variety of academic professional fields
• Funding amounts vary by country and each country
  establishes the time period for grants

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Federal Funding for Humanities

• Kluge Fellowships
• http//www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.htm
  l
• Administered by the Library of Congress
• Promotes humanistic and social science research
  using the Library's collections
• Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or
  multi-lingual research is particularly welcome
• Among the collections available to researchers
  are the world's largest law library and
  outstanding multilingual collections of books and
  periodicals

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Other Sources ofHumanities Funding

• Harry Ransom Center, UT-Austin
• http//www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/
• Supports scholarly research projects in all areas
  of the humanities
• The Huntington Library
• http//www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.
  html
• Long- and short-term awards for research in
  British and American history, literature, art
  history, and the history of science and medicine

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Other Sources ofHumanities Funding

• Hagley Museum Library
• http//www.hagley.lib.de.us/grants.html
• Short-term Grants-in-Aid and Fellowships to
  research their collection of manuscripts,
  photographs, books, and pamphlets documenting the
  history of American business and technology
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
• http//www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship
  1.html
• For historians, short-term and research
  fellowships at one of five archives

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Other Sources ofHumanities Funding

• Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to
  Assist Research and Artistic Creation
• http//www.gf.org/
• In all fields except performing arts
• The Newberry Library
• http//www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshom
  e.html
• Long- and short-term fellowships in history and
  humanities disciplines

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Other Sources ofHumanities Funding

• American Council of Learned Societies
• http//www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id380lin
  kidentifieriditemid380
• Fellowships and grants in more than a dozen
  programs for research in the humanities
  and related social sciences at the doctoral and
  postdoctoral levels
• Notable programs Charles A. Ryskamp Research
  Fellowships, Digital Innovation Fellowships,
  Andrew W. Mellon Early Career Fellowships

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Other Sources ofHumanities Funding

• Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty
  Fellowships
• http//shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/external_fac.h
  tm
• Supports research projects in the humanities,
  including history, philosophy, languages,
  literature, linguistics, archeology,
  jurisprudence, history and criticism of the arts,
  ethics, comparative religion, and those aspects
  of the social sciences employing historical or
  philosophical approaches

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Other Sources ofHumanities Funding

• The Heitt Prize in the Humanities
• http//www.dallasinstitute.org/Programs/Spring202
  008/Hiett2008frames.htm
• Administered by The Dallas Institute of
  Humanities and Culture
• Presented to a person whose work in the
  humanities shows extraordinary promise and has a
  significant public component related to
  contemporary culture.

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How to Find Humanities Funding

• OPDs Funding for the Humanities
• http//opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/funding-
  opportunities-by-category/funding-for-the-humaniti
  es.html
• TAMUs Glasscock Center for Humanities Research
  External Funding
• http//glasscock.tamu.edu/Funding_Opportunities/ex
  ternalfunding.html
• Institute of Museum Library Services
• http//www.imls.gov/
• H-Net Online
• http//www.h-net.org/announce/group.cgi?typeFundi
  ng
• Art Residencies Grants
• http//artgrants.blogspot.com/

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Earth, Environmental, Ecological and Agricultural
Research Funding
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Mission Agencies

• Government agencies with specific mission
• Employ scientists scholars who conduct research
  to address the mission and needs of the agency
• Intramural research vs. Extramural research
• Annual budget mainly for Intramural research
• Extramural research funds used to supplement
  agency mission and intramural research activities

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Earth Mission Agencies

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

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US Department of Agriculture

• Mission
• Expand and develop markets
• Food safety, nutrition, and health
• Manage, protect public private lands
• Funding Programs Priorities
• National Research Initiative (www.csrees.usda.gov)
  
• Natural resources, pest management, invasive
  species management
• Basic and applied research, Integrated research,
  Equipment and instrumentation, Young investigator
  funding, Workshops
• Challenge Grants for Postsecondary Education
• Minority Serving Institution Programs

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US Department of Energy

• Mission
• Advance national energy security
• Promote scientific technological innovation
• Funding Programs Priorities
• Office of Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy
• Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydroelectric
• Office of Environmental Management
• Reclamation of mined lands, Nuclear energy safety
• Office of Science
• Biological Environmental research, Climate
  change, Advanced computing
• http//scalerts.science.energy.gov

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US Environmental Protection Agency

• Mission
• To protect human health and the environment
• Funding Programs Priorities
• Environmental Education
• Environmental Justice
• Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
• Water quality research
• Air quality research
• Effects of pollution on human health
• www.epa.gov/ncer/grants
• Undergraduate and graduate research fellowships

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Mission
• Explore universe, search for life
• Understand and protect Earth
• Inspire next generation of explorers
• Funding Programs Priorities
• Earth Space Sciences (ROSES)
• Biological Physical Science
• Space Flight Aerospace Technology
• Education and Equal Opportunity
• http//nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations

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National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration

• Mission
• Research global oceans, atmosphere
• Science, Service Stewardship
• Funding Programs Priorities
• Atmospheric research (storms, air quality)
• Climate research (climate change, El Niño)
• Oceans and Coastal research (ocean circulation)
• Educational programs to train future NOAA
  workforce
• Minority Serving Institution programs

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Mission Agencies Identifying Research
Opportunities

• Automatic Notifications
• Agency listservs
• Grants.gov
• Agency Websites
• NASA INSPIRES
• http//nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations
• NOAA
• http//www.ofa.noaa.gov
• EPA
• http//www.epa.gov.ogd
• Agency newsletters, reports, publications

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Mission Agencies Funding and Review

• Funding Cycles
• Varies by agency and within agency
• Ranges from one-time only solicitations to 36
  months
• Proposal Review Procedures
• Individual reviewers, panel reviews, agency
  reviews