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Managing Grant Opportunities & Nurturing Faculty Networks Michelle Melin-Rogovin Northwestern University Michelle Schoenecker University of Wisconsin- MIlwaukee. April 18, 2012. Who We Are. What we bring to this presentation: Institution roles Agency expertise - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MANAGING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES & NURTURING FACULTY NETWORKS
MICHELLE MELIN-ROGOVINNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
MICHELLE SCHOENECKERUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
April 18, 2012
Who We Are
What we bring to this presentation: Institution roles Agency expertise Academic environment and the faculty we
serve
Overview
Knowing Your Faculty Member Early-Stage (not tenured) Experienced (tenured)
Shaping the Idea Let’s Talk Data Connecting People and Projects
Targeting the Right Opportunities Identification strategies Best practices
Challenges We Face
Economic Environment Department funding to cover faculty salary
between grants is scarce Investigators struggle to fund research
personnel Harder for junior faculty to jump on the research
track Experienced faculty are not renewed
Funding Announcements “Transformative,” “Significant,” “Revolutionary” Calls to collaborate and maximize funding
Challenges We Face
Early-Stage Faculty jump the shark Experienced Faculty rely on what works
without following changes in practice and policy
Total R&D by Federal Agency: 2013 Request
Total Budget Authority Requested (in Billions)
DODHHSNASADOENSFOTHER
DOD: $72.1 Billion
NSF: $5.9 Billion
HHS (NIH: $31.4 Billion)
Source: NSF Grants Conference, 2012
DOE: $11.9 Billion
NASA: $9.6 Billion
TOTAL: $140.8 Billion
Knowing Your Faculty Member
Where Do I Start?
Stage of research career Experience with conducting research
studies Proposal development experience
Research interests How well developed are these interests? Keywords
Publications Research ideas
Data supporting research ideas
Faculty Profile Review
Other Sources
Literature PubMed
Biosketch Important for early stage investigators with
few publications One-on-One Interview
Research and funding goals Create keyword list Lab tour
Early-Stage Faculty
Inexperienced Unfamiliarity with funding sources and
programs that benefit early-stage investigators Little to no proposal development experience Anecdotal knowledge (my colleague/advisor
said…) Highly Motivated
Must get tenure = must apply for everything Shoot at everything and hope to hit something Need strategic planning/mentoring
Experienced Faculty
Been Around the Block Established funding track record Established contacts (colleagues, program
officers) Familiar with federal/private funding sources
and programs, but don’t keep up with changes Seek Sustainability
Sustain current projects Seed funding for new projects Leverage expertise in large-scale grant projects
Helping Faculty Shape the Idea
Junior Faculty Type of Data
Do you have enough data? Applying in the right place? Is it prelim or more advanced?
Scope of Project Seed funding or other How many aims/objectives vs. years Budget
Helping Faculty Shape the Idea
Collaborators What are they contributing Experience level
Effort Current commitments
Helping Sr. Faculty Shape the Idea
Senior Faculty Type of “Data”
Are you pushing the envelope? Are you doing the “same old thing”? What’s new and innovative? What are the new questions to examine? Are you publishing?
Helping Sr. Faculty Shape the Idea
Finding a Collaborator Maximizes intellectual capital Maximizes laboratory/facility resources Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary
perspectives Increases competitiveness Program requirement
Connecting People & Projects Tools
Proposal/sponsor workshops (internal/external)
Faculty referrals Program officers Databases
Targeting the Right Opportunities
Know the Sponsors
Know your faculty members’ primary sponsors and programs NIH, NSF, NASA, DOE Early investigator/career; mentored; pilot/seed
funding; clinical trials; centers/institutes Investigate unlikely sponsors
DoD funds medical research NIH funds polymer research for drug applications NSF and DoD fund large-scale instrumentation for
non-clinical applications
Use Data to Plan Submissions to Build Research Portfolio
Stage of Project/Idea
Experience of Faculty
Target for Funding
Developing Pilot Data to support research idea
New to conducting this research study, or new to research in general
Internal or foundation funding if PI has experience in conducting research
Data supports research idea, ready to apply for preliminary study
Some research experience with this idea; early stage investigator
Foundation funding, K-award
Data supports research idea, ready to apply for preliminary study
Some research experience with this idea; more experienced investigator (PI)
R-03, R-21
Successful research supports preliminary hypothesis, has a full 5 year study
Contact PI leads study R01, Center grant, U mechanism, etc.
Renewal/Multi-site study
Opportunities Based on Role, Funding Offered (Type of Grant)
Contact Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator on a Pilot Study/Early Phase Trial
Principal Investigator on a multi-PI plan (not the contact PI)
Co-Investigator
Opportunity to think strategically about developing the experience of the faculty member in light of the project, the science, and the funding mechanism (dollars).
Identification Strategies
Go to the well (manual searching) or turn on the faucet (auto-aggregation/notification services)? Benefits of the well
Allows for very refined/granular search May find links/references to new sources Increased knowledge/familiarity with sponsor Better organization
Drawbacks of the well Can be very time-consuming Difficult for busy offices/departments
Identification Strategies
Benefits of the faucet Receive notices from the agencies/orgs of your
choice Set parameters once and change as needed Faster and easier to sift through a collection of
opportunities Repetition can help make sure you didn’t miss
important opportunities Drawbacks of the faucet
Easy to put aside; easy to scan through too fast Can be easy to miss a good match Deadlines can be too close
Dissemination Strategies
Do not waste faculty members’ time Send only relevant opportunities Do not send too many, too often Briefly summarize the most important
information Create a format that is easy to skim Include links to full solicitation, program
Web page, and other relevant sources Solicit feedback often – are you providing
the right kinds of opportunities?
Dissemination Strategies
Entice faculty members to read your information Determine how they prefer to receive opportunities
Visit a Web site? Receive an email or e-newsletter? All of the above?
Use language and formatting strategies (keywords, headers, boldface, underline, bulleted lists, numbering)
Use lots of white space to increase readability Maintain standard format for consistency,
familiarity
Dissemination Strategies
Provide ample lead time before the deadline Keep track of deadlines
Create a database, Excel spreadsheet, or other system
Keep a record of distributions E-mail folders Organize by faculty member, sponsor, month,
etc. Send Reminders
Determine preferred frequency Remind yourself!
Mentoring Faculty
Using NIH RePORTER
Pinpointing Topics and Sponsors
Helping faculty pare down ideas to target sponsors Use the RFA/guidelines to identify aims that
are most responsive Formulate budget to determine what’s
doable Ask the faculty member to consult mentor
or peer to ask their opinion
Using NSF Award Search
Develop Strategic Plan
UWM and UW System Grants
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Other Federal Government
Agencies
Other
Research Growth Initiative
Due October 4, 2010
Fall Submission Windows:
Aug. 15 – Sept. 23, 2010
Sept. 1 – Oct. 31, 2010
Sept. 7 – Oct. 7, 2010
R01 Submissions
Oct. 5, 2010
Feb. 5, 2011
June 5, 2011
R01 Resubmissions
Nov. 5, 2010
March 5, 2011
July 5, 2011
U.S. Dept. of DefenseCongressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Note: 2011 deadlines TBD
CTSAOctober 29, 2010
CTSI K12 MentoringDecember 1, 2010
Catalyst Grants
Announced in Jan. 2011
Pre-proposals due in March
Invited full proposals due in April
Fall 2011 dates not yet determined
UW System Applied Research Program
Announced Sept.-Oct. 2010
Full proposal due Jan. 14, 2011
Spring Submission Windows:
Jan. 7 to Feb. 7, 2011
Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, 2011
Feb. 1 – March 3, 2011
R21 Submissions
Oct. 16, 2010
Feb. 16, 2011
June 16, 2011
R21 Resubmissions
Nov. 16, 2010
March 16, 2011
July 16, 2011
Corporate Support
Meet with Mike Krauski, Director of Corporate [email protected]
Private Foundations
(non-research grants):Meet with Anne Panter, UWM Development [email protected] or414-229-3296
CAREER ProgramDue July 20-23, 2011
Resources
Gathering Ideas NIH Reporter NSF Awards
Proposal Writing Templates Web sites
Collaborators
Thank you!
Questions?
Michelle Melin-Rogovin, M.A.Northwestern [email protected] or 312-503-2856
Michelle Schoenecker, M.A.University of [email protected] or 414-229-4421