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CHBE 594 Lect 09. What Do Agencies Really Fund?. Reminder about the first assignment. Find a interesting topic, and provide a 1 page summary of the topic explaining how your idea fufills the Heilmeier criteria (or indicate which criterion are not satisfied) Due Sept 19. Today’s Objective. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CHBE 594 Lect 09What Do Agencies Really Fund?
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Reminder about the first assignment
Find a interesting topic, and provide a 1 page summary of the topic explaining how your idea fufills the Heilmeier criteria (or indicate which criterion are not satisfied)
Due Sept 19
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Today’s Objective
Finding Research Areas For Funding Methods of identifying what agencies
really fund Discussions with program officer Looking up past awards SBIR calls Targeted BAA’s
Funding priorities of agencies NSF, NIH, DOE, NASA, PRF, ARO
Finding ideas within those areas
Background
Grant agencies usually post very broad statements about what they fund Make sure everything is covered for
legal reasons Actually only fund a small fraction of
what they list
Object today find out what they really fund
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Who Decides What to Fund?
NSF Review panel (varies with every proposal)
recommends Program officer decides which recommended
group to fund NIH
Study section ranks proposals Those above the pay line (now at 19%) are
funded. ARO, NRO, DARPA
Govt experts review Grant officer decides
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Can We Look At Agency Mission Statements To See What They
Fund? Example: one of your classmates is
interested in NSF curriculum development awards http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741&org=DUE&from=homeWhat do they really fund?
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Program Statement
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What Did They Really Fund
Money to departments that have nothing
Grants to education colleges and educational psychologists
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Conclusion
Cannot tell what an agency actually funds from a general proposal call
Only three sources work List of actual awards SBIR calls
Direct discussions with program officer or members of review panel where allowed
Targeted BAA’s
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Visiting Grant Officer Best Way To Learn About Programs (except NSF,
NIH) Come with 4-5 slides that explains
your interest Listen to what the grant officer says
Grant officers will tell you what they are excited about, what new opportunities are coming up
Do not talk to grant officer after submitting a proposal – rules may disqualify your proposal
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Best Way To Learn About NIH Programs
Find a way to meet people on the NIH study section in your area (listed at http://www.drg.nih.gov/Roster_proto/sectionI.asp or http://www.csr.nih.gov/Roster_proto/sectionI.asp)
Lunch at technical meetings etc Bring slides of what you are doing Be sure to tell them how much you like their work Listen
Example the Synthetic and Biological Chemistry Study Section
Example the nano study section
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Proposal Calls As Sources Of Research Ideas
The government publishes many research ideas Broad agency announcements Small business innovation research (SBIR)
These are good sources of ideas even if you are not eligible
You can find a list of SBIR programs athttp://www.sba.gov/SBIR/indexprograms2.htmlI posted a number of these calls at http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~rimclasses/che594/
proposal_ideas/
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Lets Go Through Some Of The Proposal Calls To See What They
Fund http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/
~rimclasses/che594/proposal_ideas/sbir_calls/
Consider 2007-2 NIH, AF 07.03, army 07-02, nasa roses
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All of this is useless for NSF
Grant officers need to listen to review panel 1 senior scientist in a related area Industrial representative Many assistant professors (want to learn the
review process, impress the grant officer) Diversity representatives
Women or minorities People from Epscor states People from smaller universities
Different reviewers every review cycle
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Key Things For NSF Funding
Keep it simple Make sure someone who just skims the
proposal can get the ideas Do not propose a breakout idea
NSF lets you change areas after you get the money
Make the research plan clear Be sure to include preliminary data Do not ask for too much money
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NSF Programs Of Interest To Chemists
Disciplinary Research Activities Analytical & Surface Chemistry Inorganic, Bioinorganic and
Organometallic Chemistry Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Physical Chemistry Integrative Chemistry Activities (ICA) Chemistry Centers Chemistry Research Instrumentation and
Facilities Collaborative Research in Chemistry
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Selected Current Grants
Ab Initio Multiple Spawning Dynamics Martinez, Todd
New Hydrogen Bonding Modules for Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry Zimmerman, Steven
Asymmetric Catalysis in Main Group Chemistry with Chiral Lewis Bases Denmark, Scott
Patterning and Visualizing Interfacial Chemistries in Complex Systems Nuzzo, Ralph
Characterization of Electrode Activity through Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Coordinated Synchrotron and Laboratory XPS Approach to Electrocatalysis Wieckowski, Andrzej
2D Molecular Grids Made to Order Moore, Jeffrey Electroreduction Reactivity and the Structure of
Solvents on Electrode Surfaces Gewirth, Andrew Catalytic, Regioselective Functionalization of
Alkane and Arenes Hartwig, John
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Research Areas For Engineers
Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare Biomedical Engineering Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing for Human Health Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities
Chemical, Biochemical, and Biotechnology Systems Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering Catalysis and Biocatalysis Chemical and Biological Separations Process and Reaction Engineering
Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Energy for Sustainability Environmental Engineering Environmental Sustainability Environmental Technology
Transport and Thermal Fluids Phenomena Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems Fluid Dynamics Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics Particulate and Multiphase Processes Thermal Transport Processes
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Selected Current Grants
NIRT: Single molecule detection in living cells using carbon nanotube optical probes, Strano
Computational Study of Three Dimensional Concentrated Emulsions and Foams with Surfactant Effects, Higdon
CAREER: Quantitative analysis of translational regulation, Rao
CAREER: Membraneless Micro Fuel Cells, Kenis
Construction of Hybrid Viral/Synthetic Gene Delivery Nanovectors, Pack
SST: Colorimetric MicroArrays for Detection of Toxic Industrial Chemicals, Kenis
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Search Engine For NSF Grants
Can look up grants at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/
tab.do?dispatch=4 Useful to see what your competition
is doing
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Every NSF Proposal Needs To Have an Impacts Statement
Details of impact statement can be found athttp://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07046/nsf07046.jsphttp://chemistry.clemson.edu/NSF-
broaderimpactsposters/ Need to say how proposed work will contribute to
society Basic science without societal impact not fundable
Major proposals need outreach to minorities, high schools Bring science to all segments of society
Epscor states (Those with less funds) priority for funding Spread science to all geographic areas
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Details Of Impact Statements
Advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning, for example, by training graduate students, mentoring postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty, involving undergraduates in research experiences, and participating in the recruitment, training, and professional development of K-12 mathematics and science teachers.
Broaden participation of under-represented groups, for example, by establishing collaborations with students and faculty from institutions and organizations serving women, minorities, and other groups under-represented in the mathematical sciences.
Enhance infrastructure for research and education, for example, by establishing collaborations with researchers in industry and government laboratories, developing partnerships with international academic institutions and organizations, and building networks of U.S. colleges and universities.
Broaden dissemination to enhance scientific and technological understanding, for example, by presenting results of research and education projects in formats useful to students, scientists and engineers, members of Congress, teachers, and the general public.
Benefits to society may occur, for example, when results of research and education projects are applied to other fields of science and technology to create startup companies, to improve commercial technology, to inform public policy, and to enhance national security
Source: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07046/nsf07046.jsp
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Summary Of Today’s Lecture
The most important thing you can do to get funded is to meet the grant officer or study session members
Ignore general proposal calls Consider: BAA’s, SBIR calls, lists of
grants that are actually funded Expired BAA’s are still ok – they often
have more money
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Questions?