CREATING, FINDING, AND RESPONDING TO RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

September 23, 2014  Research Administration Training Series: Session 2

Research Push vs. Pull

• PULL– Funders want specific outcomes to generate a return on investment

– Funders want to make a difference –either through profit (industry) or societal benefit (government and foundations)

• PUSH– Researchers want to be well known and respected by their peers

– Researchers want to make a difference – they are generally focused in one specific area

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Identification – Who

• Individual investigators• Dep’t Offices (Assoc Dept head for research)• Dean’s Offices (Assoc Dean for research)• Office of the Vice President of Research• Corporate Relations• Foundation Relations• Government Relations

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Identification – How

• Identify funding opportunities• Track funding trends• Participate in workshops• Develop multidisciplinary research initiatives

• Build relationships• Work with White House, Congressional delegation, Agency leadership

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2 yr

5 yr

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Federal BAAs and RFPs

• NSF• NIH• DoD

– ONR– AFOSR– NRL– ARL

• DOE• …

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http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

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http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm

The Grant Advisor – www.grantadvisor.com

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Federal Search Engines

• Grants.gov – www.grants.gov• Federal Business Opportunities – fedbizopps.gov• GrantForward – www.grantforward.com• PIVOT – Community of Science – pivot.cos.com• Commerce Business Daily – www.cbd‐net.com• Federal Acquisition Jumpstation

– prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/fedproc/home.html

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Funding Opportunities for Young Faculty 

• NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program • NSF Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in 

Engineering• ONR ‐ Young Investigator Program (YIP) $170k/yr, 3 yrs• ARO ‐ Young Investigator Program $50k/yr, 3 yrs• AFOSR ‐ Young Investigator Program $120k/yr, 3 yrs• DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA), $250k/yr, 2 yrs• DOE Early Career Research Program, $150k/yr, 5 yrs• NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) due Oct• NIH K22: Career Transition Award (postdocs)• NIH Director's Early Independence Award Program (DP5), due Feb 

(new graduates)• NIH R03: Small Grant (preference for new investigators)• Beckman Young Investigator Award

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Graduate Fellowships

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program– US citizen, US national, or permanent resident– Oct/Nov each year– <= 1 year in grad school

• National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship– Run by ASEE– US citizens only– <= 2 years in grad school– 15 disciplines– December each year– 36 months

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