vice president for research research and sponsored programs
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Vice President for Research Research and Sponsored Programs. AGENDA Intro & Overview – Dave Reed Proposal Processing – Lisa Jukkala NSF FastLane/Grants.gov – Lisa Jukkala Review Boards– Anita Quinn “Finding Funding” & “Writing to Win” – Pete Larsen Graduate School – Jackie Huntoon - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Vice President for ResearchResearch and Sponsored Programs
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October 31, 2006
AGENDA
Intro & Overview – Dave Reed
Proposal Processing – Lisa Jukkala
NSF FastLane/Grants.gov – Lisa Jukkala
Review Boards– Anita Quinn
“Finding Funding” & “Writing to Win” – Pete Larsen
Graduate School – Jackie Huntoon
Questions
Final Comments
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Introduction
FY2006 UpdateSponsored Program Awards/Expenditures
• Awards = $43,643,347
• Federal Awards = $31,943,677
• Expenditures = $44,199,615
Total Sponsored Programs Awards
State$1,000,029
Industrial$5,318,069
Foreign$182,572
Other$1,685,678
Gifts$3,513,322
Federal$31,943,677
Federal Awards
Other Federal Agencies$951,452
NASA$732,603
US DOT$2,744,143
US DOD$9,731,214
NSF$8,437,322
NIH$1,212,703
EPA$364,187
DOE$5,847,967
Dept of Education$504,416
USDA$1,417,670
Michigan Tech’s Research Rankings
• Michigan Tech’s national research ranking improved from 188th to 179th among all institutions, and from 167th to 129th among public institutions.
• Michigan Tech’s Engineering ranking improved from 90th to 75th
• Our highest ranked discipline is mechanical engineering at 26th, an improvement from 29th last year
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Proposal Processing
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FastLane
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/proposals.jsp
Grants.govhttp://www.grants.gov/
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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/review.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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Finding Funding• Graduate Fellowships
• Professors• Community of Science - www.cos.com• Grants.gov• Google• Michigan Tech’s Internal Resources
• Grad School Website Resources• Selected funding opportunities• Funding opportunities by month• Opportunities for international students
• Foundation Search
• Other Funding• www.cos.com• NSF Supplemental Funding Opportunities
• Why Pursue Fellowship Funding?• Fellowships offer
• Prestige• Career Enhancement• Research Independence• Often generous stipends and tuition
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Writing to Win
• Writing Resources• Program Officers/Foundation Staff• Michigan Tech Resources
•Pete & Lynn Artman•Writing Centers
• Colleagues and Professors• Prior awardees• Reviewer comments• Books/Online Help• The Science of Scientific Writing www.amstat.org/publications/jcgs/sci.pdf
Become familiar with:NSF-Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/
• Submission Resource: RSP staff
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General Proposal Tips
• What makes a winning proposal?• Great Idea• Well-expressed, well-organized content• Great Abstract• Highlight review criteria (use review sheet)• Easy to read (white space, font, margins, grammar, organization)• Find the right sponsor! • Mirror the language of the RFP• Follow all directions, answer all questions• Use references• Convince reviewers you can do it!
• Use every resource you have available
• Start early!
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Graduate School
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Proposal Incentive Award Program
• Guidelines and Application can be found on the Graduate School website:
• www.gradschool.mtu.edu• Click on “Financial Information” link• Click on “Grants & Fellowships” link• At the end of the first paragraph, click on “Details Here”
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Questions
Final Comments