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Research Overview and Support at Michigan Tech

Learn about the research opportunities, library support, graduate school, and communication resources available at Michigan Tech. Gain insights on funding, ethics, compliance, and intellectual property.

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Research Overview and Support at Michigan Tech

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  1. Research Overview 1:00 Welcome & Brief Overview – Natasha Chopp, Director of Research Opportunities 1:05 Research Overview – Dr. David Reed, Vice President for Research 1:50 Library Support for Faculty Research – Erin Matas, Faculty Engagement and Research Support Librarian, Van Pelt and Opie Library 2:05 Break 2:15 Graduate School – Dr. Puspha Murthy, Dean of the Graduate School 2:30 Communicating Research – Allison Mills, Director of Research News, University Marketing & Communications 2:45 Feedback Questionnaire / Break 3:00 Tech Talks 4:00 President’s Reception

  2. Prospects & Research Internal Funding Publicity & Promotion Research at Michigan Tech Proposals & Awards National Security Graduate Programs Ethics & Compliance Intellectual Property Partnerships Accounting & Reporting

  3. Presentation Overview • Research and Sponsored Activity Facts • Organizational Units • Internal Opportunities • On Campus Resources • Key Websites • Key Contacts

  4. Research and Sponsored Activity

  5. Research and Sponsored Activity

  6. Vice President for Research Organizational Units Sponsored Programs Office and Sponsored Programs Accounting (SPO & SPA) Innovation & Industry Engagement (IIE) Research Development (RD) Compliance, Integrity & Safety (CIS) http://www.mtu.edu/research

  7. Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) Sponsored Programs Accounting (SPA) IIE: Innovation and Industry Engagement (IIE) Compliance, Integrity & Safety (CIS) Research Development (RD) We Can Help

  8. Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) Areas of Service We Can Help With • Assists with proposal preparation and manages proposal submission • Budget preparation • Proposal review for conformity • Reviews and negotiates award terms and conditions • Administers award modifications • Initiates and administers subawards with subrecipients Sponsored Programs Office

  9. Sponsored Programs Accounting (SPA) Areas of Service We Can Help With • Establishes the sponsored project accounts • Supports faculty with: • Financial reporting • Monitoring of expenditures • Project close out • Coordinates outside audits related to sponsored projects • Responsible for Project Payroll Certification Sponsored Programs Accounting

  10. Innovation and Industry Engagement (IIE) Areas of Service We Can Help With • Industrial Sponsored Research Proposals and Contracts • Student Project Agreements • Intellectual Property • Technology Commercialization and Licensing • Startup Business Development • Industrial Partnerships and Contacts with Corporate Representatives • Non-Funding Agreements • Confidentiality, Material Transfer, Memorandum of Understanding, Academic Affiliation Agreements • Federal Governmental Relations Innovation and Industry Engagement

  11. Compliance, Integrity & Safety (CIS) Areas of Service We Can Help With • Conflicts of Interests • Responsible Conduct of Research & Research Misconduct • Institutional Review Board (IRB) & IRB-Net • Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) • Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) • Materials Safety • Environmental Health and Safety • Export Controls & National Security Compliance, Integrity & Safety

  12. National Security and Export Controls Areas of Service We Can Help With • Classification of Foreign Persons • Participation & Publication Restrictions/Policies • Negotiation of Approaches • Project Administration & National Security • PI’s have the primary responsibility for any exports • Be familiar with any Export Control agreements applicable to your project (i.e., Technology Control Plan, Technical Assistance Agreement or licenses) National Security and Export Controls

  13. Research Development (RD) Areas of Service We Can Help With Planning • Timeframe (Hint: Start now—when you aren’t ready!) • Range of Prospects & Types of Funding Getting Started • Tools • Searching & Networking • Grant Forward • Proposal Samples Proposal Development • Utilizing Program Officers & Colleagues • Information about Targeted Opportunities & Information from Past Successes • Editing/Feedback/Writing Assistance • On-Campus Workshops • Personal Consultations & Proposal Assistance Washington, D.C. Agency Visit Trip • Annual opportunity to visit federal funding agencies, as a group • Smaller, agency/lab group visits as opportunities arise Research Development

  14. Internal Funding Opportunities

  15. Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund (C2E2) Purpose: Provide funding to invest in equipment related to research and to improve the research efforts of faculty, staff, and students campus-wide. Award amount: $5,000+ per award Submission timeline: Proposal submission, October (3rd week) Announced via: • Tech Today • Sent electronically to departments • VPR website C2E2

  16. Bhakta Rath Research Award Program Deadline: First week in March Program Description: The Bhakta Rath Research Award, established in 2010 by an endowment from Dr. Bhakta B. Rath and his wife, SushamaRath, offers an opportunity to promote and reward excellence in scientific and engineering research in the field of physical and natural sciences and engineering. PI Eligibility: Recipients of this award will be a PhD graduate student and their collaborating Michigan Tech faculty member.  Award Amount: The award will consist of a plaque and a $2,000 cash award, to be presented to and shared by the graduate student and the faculty member. Bhakta Rath Research Award

  17. Michigan Tech Research Award Program Deadline: Second week in March Program Description: The Michigan Tech Research Award offers an opportunity for an individual to be recognized for outstanding achievement in research. The term 'research' is to be interpreted broadly to mean scholarly endeavor.  The nomination should be based on the impact that a person has made toward advancement of knowledge, or the state of scholarship as evidenced by either a sustained productive scholarly endeavor or a single noteworthy breakthrough in research results. Michigan Tech Research Award

  18. Faculty Fellow Program Program Deadline: Third week in February Program Description: The Faculty Fellow Program is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research. The program: • expands familiarity with sponsored program administration and strategic planning among the faculty; • develops leadership capacity among the faculty; and • improves sponsored programs administration and strategic planning through faculty input. Faculty (including research faculty) participating in the program receive 40 percent salary support from the VPR Office and are released from all teaching obligations during the term of the appointment. Appointments: Appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year pending Department/School approval. Faculty Fellow Program

  19. Research Excellence Fund (REF) Research Excellence Fund (REF) • Four types of grants available (limit of one submission per Principal Investigator per category). • Research Seed Grant (RS) • Infrastructure Enhancement (IE) • Commercialization Milestone Grant (CMG) • Scholarship and Creativity Grant (SCG) • Project duration is July 1st to August 31st of the following year Announced via: • Tech Today • Sent electronically to departments • VPR website Research Excellence Fund

  20. Research Excellence Fund (REF)Research Seed (RS) Program Deadline: First week in March Program Description: Typical REF-RS projects will develop preliminary data to be used in subsequent proposals to outside funding sources, support pilot studies developing new research methods or procedures, or support other activity leading to the development of an externally recognized and funded research program.  PI Eligibility: Untenured tenure-track academic faculty and research faculty members in any academic unit. Award Amount: Grants may be up to $40,000 per year, with an expected average award of $30,000 per year. Research Seed

  21. Research Excellence Fund (REF)Infrastructure Enhancement (IE) Program Deadline: First week in March Program Description: REF Infrastructure Enhancement (REF-IE) grants are designed to provide Departments/Schools and Research Centers/Institutes with resources to develop the infrastructure necessary to support sponsored research and graduate student education. Funded projects will typically focus on acquisition of equipment, enhancement of laboratory facilities, or enhancement of administrative support structure to expand the research capability of the unit.   PI Eligibility: Each department, school, center, and institute is allowed to designated/sponsor an academic faculty as the PI. Award Amount: Grants may be up to $50,000. Infrastructure Enhancement

  22. Research Excellence Fund (REF)Commercialization Milestone Grant (CMG) Program Deadline: Rolling deadline Program Description: Commercialization Milestone grants (CMG) are designed to provide faculty and student inventors a means to achieve a specific step or steps toward de-risking, or other tangible demonstrations of commercial viability of an early stage technology. Funded projects will typically focus on specific milestones within a step-wise progression designed to demonstrate how the early stage technology provides a viable solution to a validated market opportunity.  Project Eligibility: To be eligible for a Commercialization Milestone Grant the technology to be commercialized must be the subject of an invention disclosure submitted to the Office of Innovation & Industry Engagement by Michigan Tech faculty, staff, or students. Award Amount: Grants may be up to $20,000 per year. Commercialization Milestone

  23. Research Excellence Fund (REF)Scholarship and Creativity Grant (SCG) Program Deadline: First week in March Program Description: The REF Scholarship and Creativity Grant (SCG) provides support to encourage faculty to engage in scholarly research, learning, and creative activities to enhance professional development.  SCG awards primarily support scholarly projects undertaken by faculty in disciplines identified by NSF as “non-science and engineering fields.” These are primarily within the humanities, social sciences, arts, education, and business. PI Eligibility: SCG awards are available to faculty at any level Award Amount: Grants will range up to $15,000, with an expected average of less than $10,000. Scholarship and Creativity

  24. Portage Health Foundation (PHF) Awards Program Description: The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) and the Vice President for Research have committed to $220,000 of internal research awards to health-oriented researchers. The following categories are eligible for the PHF research awards: • REF-IE • REF-RS • REF-CMG • Core Facilities • PHF Mid-Career (MC) Portage Health Research Awards

  25. PHFMid-Career (MC) Program Deadline: First week in March Program Description: Typical PHF-MC projects will advance mid-career research designed to collect impactful preliminary data to be competitive for NIH R01 grants or other external funding; provide bridge/seed funding for faculty with strong records of external funding for health-orientated work; provide seed funding for health-oriented faculty that have traditional pursued non-NIH funding agencies but are committed to pursing NIH R01 funding; and elevate Michigan Tech’s health-research visibility to state and federal officials who impact policy and determine funding. PI Eligibility: Open to tenured faculty (associates and full professors) who have an active NIH grant and/or consistent history of external funding with NIH or a related agency. Award Amount: Grants may be up to $15,000 per year, with an expected average award of 10,000 per year. Mid-Career

  26. Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURF) Purpose: Provides funding for undergraduate students interested in spending seven to 14 weeks developing an individual research project under the guidance of a faculty member Contact: Will Cantrell, cantrell@mtu.edu Award Amount: Up to $4,000 Submission Timeline: Last Friday in January Announced via: • Tech Today • Sent electronically to departments • VPR website SURF

  27. Superior Ideas Purpose: Superior Ideas is Michigan Tech’s crowdfunding platform used to raise funds for small, high-quality research and public service projects that are not normally suited for grant funding. Funds are raised through many small donations Researchers can submit their project online, outlining their research goals and need for funding. After approval, the project will then appear on the site and can begin accepting donations. The project creator receives all donations raised, regardless if the funding goal is not met. www.superiorideas.org Superior Ideas

  28. On Campus Resources

  29. Research Centers and Institutes Over 20 different Research Centers and Institutes Potential benefits of affiliating with a Center/Institute: • Foster and promote interdisciplinary research & education around a particular theme • Offer shared facilities, equipment, and resources to promote activities of the affiliated faculty • Provide shared administrative support to assist faculty in scholarly activities • Encourage collaboration via seminars, speakers, travel assistance, graduate student talks, and related activity • Provide limited financial assistance for cost sharing, equipment time, travel, or other center-building activities Centers and Institutes

  30. Core Facilities A core facility is:  a collection of equipment identified by the University as essential to high priority research activities, usually interdisciplinary activities, that span multiple departments, schools, centers, and institutes. These typically require dedicated skilled technical staff and may be located in contiguous space or be spread among several different physical locations. Core facilities support interdisciplinary and guest research by providing communal space, tools, and equipment. University facilities are able to apply for funds to cover costs associated with research facilities, like replacing and maintaining equipment. Core Facilities

  31. Information Sources about Opportunities Grant Forward • www.grantforward.com • Funding database • Online tutorials on how to use Grant Forward: • Michigan Tech’s tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxbKFYXrpBQ&feature=youtu.be • Grant Forward’s tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grantforward • Please contact the Research Development Office with any questions Deadlines-l@mtu.edu • Email list used to send out funding announcements and other opportunities. • To sign up, please email Natasha Chopp at nichopp@mtu.edu Research Development & Grant Writing Newsletter • Monthly newsletter that contains: • webinars • funding opportunities • strategies • tips

  32. Key Web Links • http://www.mtu.edu/research • http://www.mtu.edu/research/references/training/ • http://www.mtu.edu/research/resources-for/researchers/ • http://www.mtu.edu/research/administration/vpr-office/guide • http://www.grantforward.com • http://www.mtu.edu/research/administration/vpr-office/internal-awards/ • http://www.mtu.edu/research/administration/sponsored-programs/enhancement/identification-funding/limited-submission/opportunities.html

  33. Vice President for Research David Reed, Vice President for Research ddreed@mtu.edu 487-3043 Cathy Jenich, Assistant to the Vice President for Research cmjenich@mtu.edu 487-3043 Natasha Chopp, Director of Research Opportunities nichopp@mtu.edu 487-1115

  34. Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) 487-2226 Lisa Jukkala, Director, lajukkal@mtu.edu Kim Codere, Manager, kmcodere@mtu.edu Carol Wiitanen, Grants Analyst, cawiitan@mtu.edu Jennifer Bukovich, Grants Analyst, jlbukovi@mtu.edu Hilary Anderson, Assistant Grants Analyst, hilarya@mtu.edu

  35. Sponsored Programs Accounting (SPA) 487-2244 Tammy LaBissoniere, Director, tklabiss@mtu.edu Kelly Kallio, Manager, kmkallio@mtu.edu Christine Klein, Assistant Grant Accountant, cmgruver@mtu.edu Christopher Stancher, Grant Accountant, cstanche@mtu.edu Tracy LaPlante, Grant Accountant, talaplan@mtu.edu Leslie Ruoho, Billing Coordinator, laruoho@mtu.edu

  36. Sponsored Operations Office (SOO) 487-3170 Gina LeMay, Director of Sponsored Operations and Information Systems, gllemay@mtu.edu Jacob Manchester, Business Information and Systems Analyst, jmanches@mtu.edu RichelleSchwaller, Business Systems Analyst, richelle@mtu.edu

  37. Foreign Nationals and National Security Jay Meldrum, Executive Director of the Keweenaw Research Center, jmeldrum@mtu.edu 487-3178 Ramona Englund, Faculty Security Officer rlenglun@mtu.edu 487-2654

  38. Research Development Office (RD) 487-3126 Peter A. Larsen, Director of Research Development palarsen@mtu.edu Jodi G. Lehman, Associate Director of Research Development & Director of Foundation Relations jglehman@mtu.edu Jessica Brassard, Assistant Director of Research Development jnbrassa@mtu.edu

  39. Innovation and Industry Engagement (IIE) Jim Baker, Executive Director, jrbaker@mtu.edu, 487-3459 Marilyn Haapapuro, Associate Director for Industrial Contracting, mkhaapap@mtu.edu, 487-1977 John Diebel, Assistant Director for Technology Commercialization, jfdiebel@mtu.edu, 487-2228 Mike Morley, Manager of Technology Marketing, mcmorley@mtu.edu, 487-3485 Diane Garrow, Manager of Academic Agreements, Student Design Contracts, and Unrestricted Sponsored Programs; dfgarrow@mtu.edu; 487-2228 Robin Kolehmainen, Patent/License Manager, rakolehm@mtu.edu, 487-2228 Tom Holzberger, Contracts Analyst, taholzbe@mtu.edu, 487-2946 Carol Frendewey, Assistant Contracts Analyst, cbfrende@mtu.edu, 487-2735 Brent Burns, Director of Federal and Industry Relations, bburns@mtu.edu, 487-3674 Katie Buehner, Assistant Director of Industry Relations, katieb@mtu.edu, 906-231-6749 Shannon Kokkonen, Coordinator, Operations & Industry Outreach, smkokko@mtu.edu, 487-3126 Jim Desrochers, Associate Director of Industry Relations, jtdesroc@mtu.edu, 487-3461

  40. Office of Compliance, Integrity, and Safety (CIS) 487-2902 Joanne Polzien, Executive Director, jpolzien@mtu.edu Cheryl Gherna, Coordinator of Review Boards, cagherna@mtu.edu David Dixon, Bio Safety Officer, dcdixon@mtu.edu, 487-2131 Courtney Perreault, ACF Supervisor and IACUC Coordinator, crperrea@mtu.edu, 487-2878 Jeffrey Lewin, Chemical Safety Officer, jclewin@mtu.edu, 487-3153 Peter Baril, Health and Safety Manager, pdbaril@mtu.edu, 487-1496

  41. College Level Research Guidance College of Engineering Dr. Adrienne Minerick; Associate Dean for Research & Innovation; Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development; Professor, Chemical Engineering; minerick@mtu.edu College of Science and Arts Dr. Jason Carter; Assistant to the Vice President for Research, Department Chair and Professor, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology; jcarter@mtu.edu School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Dr. Andrew J. Storer, Associate Dean, storer@mtu.edu School of Technology Dr. James Frendewey, Dean, jimf@mtu.edu School of Business and Economics Dr. Thomas E Merz, Associate Dean, temerz@mtu.edu

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