Vice President for Research Research and Sponsored Programs

1. Vice President for ResearchResearch 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 Questions Final Comments Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 October 31, 2006

2. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Introduction

3. FY2006 UpdateSponsored Program Awards/Expenditures • Awards = $43,643,347 • Federal Awards = $31,943,677 • Expenditures = $44,199,615

4. Total Sponsored Programs Awards

5. Federal Awards

6. 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

7. National Rank

8. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Proposal Processing

17. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 FastLane https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/proposals.jsp Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/

18. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 • 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.

19. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 • 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

20. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850

21. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 • 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

22. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 • 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!

23. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Graduate School

24. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 • 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”

25. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Questions Final Comments