1 / 26

Section Overview I

Section Overview I. Internal Funding Opportunities http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal.html COS: uncover funding opportunities http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/cos/cos.html Limited Submission External Funding Opportunities Foundation Corporate Government (Federal & State)

jaden
Download Presentation

Section Overview I

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Section OverviewI Internal Funding Opportunities http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal.html COS: uncover fundingopportunities http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/cos/cos.html Limited Submission External Funding Opportunities Foundation Corporate Government (Federal & State) Graduate Student Funding Proposal Development

  2. Contact: Cathy Banfield Assistant to the Vice President VP for Research 487-3043 cmbanfie@mtu.edu

  3. Internal Funding Opportunities Internal Awards: Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund (C2E2) Faculty Scholarship Grant (FSG) Research Excellence Fund (REF) Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURF)

  4. C2E2 - Total Awards $14,000 Purpose: Provide equipment money to assist the research efforts of faculty, staff and students. All faculty and staff are eligible to apply. October deadline announced via: Tech Today VPR newsletter Sent electronically to departments Available on VPR website: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/century.html

  5. Faculty Scholarship Grant Total Awards $20,000 Purpose: The FSG assists faculty in the quest to engage in scholarly and creative activities which will enhance their professional development. Tenured faculty or tenure track faculty are eligible to apply. November deadline announced via: Tech Today VPR newsletter Sent electronically to departments Available on VPR website: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/faculty.htm

  6. Research Excellence Fund (REF) Total Awards $400,000 Three types of REF Grants: (There is a limit of one submission per Principal Investigator per category.) Infrastructure Enhancement (IE) Research Seed (RS) Mentoring (MG) Each award has a selection committee that makes the award determinations Duration of project one year (July 1 – June 30) Proposal format guidelines exist and must be followed Reports are due at the end of each project

  7. Infrastructure Enhancement (IE) Purpose: Provides resources to develop the infrastructure necessary to support sponsored research and graduate student education. $150,000 awarded annually. • Chair, Dean, Research Center/Institute Directors are eligible to apply. • February deadline announced via: • Tech Today • VPR newsletter • Sent electronically to departments, • Available on VPR website: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/excellence.html

  8. Research Seed (RS) Purpose: Provides untenured faculty with resources to develop externally supported research. $220,000 awarded annually. All untenured faculty in any academic unit are eligible. Tenured faculty, research faculty or research staff can be co-investigators. February deadline announced via: Tech Today VPR newsletter Sent electronically to departments Available on VPR website: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/excellence.html

  9. Mentoring Grants (MG) Purpose: Provides newly-hired untenured faculty (from July 1, 2006) with resources to collaborate with established nationally known researchers not affiliated with the university. $30,000 awarded annually. February deadline announced via: Tech Today VPR newsletter Sent electronically to departments Available on VPR website: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/internal/excellence.html

  10. Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURF) Total Awards $50,000 Purpose: Provides Tech undergraduates, who have at least one more semester at Tech, an invaluable experience to learn the process of research in a professional environment, develop new techniques for research, and earn money at the same time. Contact the SURF Coordinator:Dr. Will Cantrellcantrell@mtu.edu (906) 487-2356 More information available on web:http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/surf/index.html

  11. COS COS is the leading global resource for hard-to-find information critical to scientific research and other projects across all disciplines. Find funding with COS Funding Opportunities: search the world's most comprehensive funding resource, with more than 22,000+ records,400,000 opportunities, worth over $33 billion. Identify experts and collaborators with COS Expertise: search among 500,000 profiles of researchers from 1,600 institutions More information available on web: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/cos/cos.html

  12. COS Profile Promote your research with a COS Profile: Showcase your research and expertise among researchers and scholars from universities, corporations and nonprofits in more than 170 countries. Use convenient tools to keep your CV updated and accessible. For Assistance with setting up your profile please contact Peter A. Larsen pete@mtu.edu 487-2906

  13. Contact: Cheryl Gherna Office Assistant Compliance 487-2902 cagherna@mtu.edu

  14. Limited Submission The VPR office posts limited submission opportunities on the following web site and tracks all submissions. It is a very important internal process for external support. http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/sprot/funding/Limited_submission_program.htm Current opportunities: are posted on the web site and notification is emailed to deans-l, chairs-l, and directors-l lists. Internal deadlines – first come, first serve Any proposals submitted after the deadline or the maximum number has been determined will not be eligible for submission. Internal competition

  15. Limited Submission Limited Submission “new / unlisted” Last minute opportunities: Immediatelynotify the VPR office Cheryl Gherna at cagherna@mtu.edu with information to post on the web site. Less than ten (10) business days prior to the deadline: all proposals received in the VPR office will be submitted on a "first come first serve" basis. More than ten (10) business days prior to the deadline: an announcement will be emailed to the deans, chairs, directors and normal instructions will apply.

  16. Foundation Funding Opportunities Contact: Lynn Artman Administrator of Foundation Relations 205 ATDC Building 487-3484 laartman@mtu.edu

  17. Foundation Funding Opportunities • Perform database searches for specific projects. • Remember Foundations are a different audience than government funding sources.

  18. Foundation Funding Many private & corporate foundations have a limited submission policy even though it is not published. It is best to assume this is the case and to be sure that your proposal does not conflict with another. Foundations Proposal Internal Notification Formhttp://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/sprot/forms/foundations_proposal_internal_notification.html

  19. Finding Corporate Funding Contact: Steve Stackhouse Director of Corporate Services Michigan Tech Fund 487-2310 sstackho@mtu.edu

  20. Finding Government-Sponsored Funding Contact: Peter A. Larsen pete@mtu.edu 403 Administration Building 906-487-2906 (note: there is another Peter Larson on campus)

  21. Finding Government-Sponsored Funding Searching Tools CFDA-Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Grants.gov MyNSF COS Google Customized Funding Alerts Program Officers of one interesting opportunity can direct you to others Network at conferences—find out who is funding research in your area of interest

  22. Finding Government-Sponsored Funding Programs Specifically for New Faculty-Examples National Science Foundation CAREER Awards Department of Defense: Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Program DARPA Young Faculty Award

  23. Finding Government-Sponsored Funding Department of Agriculture-New Investigator Grants NASA-New Investigator Program in Earth Science National Institutes of Health Career Development Awards Small Grant Program for New Investigators Many Other Programs Through Various Sponsors

  24. Finding Funding for Graduate Students Utilize many of the same search options Nearly all Federal agencies that sponsor research also sponsor graduate fellowship competitions: NSF, NIH, EPA, NASA, Homeland Security, etc. Michigan Tech’s Internal Resources Grad School website Selected funding opportunities Funding opportunities by month Funding opportunities for international student Foundation Search – Private and Corporate (see Lynn)

  25. Proposal Development How do you get started? Ask questions of program officers and foundation staff. Focus your efforts on areas of greatest opportunity. Prior Awardees/Examples of Successful Proposals Internal Resources (Pete & Lynn) Books/Online Help NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg The Science of Scientific Writing www.amstat.org/publications/jcgs/sci.pdf

  26. Questions?

More Related