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The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project

The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project. February 27, 2007 Keenan Dungey, Associate Professor, Chemistry Deb Koua, Coordinator, Grants and Contracts

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The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project

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  1. The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project February 27, 2007 Keenan Dungey, Associate Professor, Chemistry Deb Koua, Coordinator, Grants and Contracts Pamela Salela, Assistant Professor, Library Instructional Services& Coordinator, Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center, Brookens Library Stacey Willenborg, Director of Development, Corporate/Foundation Gifts University of Illinois at Springfield

  2. Corporate and Foundation Relations • Find matches • Conduct research on funders • Set-up and attend initial meetings • Serve as a general resource to help you find funding

  3. Proposal Preparation • Faculty and staff know their projects best • Tailor to your audience • Use your contacts • Talking points are helpful • Ask for assistance

  4. Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Centerhttp://library.uis.edu/findinfo/grants/index.html Pamela M. Salela, Assistant Professor CINRC Coordinator Brookens Library psale2@uis.edu 217-206-6783 University of Illinois at Springfield

  5. Affiliations • Foundation Centerhttp://foundationcenter.org • Publications • Training • Reference Guide for Researchershttp://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/guides/research.html • Donors Forum of Chicago – Partnerhttp://donorsforum.org • Publications • Workshops (Chicago) • 20% discount UIS

  6. Resources • Databases • Foundation Directory Online campus only!http://fconline.fdncenter.org/ipl.pl • Foundation Grants to Individuals Online campus only!http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/ipl.php • Illinois Funding Source campus only!http://ifs.donorsforum.org/ • Campus Only! – but… VPN client • Reference Materials • Directories • Manuals • Budget tools

  7. Select Bibliography of Directories • Directory of Research GrantsAS911 .A2 D5 2005 • Annual Register of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources AS911 .A2 A67 2007 • The Grants Register: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding WorldwideAS911 .A2 G734 2007 • The Europa International Foundation DirectoryHV7 .I56 2005 • Grants for Higher EducationAS911 .A2 G7247 2007

  8. Workshops • Community • Course specific • Faculty/Staff

  9. Services provided by G&C Office • Identification of external funding sources • Interpretation of sponsor guidelines and requirements • Assistance with all stages of proposal development • Official submission of proposals to outside sponsors, including electronic submissions through grants.gov, Fastlane, etc. • Assistance with protocols for research involving human and/or animal subjects • Assistance with intellectual property issues • A webpage with links to relevant information, and downloadable forms

  10. Where to look for funding • IRIS www.library.uiuc.edu/iris • SPIN (coming in FY09) • Google • Association listserves, funder newsletters, etc. • Grants.gov • Colleagues

  11. UIS Provost Funding • Summer Competitive Scholarly Research Grant Program (SCRGP) • Strategic Academic Initiatives Grant (SAIG) Program • Collaborative Project Seed Funding (CPSF) • Scholarly Presentation Support Program

  12. UIS requirements for proposals & awards All proposals submitted to external sponsors by UIS faculty, staff and students require internal approval using the UIS Internal Clearance Form. All awards must be officially accepted by the campus, and must be signed by the proper authority.

  13. Proposal Writing Tips DO: • Follow directions • Learn as much about your funder as you can • Use language that is simple and direct • Repeat the funder’s language back to them • Include tables, flowcharts and diagrams when they are useful

  14. Tips continued … • Proofread • Have someone not familiar with your work read your proposal • Prepare a detailed and justifiable budget • Talk to staff at the funding agency if possible • Ask for reviewer comments

  15. Tips continued… DO NOT: • Go over the number of pages allotted • Pad your budget with items that can’t be justified • Assume that reviewers are experts in your field • Wait until the last minute – to write or to submit • Send the same proposal off to multiple funders • Get discouraged!!

  16. How to get your project funded (1 faculty perspective) Keenan Dungey (CHE) University of Illinois at Springfield

  17. Writing the Proposal • Clear hypothesis/goals • State the importance of the project • Clear statement of resources/personnel needed and timetable • Make the case that you cando the project • If your project involves students, describe their learning goals • Be considerate of the reviewers • Correct format, excellent language skills

  18. Help for Writing the Proposal • Get copies of proposals that were funded by the agency • Volunteer to serve as a proposal reviewer for the agency You make contacts and learn first-hand about the grants that get funded • Pre-”peer review” • Send a copy of your proposal to a colleague before the submission deadline

  19. Start Now • Set goals and deadlines for yourself • Contact program officers at granting agencies • find out more information about their program • learn from them what has worked in the past • Don’t wait • Submit a proposal and get feedback. • Some programs give preferences to new faculty.

  20. Finding Funding • Resources at UIS • All of the above • Center for State Policy and Leadership http://cspl.uis.edu/ • Professional Organizations • Council on Undergraduate Research www.cur.org • Colleagues • Attend professional meetings

  21. What if you don’t get funded? • Don’t be discouraged by the failure rate • Some NSF programs have a 10% funding rate • Always pursue comments on why you were not funded; • even gather comments on why you were funded so that you know what you did correctly

  22. KED Grant Proposals Written 2000-2006

  23. Suggestions for Success • Establish a track record with peer reviewed publications • Gather preliminary data on the project to demonstrate that you can do it • Show institutional support • List all available resources even if you haven’t tapped into them yet. • Find collaborators • Colleagues down the hall, at another campus • Attend professional conferences

  24. Finding Time for Research • Schedule your academic week into blocks for teaching and research • reserve a day, or at least an afternoon, to your scholarship (no meetings, no committees, no classes) • Reserve summers for research • underload/overload semesters • Since contact hours are counted for the entire year, you can underload one semester to make time for writing. • Course-related research can lead to published articles

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