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Research Overview

Learn about research opportunities, funding options, and support services available at Michigan Tech. Discover internal funding programs, library resources, and technology commercialization services. Get information on compliance, ethics, and intellectual property.

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Research Overview

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  1. Research Overview 1:00 Welcome & Brief Overview – Natasha Chopp, Director of Research Opportunities 1:05 Research Overview – Dr. Jason Carter, Associate Vice President for Research Development and Dr. Jim Baker, Associate Vice President for Research Administration 2:00 Break 2:10Research Media – Allison Mills, Director of Research News, Science and Technology Publications Writer. University Marketing & Communications 2:30 Library Support for Faculty Research – Erin Matas, Information Services Team Leader, Faculty Engagement and Research Support Librarian and Jenn Sams, Instruction and Learning Team Leader. Van Pelt and Opie Library 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 Research Development (RD) Sponsored Programs Administration (SP) Compliance, Integrity & Safety (CIS) Technology Commercialization (TC) http://www.mtu.edu/research

  7. Sponsored Programs Administration- Government and Industry Sponsored Programs- Areas of Service We Can Help With • Assists With Proposal Preparation and Manages Proposal Submission • Budget preparation • Proposal review for conformity • Reviews and Negotiates Grant and Contract Terms and Conditions • Administers Sponsored Award Modifications • Initiates and Administers SubawardsWith Subrecipients • Student Project Agreements (Capstone and Enterprise) Sponsored Programs Office

  8. Sponsored Programs Administration- Sponsored 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

  9. Technology Commercialization Areas of Service We Can Help With • Technology Commercialization Planning and Gap Funding Development • Technology Licensing • Startup Business Development • Intellectual Property • Non-Funding and Partnership Agreements • Confidentiality, Material Transfer, Memoranda of Understanding, CRADAs,Teaming Agreements, Academic Affiliation Agreements Technology Commercialization

  10. 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 • 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

  11. Compliance, Integrity & Safety (CIS) Areas of Service We Can Help With • Conflicts of Interests • Chem Stores • 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 • Classification of Foreign Persons • Participation & Publication Restrictions/Policies • Negotiation of Approaches • Project Administration & National Security • PI’s Have the Primary Responsibility for Any Exports Compliance, Integrity & Safety Compliance, Integrity & Safety

  12. Internal Funding Opportunities

  13. 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, 3rd week of October Announced Via: • Tech Today • Sent electronically to departments • VPR website C2E2

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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 • 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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.   PIEligibility: Each department, school, center, and institute is allowed to designate/sponsor an academic faculty as the PI. Award Amount: Grants may be up to $50,000. Infrastructure Enhancement

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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 • Shared Facilities • PHF Mid-Career (MC) Portage Health Research Awards

  23. PHF - Mid-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

  24. Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURF) Purpose: This program provides funding for undergraduate students interested in spending seven to 14 weeks developing an individual research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. 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

  25. Undergraduate Research Internship Program (URIP) Purpose: Provides funding for undergraduate students who are interested in engaging in a research experience in a faculty member's laboratory. Contact: Paige Hackney, phackney@mtu.edu Award Amount: Up to $1,600 Submission Timeline: Last Week in March Announced via: • Tech Today • Sent electronically to departments • VPR website URIP

  26. 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

  27. On Campus Resources

  28. Research Centers and Institutes 21 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

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

  30. 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 • Research Development & Grant Writing Newsletter • Monthly newsletter that contains: • webinars • funding opportunities • strategies • tips • To sign up, please email Natasha Chopp at nichopp@mtu.edu

  31. 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

  32. Vice President for Research David Reed, Vice President for Research ddreed@mtu.edu 487-3043 Jason Carter, Associate Vice President for Research Development jcarter@mtu.edu 487-3456 Jim Baker, Associate Vice President for Research Administration jrbaker@mtu.edu 487-2228 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

  33. Sponsored Programs AdministrationGovernment Sponsored Programs487-2226 Lisa Jukkala, Director, Government Sponsored Programs Administration lajukkal@mtu.edu Carol Wiitanen, Grants Analyst cawiitan@mtu.edu Jennifer Bukovich, Grants Analyst jlbukovi@mtu.edu Hilary Anderson, Assistant Grants Analyst hilarya@mtu.edu Randy Laurn, Assistant Grants Analyst rmlaurn@mtu.edu Lydia Gockenbach, Office Assistant ljgocken@mtu.edu

  34. Sponsored Programs AdministrationNon-government Sponsored Programs487-2228 Marilyn Haapapuro, Director for Industry Sponsored Programs mkhaapap@mtu.edu, 487-1977 Tom Holzberger, Contracts Analyst taholzbe@mtu.edu, 487-2946 Carol Frendewey, Assistant Contracts Analyst cbfrende@mtu.edu, 487-2735 Kathy Terando, Office Assistant kterando@mtu.edu, 487-2228

  35. Sponsored Programs Administration- Sponsored Accounting -487-2244 Tammy LaBissoniere, Director, Sponsored Programs Accounting tklabiss@mtu.edu Kelly Kallio, Manager, Sponsored Programs Administration kmkallio@mtu.edu Christopher Stancher, Senior Grant Accountant cstanche@mtu.edu Christine Klein, Assistant Grant Accountant cmgruver@mtu.edu Lori Baakko, Assistant Grant Accountant labaakko@mtu.edu

  36. 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 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

  37. Technology Commercialization Office Mike Morley, Manager of Technology Commercialization mcmorley@mtu.edu 487-3485 Brenda Da Costa, MTRAC Commercialization Program Director bdacosta@mtu.edu Robin Kolehmainen, Operations and Contracts Manager rakolehm@mtu.edu 487-1927

  38. Office of Compliance, Integrity, and Safety (CIS) Joanne Polzien, Executive Director jpolzien@mtu.edu 487-2902 Patricia Muller, Special Assistant to the Executive Directory pamuller@mtu.edu 487-2014 David Dixon, Biosafety Officer dcdixon@mtu.edu 487-2131 Courtney Holzberger, ACF Supervisor and IACUC Coordinator crholzbe@mtu.edu 487-2878 Christina Lehmann, Coordinator of Regulatory Review Boards cmlehman@mtu.edu Jeffrey Lewin, Chemical Safety Officer jclewin@mtu.edu 487-3153 Peter Baril, Health and Safety Manager pdbaril@mtu.edu 487-1496 Chris Maxson, General Safety Specialist cmmaxson@mtu.edu 487-3020 Stephen Zapolnik, EHS Technician smzapoln@mtu.edu

  39. 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

  40. 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

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