Richard B. Kreider, PhD, FACSM, FISSN Professor & Head, Department of Health & Kinesiology

1. Grant Writing: Corporate & Private Agencies Richard B. Kreider, PhD, FACSM, FISSN Professor & Head, Department of Health & Kinesiology Thomas A. & Joan Read Endowed Chair for Disadvantaged Youth Director, Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab Texas A&M University rkreider@hlkn.tamu.edu www.ExerciseAndSportNutritionLab.com

2. Research Impact It’s not research unless it’s published! It’s not good research unless it’s cited by others! It’s not great research unless it makes an impact! It’s not highly valued research unless others are willing to support and/or fund the work!

3. Research Process

4. Funding Sources • Federal • Advantages • Competitive Peer Review Process • Funds Basic Research • Multi-year funding with full IDC’s • Prestigious • Disadvantages • Very competitive (often top 5%) • Long application and review time • Typically not as cutting edge • State • Advantages • Less competitive • Generally funds applied research / state research interests • Disadvantages • Not as much funding • Lower or no IDC’s

5. Funding Sources • Private Foundations • Advantages • More issue / need focused call for proposals • Funds applied research / interventions • Disadvantages • Not as much funding • Lower IDC’s • Corporate Funding • Advantages • More exploratory / cutting edge • Typically study their emerging IP • Faster review / approval of proposals • Funds basic and applied research • Patent Potential • Full IDC’s • Disadvantages • Expect expeditious turnaround • Don’t always understand IDC’s

6. Non-Federal Funding Stanford University (FY14) • Becoming an increasingly important source of external funding at universities • Often involves development of university – business relationships that can lead to grants, patents, royalties, and/or development support for facilities and endowments • Most tier I research intensive universities aggressively seek non-federal grants and contracts *27% of Total Directs Why should the state or federal government fund research that others are willing to support?

7. Scholarship Profile • Productivity • 3 Books • 24 Book Chapters • 112 Peer-Review Articles • 318 Published Abstracts • 161 Invited Lectures • 420 Research Presentations • Citations (Google Scholar) • 4,931 Citations • h-index = 37 • i10-index = 80

8. Dedicated to evaluating the interaction between exercise and nutrition on health, disease, rehabilitation, and performance. • Established an extensive research collaboration network at TAMU and 17 institutions • Received over $12M in funding for clinical trials and collaborated on $10M in funding • ESNL research has resulted in over 150 peer-reviewed publications and over 500 national/international presentations • ESNL has supported and/or prepared over 75 PhD & MS students who have published hundreds of publications from their institutions • Research making a world-wide impact Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab

9. Funding Profile • Corporate (PI) • $11.75M • Corporate (CoPI/CoI) • $0.285M • Federal (CoPI) • $1.05M • Federal (CoI/Consultant) • $9.04M Corporate grants/contracts can serve as a significant source of external funding to support a research program!

10. Keys to Getting Grants • Develop unique research skills or focus • Develop a fundable research line • Multidisciplinary / team approach • Submit cost effective, clear, understandable, and concise proposals • Establish timely and significant presentation / publicationrecord • Develop a website to highlight research and be willing to translate findings to the public • Sponsors seek out productive scholars to conduct research

11. Corporate Grants • Companies need to conduct R&D • University sponsored research is primary means of conducting R&D • Proof of concept studies • Basic research studies • Applied structure and function studies • Sponsor typically finds researchers/labs conducting research in area of interest or with capabilities needed for research • Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) • Asked to review IP and submit proposal; respond to RFP; or, work with R&D director to develop proposal • Sponsor often solicits competitive proposals from several university and/or corporate research institutions • Sponsor CEO, investors, SAB, and/or scientific consultants review and award grant on competitive basis

12. Corporate Funding Proposal • Understand audience, needs/interests, and SAB member backgrounds • Brief introduction • Overview theory, rationale, claims • Describe purpose of study • Executive summary style, lay description • Description of Study • Participants, Entrance/Exclusion Criteria • Study Design and Independent & Dependent Variables • Overview of protocol / tests • Methods/Instrumentation • Diet, Exercise, Supplement Protocol • Safety Monitoring • Data Analysis and Power • Research Team • Reasonable budget • Timeline

13. Corporate Grants • Once SOW is agreed upon, request letter of funding intent from sponsor • Once received, process through normal university grant / contract processes • Budget review • Routing of proposal and budget for approval • Submit to sponsor for approval • Development of contract • Sponsor reviews and signs contract • Grant budget established • Typically do not submit IRB until a letter of intent to fund is obtained or grant contract executed • Must meet timeline expectations in study completion, presentation, and publication

14. Corporate Grant Safeguards • Usually, pre-existing IP is owned by sponsor and university owns or shares any new IP generated • Typically will submit abstracts and articles for review and comment to sponsor before submission but we maintain full presentation and publication rights on clinical trials regardless of outcome • Typically do not seek publication of fee for service or proof of concept studies • Typically will send supplements for independent analysis of nutrient content • Internal data entry review and verification • Follow FDA/GCP guidelines for record keeping • Occasionally, sponsors will send external audit teams to verify data entry • Full disclosure of study sponsorship, CoI’s, and roles of research team

15. Summary • It’s not easy to obtain non-federal funding but it can serve as an important source of funding • Need to develop relevant research expertise and be willing to conduct cutting edge research of interest to foundations and corporate sponsors • Proposal needs to be concise and describe potential impact of R&D • Corporate funding often leads to development of IP and patents providing additional revenue sources to the university

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