Transcript ABC’s of Grantsmanship

Faculty Dialog Series, October 4, 2011
Kim Willis, Interim Director
Office for Teaching Excellence & Faculty Development
Internal Funding is available for a vast array of
uses, including but not limited to the following:
Travel to conferences and workshops
 Curriculum development
 Research and/or Creative Production
 Materials and equipment necessary to
conduct projects
 Student Engagement
 Student Travel Funds
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Call for Proposals/Deadlines
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All internal awards have a 2/semester deadline,
except TEC Conference/Workshop grants and
Student Travel Funds
Fall due dates are the 2nd Monday in September
and November
Spring due dates are on the 2nd Monday in
February and April
Conference/Workshop requests and Student
Travel Funds are reviewed on a rolling basis as
long as funds remain available
Research Excellence (REC)
Reviewed by the Faculty Scholarship Panel:
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Fund projects for full-time faculty and professional
staff to support research and creative projects
Provide “seed funds” for faculty and professional
staff to launch or to advance research and creative
production that will benefit Bradley as well as the
recipients
Initiate new areas of research and creative
production, conduct pilot and planning projects for
larger, externally-funded grant proposals, and
prepare work for publication
Leads to external funding opportunities through OSP
REC Summer Stipend Award
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Assist faculty in completing major scholarly or creative
activities during summer months
Provides a before taxes and Fringe Benefits allowance of
$3,300 for one summer session
Recipients shall neither teach nor administer any BU
course or program; shall not be involved with other
internally or externally funded research/creative
production activity; shall not engage in outside University
employment; and may not be enrolled in a degree
program
May engage in teaching or other activities during the
summer interim session or the other summer session
May apply for additional funds from the Research
Excellence Award program and other sources to offset
project costs
Teaching Innovations Proposals
Reviewed by the Innovative Teaching Panel:
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Provides support for curriculum development or course
modification which demonstrates the prospect for innovation
and integration in course design or delivery
Provides released time, summer support ($3,300 for one
summer session), or other assistance to faculty who want to
develop instructional innovation
Cross-disciplinary projects, interdepartmental faculty efforts,
and integration of teaching and research are encouraged
Proposals evaluated based on:
 distinctive - it establishes a new direction for instruction;
 significant - it enhances teaching and learning;
 sustainable - it provides impact beyond a limited number
of students.
Conference & Workshop Support
Provides up to $700 towards the costs
of attending and/or presenting at a
professional conference.
 The purpose of attendance must be for
faculty development to enhance
teaching which is clearly connected to
the applicant's teaching assignments
 These grants have year round open
enrollment as long as funds are
available
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Special Emphasis
Reviewed by the Student Engagement Panel:
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Funds proposals in research, creative production and/or
service that show promise of providing undergraduate and
graduate students enrolled in a course the opportunity to
participate in projects that demand authentic partnership
among faculty, staff, and students
The key to Special Emphasis awards is the collaborative
nature of the proposed effort
Supports student employment during interim, spring
break, or summer ($360/week full-time,$3,600
max./proposal
Non-allowable expenses include tuition and computers
Student Travel Funds
Reviewed by the Student Engagement Panel:
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Funds student travel expenses to attend and/or present at
a conference
Undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines,
engaged in collaborative research and/or creative
production with faculty/professional staff are eligible for
funding
Proposal must demonstrate the student/faculty
collaborative nature of the research/creative production
Students must be admitted and enrolled to participate
Grants will be funded up to $500/student (up to
$1,500/project)
Grantsmanship Services provided by
OTEFD & OSP
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Provide information and guidance for internal and external
funding opportunities
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Writing and/or assisting faculty and staff in writing such
proposals
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Reviewing and editing proposals
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Assisting with the development of cross-disciplinary proposals
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Educating faculty and staff on the legal and ethical implications
of grants
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Training faculty and staff in identifying and seeking funding
opportunities that contribute to continued professional growth
and development as teaching scholars
Dr. Charles Maris
Office of Sponsored Programs
Goals for today
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Understand what a data management
plan is
 and why you need one
Understand what goes into a DMP
 Are DMPs needed for every proposal?
 How to (begin) writing your DMP
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What’s a Data Management Plan?
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It is a document, to be included in your proposal,
that explains how you will share and
disseminate your research results.
It is short (two pages)
There are a number of items that must be
addressed (pay attention)
It is important
This is a requirement for NSF and many NIH
proposals – the Feds are leading the way
For example….
Note well: There are resources! Such as, the NSF GPG, the DMP FAQ, the
individual NSF Directorate, and your OSP.
More examples…
Easy to find, get to know your sponsor’s site well
Brass tacks: What? How? Tell me more!
To begin: NSF GPG (Grant Proposal Guide) Chapter II, C, 2, j (pg II-18)
Key points:
•2 pages or less
•NOT part of 15-pg narrative
•Labeled “Data Management
Plan”
•Explain how you will satisfy their
policy WRT: sharing &
dissemination
Include:
•types of data, collections,
software, etc.
•Data standards (jpg? PDF?)
•Formats of the future will be nonproprietary and open
•Metadata and content
•Policy for access and sharing
•Protection of privacy, security,
intellectual property,
•Policy/provision for re-use, redistribution
•How will you archive and
interface
Motivation:
Data fragility
from Gizmodo,
via
BusinessInsider
(2010)
Borrowed from UConn
Brass tacks: What goes into a DMP?
Data
• Does not include physical objects or laboratory samples
• Trade secrets, confidential materials are protected until published
• Must provide for protection of personnel and medical information
Each DMP should be appropriate for the data being generated and
reflect the best practices and standards in the are of research being
proposed.
From the BIO DMP
Brass tacks: What goes into a DMP?
From the BIO DMP
Brass tacks: How?
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Begin with the items listed on the previous page.
Take a look at YOUR specific Directorate
Take a stab at it. We have templates – respond to the questions. We’re developing
a library of successful plans.
Brass tacks: Tell me more!
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Visit with OSP
 Hands on mentoring and feedback
 Liaison with sponsors
 Developing a library of successful DMPs,
templates, etc.
Am I finished? No!
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On the back end (post-award), you need to
consider reporting requirements, annual and
final
You have so much info on the NSF.
What about the NIH?
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Same set of issues
Let’s take a look at the program announcement
GOALS OF DATA SHARING
Data sharing promotes many goals of the NIH research endeavor. It is
particularly important for unique data that cannot be readily replicated.
Data sharing allows scientists to expedite the translation of research
results into knowledge, products, and procedures to improve human
health.
There are many reasons to share data from NIH-supported studies.
Sharing data reinforces open scientific inquiry, encourages diversity of
analysis and opinion, promotes new research, makes possible the
testing of new or alternative hypotheses and methods of analysis,
supports studies on data collection methods and measurement,
facilitates the education of new researchers, enables the exploration of
topics not envisioned by the initial investigators, and permits the
creation of new datasets when data from multiple sources are
combined.
APPLICABILITY
The NIH policy on data sharing applies:
•To the sharing of final research data for research
purposes.
•To basic research, clinical studies, surveys, and
other types of research supported by NIH. It applies
to research that involves human subjects and
laboratory research that does not involve human
subjects. It is especially important to share unique
data that cannot be readily replicated.
In NIH's view, all data should be considered for data sharing. Data
•To applicants seeking $500,000 or more in direct
should be made as widely and freely available as possible while
safeguarding the privacy of participants, and protecting
costs in any year of the proposed project period
confidential and proprietary data. To facilitate data sharing,
through grants, cooperative agreements, or
investigators submitting a research application requesting $500,000 or
contracts.
more of direct costs in any single year to NIH on or after October 1,
2003 are expected to include a plan for sharing final research data for
•To research applications submitted beginning
research purposes, or state why data sharing is not possible.
October 1, 2003.
From: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_guidance.htm
You had so many great examples!
Where can I find them?
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Engineering Directorate: http://nsf.gov/eng/general/ENG_DMP_Policy.pdf
Computer Information Science & Engineering Directorate: http://www.nsf.gov/cise/cise_dmp.jsp
Biological Sciences Directorate: http://www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/BIODMP061511.pdf
Education and Human Resources Directorate: www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmpdocs/ehr.pdf
You get the idea…
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Inside help:
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OSP website
OSP in Kaufman – people, templates,
mentoring, coaching,
excellent programing, *free coffee*
Outside help:
 http://www.lib.uconn.edu/scholarlycommunication/data.html
 http://ocga.ucsd.edu/Proposals/NIH/Grants/Resource_Sharing_Data_Sharing_M
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odel_Organism.htm
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_guidance.htm
http://osr.rice.edu/forms/datamanagementPlans.pdf
http://rci.ucsd.edu/dmp/examples.html
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/dmp/plan.html
Remember…
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Research is a process, not an event
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Our data should live on beyond our project, program,
laboratory, career…
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Our data should interface/contribute with similar data
 Consider large, multi/national databases
 What if there was an earthquake, tsunami, tornade
 What if traffic engineers and psychologists wanted to talk to one
another (cross-disciplinary)
How will you manage and distribute your data?
Questions?
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Website us: www.bradley.edu/osp
Thanks to IRT and HelpDesk
Sample plans
Rice
http://rci.ucsd.edu/dmp/examples.html
Social sciences
We’ve got your back
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