Transcript Grant Writing in the Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic

Grant Writing
Basics: Finding
Funding
Opportunities
Kari Whittenberger-Keith, Ph.D.
Proposal Development Services
Office of Sponsored Projects
Office of Research, UW-M
Thinking about Funding
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Specific persuasive form
Specific “physical” form
Audience-centered
“Dating” game
Universe of Funders
Internal
• Colleges and schools
• Centers and institutes
• Systems
External
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Federal
Foundations
Professional associations
Institutions
Award Types
Grants
Individual Awards
Multiple people
Multiple years
Equipment and supplies
Larger award size
Physical/biosciences;
education; some social
sciences; large scale
humanities
• Award made to
institution
• Single researcher
support
• One year or less
• Salary support or
travel/access
• Smaller award size
• Humanities; arts; some
social sciences; students
• Award made to
individual
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Funding Sources
– Individual sponsor Web sites
• Federal, state, foundations, corporations
– Free databases
• Grants.gov, FedBizOpps (mostly federal grants)
• Topic-specific
– Paid subscription databases
• Pivot (UWM)
• Wide net (gov’t; national foundations; global)
• Extensive customization
– Other Services
• OSP Research Updates
• The Grants Library URL: http://guides.library.uwm.edu/grants
Finding Federal Opportunities
• Sponsor Notification Emails
• Free
• Typically just a list with no functionality
(e.g., no searching, sorting, bookmarking)
• Pre-determined frequency (weekly or bi-weekly)
• Reliable, easy to use, accurate
• “Hands-free” approach
Finding Federal Opportunities
– Types of Free Sponsor Notifications
• Government-wide
• Federal Register
• Grants.Gov
• FedBizOpps
• Federal Agency-specific
• Dept. of Education, National Institutes of Health, National
Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency
• Public Service
• ScanGrants
• Foundations
• No free databases
Grants.gov Notice
NSF Notice
Finding Federal & Other
Opportunities
• Pivot Grant Opportunity Database
• Formerly Community of Science (COS)
• Most comprehensive, editorially maintained database of global
funding opportunities
• By governments, private/corporate foundations
• For research, fellowships, scholarships
• Search one database for funding in any discipline and country,
rather than multiple sources or across Internet
• Receive weekly updates on saved searches you organize in your
own folders
• Receive alerts when new matching opportunities match your
saved searches
Pivot Notice
Call for Proposal = …
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Request for proposal (RFP)
Broad agency announcement (BAA)
Funding opportunity announcement (FOA)
Request for information (RFI)
Information for bid (IFB)
Invitation to bid (ITB)
Request for quote (RFQ)
Purpose of Calls
• Define the research need and the purpose of the solicitation
• Research expectations
• Project scope
• Expected outcomes/deliverables
• Schedules
• Outline competitive information
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Eligibility
Number and size of awards
Conditions of award
Review process and timeline
Purpose of Calls (cont.)
• Application instructions
• Deadlines
• Content requirements
• Format requirements
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Page length
Margins/fonts
Headers/footers
Page numbers
URLs
• Completion of required forms
• Sponsor contact information
• Program officer and technical support
• Conditions of award/reporting requirements/deliverables
Analyzing a Call
• Before you think about writing a proposal
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Define project and funding needs
Determine fundable components
Research funding agencies and funding mechanisms/calls
Analyze specific calls and requirements
• Funding priorities
• Agency goals
• “Audiences”
• Deadlines and application process
• Requirements, including page and form limits
• Past recipients
• Proposal examples
• FAQs and program officer contacts
REMEMBER: Specifics vary by agency and program
Is This Opportunity Right for
Me?
• Can my work fit the call?
• Can I do it in the timeframe?
• Can I look competitive?
• Do I have enough experience?
• Do I have publications or other evidence?
• Do I need collaborators or other team members?
• Can my project “match” the level of innovation?
• “Revolutionary not evolutionary”
• “Breakthrough not incremental”
• “Basic research”
• Can I show I have the resources to accomplish the work?
• On campus
• Collaborations
• Travel to resources
For More Information
Kari Whittenberger-Keith
[email protected]
(414) 229 4062
Michelle Schoenecker
[email protected]
(414) 229 2747