Transcript Engineering Education Trends and Impact on the Workforce

Thoughts on Finding and
Achieving Research Funding
Ray Vaughn
Associate Vice President for Research
[email protected]
Teresa Gammill
Assistant Vice President for Research
[email protected]
662-325-3570
Finding Funding Is Like Homework
Homework is too time consuming?
At least 2/3 of your time in:
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Finding the agency
Investigating previous projects that the agency has funded
Learning about the grant proposal requirements
What can I find from the funder’s website or a company
report
• Who at my institution has received funding from this
funder and knows about this funder?
http://research.msstate.edu/rresources/externalfunding.php
Funding Approaches
1. Shotgun: Shoot a scatter shot and see what falls.
Look for funding agencies, investigate what they fund, and
apply for something from the agency. Your goals are broad
enough to be modified to fit their goals.
2. Rifle: Take careful aim at one specific target.
Look for funding agencies that fund only what you want.
Search for an exact match to fund your project using your
specifically stated goals.
Strategy Approach
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Pick the appropriate federal agency(s)
Pick 3-6 appropriate agencies/foundations
Develop relationships
Search with focus – direct to the agency or
using a search engine
5. Constantly scan – ½ hour per day – lists,
eNewsletters, alerts, newsletters
Ex: ORED Webpage
http://www.research.msstate.edu/rresources/rdevwritingnews.php
Identifying Funding Sources
• Previous funders
• Sponsors that have funded your colleagues
http://research.msstate.edu/rresources/externalfunding.php
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Industry contacts
Professional associations
Database searches
Web searches
Types of Funding
• Government - Federal, State, Local –
26 Federal Agencies (900 programs)
Grants.gov - http://www07.grants.gov/index.jsp
• Foundations
Second-largest source – 900,000
• State Agencies
• Direct Industry/Corporations
Types of Funding
Philanthropists
• Philanthropy News Digest – www.foundationcenter.org
• Philanthropy News Network Online –
www.pnnonline.org
• Education World Grants Desk http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml
• Open Directory dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Grants/GrantMaking_Foundations/
• Professional Associations & Societies
• “Other” Grant making organizations
Grant Sources/Information
• Funding Alert at DC (includes some foundation grants)
http://opgd.dc.gov/opgd/lib/opgd/services/grant/funding_ale
rts/currentnewsletter.pdf
• Chronicle of Higher Education – chronicle.com/
• Don Peek (k-12 schools) – www.schoolfundingcenter.com
• Sheryl Abspire
http://www.cpsb.org/scripts/abshire/grants.aspEducation
• World Grants Desk http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml
26 Federal Agencies
• Institute of Museum and Library Services http://www.imls.gov/
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration http://www.nasa.gov/
• National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/
• National Council on Disabilities - http://www.ncd.gov/
• National Endowment for the Arts http://www.nea.gov/grants/
Mississippi Arts Commission:
http://www.arts.state.ms.us/grants/index.php
• National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/
• National Science Foundation - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
• Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov/
26 Federal Agencies
• Social Security Administration -http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
• US Agency for International Development http://www.usaid.gov/
• US Department of Agriculture http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm
• US Department of Commerce - http://www.commerce.gov
• US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
Mississippi Delta Health Alliance
http://www.deltahealthalliance.org/
• US Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/
• US Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html
Mississippi MDE: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Grants.htm
Mississippi IHL: http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/
26 Federal Agencies
• US Department of Energy - http://www.energy.gov/
• US Department of Homeland Security http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html
• US Dept. of Housing &Urban Dev. - http://www.hud.gov/
• US Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/
• US Department of Justice - http://www.justice.gov/
• US Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/
• US Department of State - http://www.state.gov/
• US Department of Transportation - http://www.dot.gov/
• US Department of Veterans Affairs - http://www.va.gov/
• US Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm
• US Institute of Peace - http://www.usip.org/
Grant Resources
• Grants.gov http://grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp
• All Federal grants - www.grants.gov
• Institute of Education Sciences - http://ies.ed.gov
• K-12 Grants without Deadlines
http://k12grants.org/Grants/nation-no_deadline.htm
• FedBizOps - www.fedbizopps.gov/
• Funding Advantage - http://www.fcfaonline.com/
• Foundation Directory Online –
http://www.fconline.fdncenter.org/
Funding Sources
• Foundation Center Newsletters
– http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/index.jhtml to
register for:
• RFP Bulletin
• Philanthropy News Digest
• Job Alert
• Small Business Innovation Research http://www.sbir.gov/solicitations
• GrantsAlert.com - www.GrantsAlert.com
“Our number one goal at is to make life a little easier for those who devote
their time to searching for education grants and identifying new funding
opportunities for their organizations, schools, districts, consortia and
state education agencies.”
Funding Advantages
• Provides support dollars for:
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Release Time
Travel
Undergrads/graduate students
Materials/supplies
Equipment
Helps with P&T
Caveats
• These are thoughts – not a formula for success
in every case
• You must find something interesting to you and
something you can actually do
• Industrial contracts are good too
• You need to listen to your P&T committees and
department heads
• Early success is important – early failure is not
What works well…
• Don’t be limiting in your search for opportunities
• Be willing to work with others
• Think outside the box – not everything is an
exact fit for what you are looking for
• Selection rates for grants are low (10/15% is
normal). Why would you think that writing one
or two grants/year will result in success?
• Look for service/educational grants as well as
technical grants
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Read the solicitation and give them what they ask for
Start with the budget…
Work with other experience people
Volunteer to serve on review panels
Get a review of your work before you send it in
(spelling counts…)
• Talk to program managers
• Read the reviews you get and improve.
• Don’t be overly sensitive
Sources of Research Information
www.research.msstate.edu
Sources of Information
Interdisciplinary Research Grant
Program
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The ORED interdisciplinary seed grant program is designed to provide faculty members
with small grants to assist with their research and in building collaborations across
disciplines. These awards are for $2000 or less and can be used for small equipment
purchases, travel to meet with a program sponsor, purchase of special scholarly tools, or
other needs as appropriate.
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Thirty projects were funded in 2010-2011
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We expect to repeat the program in 2011-2012
ORED Faculty
Research Support Program
• Provides limited and shared support for faculty that require financial
investment in order to pursue research successes;
• Priority will be given to requests for faculty travel to meet with grant program
managers to discuss ideas for future proposal submissions;
• This program replaces the research initiation program, quick grant program,
faculty travel program, and the summer research program;
• All faculty financial research support requests should be sent to Dr. Ray
Vaughn, the Associate Vice President for Research, for review and
consideration;
• Each request should be routed via email though the appropriate department
head and dean for comment and recommendation (in the case of a research
center request, the center director will be expected to comment). A form for
this purpose is provided for download from this web site.
http://www.research.msstate.edu/funding/
Office of Sponsored Programs
Administration
• Sponsored programs administration deals with the
preparation and submittal of proposals (Preaward).
• Grant administrators are assigned by colleges.
• Director is Mr. Richard Swann (662) 325-7404
What does SPA do???
• SPA is pre-award – they are a contracts office
and make sure you are compliant with the law
• They check your budget
• They make sure all the reps/certs are acceptable
• They can obligate the university
• They submit your proposal for you
• They review your proposal for completeness
• They look for red flags – like export control
What does SPA not do?
• SPA will not check the technical work of your
proposal
• SPA cannot perform superhuman fetes and
review your proposal in minutes – they need
time (3 days)
• They cannot turn lead into gold (alchemy)
• They cannot determine whether or not IP is
involved – you must do that
Questions?
More Information: http://www.research.msstate.edu/