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Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education
Improving Our Future by Degrees
in
Oklahoma’s Second Century
Dr. Linda Mason
COORDINATOR FOR GRANT WRITING
AND EXTERNAL FUNDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Grantwriting?
• Research
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One committed person – contagious enthusiasm
Important pedagogy
Recruitment of top notch students
Make original contributions and test them
• Program development
• Curriculum revision
• Enhance facilities
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Grantwriting?
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Involve students
Professional development – improve yourself
Something needs to be done
Engage in grant writing prior to going to first
job
• Experiment – try something new!
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Grantwriting?
• Important to submit proposals within 2-3
years of starting teaching career: funding
agency won’t readily grant to experienced
teacher who is a non-researcher.
• Oklahoma does not have enough state
money to significantly improve higher
education
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Time Management?
• Most 2 year schools in Oklahoma
have a standard 15 credit hour per
semester teaching assignment
• Most 4 year schools have a standard
12 credit hour per semester teaching
assignment
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Time Management?
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Teaching preparation is extra
Student advisement is extra
Committees are extra
Professional affiliation is extra
Research is extra
Grantwriting is extra….
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Time Management?
• Sleep is extra!!!
GRANTWRITING TIME
MANAGEMENT
Why Time Management?
• Must organize existing time rather than
find additional time
• Something will have to be eliminated!
FIRST….
• Talk with those who DO write grant
proposals and conduct research WITH
A FULL TEACHING LOAD
• These suggestions from faculty who
have full teaching loads
• Read literature
• Professional organizations
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• Analyze your time as
you spend it now –
make a chart
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C – Class
O – Office
T - Talking
M – Meeting
L – Lunch
N – Nap
C – Class
F – Family
P - Preparation
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BE HONEST!
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Analyze chart – and put aside
Go back to it and re-analyze
Set aside blocks of time
Commit to calendar – make
appointments with yourself
CREATE TIME….
First…
• Reorganize the week
• Change time of something
• Put things into blocks
• Change style of interacting
CREATE TIME….
Next…
• Reorganize the day
• Put things back to back
• Plan at the beginning
• Shut your door
CREATE TIME….
• Eliminate something
Base this on priorities --Keep what you are obligated to do
Keep what you really like
Keep what keeps you sane and
healthy
BE REASONABLE!
USE NEW TIME….
Now that you have organized so you
have some time….
USE NEW TIME….
• Organize grantwriting into small
steps
• Search first
• Read first
• Learn first
• Make an outline first
• Use small time blocks
CANNOT DO IT….
• “Too tall an order, I cannot!”
• Think about it again later.
GET HELP….
• Go to chair or dean for suggestions
• Take chart to colleague
• Set up a discussion group
GET HELP….
• Use students to help
–Research
–Training others
–Lab or classroom setup
–Routine duties
–Pay, credit, internship
GET HELP….
• Ask for assistant or other help
• Get support from others
• Lobby administration in
numbers
• Change culture from within
MAKE THE EFFORT
• Make an attempt
• Make a commitment – 2
semesters
• Start with small changes –
don’t set yourself up for failure
with too high expectations
MAKE THE EFFORT
Prioritize
– the time will follow!
RESOURCES
• HOW TO GET STARTED IN RESEARCH
http://www.cur.org/publications.html
COUNCIL ON RESEARCH (CUR) – 1999
• “Checklist of Institutional Support for Research”
by Professor Jack Pladziewicz, University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Contact:
Linda Mason, Ed.D.
405-225-9486
[email protected]
http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/
COORDINATOR FOR GRANT WRITING
AND EXTERNAL FUNDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
August 2011