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SHOW ME THE MONEY—GRANTS 101 WORKSHOP February 24, 2016 Founders Room Academic Funding – Federal/State Grants Wade Pickren Director of Sponsored Research Overview of Grants at IC Benefits of Grant Funding Overview of Grants at IC Grants Statistics Overview of Grants at IC Grants Statistics Pending Since June 2015: HRSA – 386,000 DOE – 80,625 Miscellaneous – 6,000 NSF – 2,496,977 NIH – 741,556 NEA – 50,000 NEH – 172,840 NYS – 978,983 Private – 1,735,746 5 Preproposals Total: $ 6,615,974 REACHE REACHE – Research to Enhance Academic Collaboration in Higher Education This internal grant program seeks to identify and promote promising research at Ithaca College. REACHE funding is intended to support the development of research and scholarly endeavors of IC faculty and staff members, particularly pilot and exploratory projects that hold the possibility of leading to substantial research programs suitable for support by external funding agencies. ACE ACE-Advancing Creative Expression This internal grant program seeks to identify and promote promising research at Ithaca College. ACE funding is intended to support the development of research and scholarly endeavors of IC faculty and staff members in the area of the Arts and Humanities, particularly pilot and exploratory projects that hold the possibility of leading to substantial research programs suitable for support by external funding agencies. Please consider serving on a federal agency review panel Foundation and Grants Fundraising Warren Calderone Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations In the beginning: Concept Two general tracks: Idea Search for funders RFP/FOA Align concept/idea Short Video Clip Foundations Reveal What They Look For in Grant Proposals Short Video Clip #2 http://grantspace.org/skills/proposal-writing Concept Paper Grant Proposal Application form Abstract Proposal Narrative Budget Budget Narrative/Justification Timeline CVs/biosketches Other supporting material, e.g., Board list, letters of support or commitment Proposal Development Sustainability What will happen after the funding ends? List matching funds, in-kind, revenue, etc. Dissemination How will you distribute results? Think usual (papers, posters, web, etc.) and innovative. Funders like to be acknowledged. If you do not win 1. Don’t be discouraged. Success rates are low. Take a comprehensive approach to win. 2. Read the reviews carefully, if provided, and ask colleagues to do the same. 3. Discuss reviews with program officer. 4. Address reviews within resubmission. Grant Myths I don’t need to worry about the grant deadline Grant Myths Cost sharing is not a problem We don’t have to be that careful about in-kind cost sharing—no one is going to check Grant Myths We don’t have to respond to everything in the RFP Grant Myths Fonts, margins, page limits, etc. are not that important Who cares about a few typoes Grant Myths After we get the award, we’re on easy street It doesn’t matter if I don’t submit grant reports In Summary Talk to Academic Funding staff Talk to Program Officer at funder Prepare/send Concept Paper Get all necessary approvals at IC Allow sufficient time for review and submission of grant Be persistent in research quests Q&A Thank you