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How to Find Funding. Kerry Kinney (CE) Rick Neptune (ME) Preston Wilson (ME). You have a Great Research Idea Now What?. Identify Appropriate Funding Agency Search On-line Databases Community of Science Database GrantsNet Specific Agency Web Pages Ask Others in your Department - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How to Find Funding
Kerry Kinney (CE)
Rick Neptune (ME)
Preston Wilson (ME)
You have a Great Research IdeaNow What? Identify Appropriate Funding Agency
Search On-line Databases Community of Science Database GrantsNet
Specific Agency Web Pages Ask Others in your Department
Once you have identified the appropriate funding source: Read RFP guidance carefully Talk to other faculty who have experience
with the funding agency you are considering.
How to Find Funding for your Great Research Idea – The Bottom Line
You need more than a great idea! You must be able to communicate your
research plan and convince reviewers to fund it.
Proposal writing skills are absolutely absolutely essentialessential…… Tell a concise “Story” Submit a few well-written proposals; not
many poor proposals
Logistics
Numerous drafts likely – allow enough time.
Have mentor, other experienced faculty members review it.
Review other successful proposals to get an idea of scope and format….
Logistics Understand the procedures at your “Office of
Sponsored Projects” Lead Time Required? Signatures Required?
Institutional Budget Requirements Overhead Rates Tuition and Fees Summer Salary
Once you have scope of proposed project defined, develop a reasonable time frame for the project
Keep in mind that you may have a new graduate student working on the project.....
If your proposal is funded - Great! If it isn’t, remember you are in good
company Some agencies fund less than 10% of the
proposals they receive! Don‘t get discouraged; Revise proposal – Refine research idea; Submit to new funding agency Keep Trying
The Aftermath
Funding Opportunities NIH - www.nih.gov
CRISP – Database of funded projects http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
NIH Review Criteria http://www.csr.nih.gov/guidelines/r01.htm
Article: How to get NIH funding http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/10/12/1
NSF - www.nsf.gov CAREER program
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/career/start.htm Engineering Division
http://www.nsf.gov/home/eng/ Article: NSF grant writing
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/07/06/8
Funding Opportunities NIDRR - The National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/nidrr/index.html
Miscellaneous Funding links GrantsNet - http://www.grantsnet.org/ Science Magazine – search for articles
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/ Grant writing
http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/PWG/pwgcontents.html Google search for articles Book – Research Proposals: A Guide to Success (Ogden and
Goldberg)
Industry SBIR mechanism (NSF, NIH)
ONR sponsors a wide range of basic and applied research. From biology and medicine to math,
computer, physical and social sciences, and engineering.
Research areas are listed in the Science and Technology (S&T) pages: http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/
Find the areas that best coincide with your expertise.
A Specific Example: Office of Naval Research (ONR)
ONR Funding Many research opportunities
discussed in the S&T pages are open to all: university faculty, university and national lab personnel, Navy labs, small and large businesses.
ONR Funding Special Programs for University Faculty
ONR-Wide Young Investigator Program http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/industrial/363/
yip.asp Individual S&T Program Faculty-Specific Awards Ocean Acoustics-Entry Level Faculty Award
http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/ocean/321_sensing/info_acous_awd.asp
Mechanics and Energy Conversion http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/engineering/
333_mechanics/usea_uli.asp
ONR Funding In general, ONR proposals are not peer-
reviewed. You need to meet the program managers
(PMs) in your area. The PMs are obligated to interact with
offerers. Call or email, introduce yourself, set up a
meeting. Present your ideas to them. Receive feedback on your ideas and what
they need.
ONR Funding Develop a pre-proposal (white paper)
that fits into an existing program and utilizes your expertise.
If the project has a high likelihood of being funded, PMs will offer suggestions and request a full proposal.
Receive grant, do work, repeat process! ONR PMs tend to provide long-term support to a core group of Principal Investigators (PIs) in their areas.
Questions?