Research Office Services for Graduate Students August 23, 2017

UD Research Development Office Leigh Botner, Director of Research Development botner@udel.edu 302-831-7088 Dr. Anshuman Razdan, Associate Vice President for Research Development razdan@udel.edu 302-831-4717

Why Engage in Research? Scholarly research is a requirement for most graduate programs (Masters and PhD), learning to do research is part of the graduate training. Opportunity to work closely with a faculty/researcher and get financial benefits! Sponsored research and/or affiliation with a “lab” really enhances the resume and increases probability of better recruitment in the work place. Your mentoring faculty is probably well connected in the discipline and industry – never underestimate the power of the network!!

Finding Funding Opportunities Research Office Website http://www1.udel.edu/research/students/ Training Requirement RCR: historically held the last week of winter break (right before the spring semester starts)- But, not yet determine for this AY

Graduate Training Opportunities Research Office Website http://www1.udel.edu/research/training/

Research Funding Online Workshop Co-sponsored by the University Library When: November 16, 2017 Where: Morris Library, Room 116A Time: 10 am- Noon Registration is available at http://udel.libcal.com/event/2660806

Grant Writing Workshop Co-sponsored by OGPE and the College of Engineering Join us on 9/8/17 from 1-3 pm Faculty Commons, Pearson Hall Registration is available at grad.udel.edu/event-registration/ Workshop will discuss funding and highlight GRFP

Submitting Proposals Requiring Authorized Official Representative Signature PI eligibility form may be found at http://www1.udel.edu/research/preparing/pieligibility.html Examples include: NASA: Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) NIH: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research NIH: Predoctoral Training at the Interface of the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences DOE: The National Methane Hydrates R&D Program- Graduate Fellowship Program There are several sponsors who offer pre-doctoral grants whereby the work is conceived of and carried out entirely by a graduate student. In these cases, a faculty member is identified as a mentor and oversees the project nominally. To that end, the eligible PI Eligibility Form may be used at the time of proposal routing to permit the graduate student to have this role. Also, please have the department administrators ensure the graduate student’s supervisor code is associated with a chair and dean code. This will allow the proposal approval web form to be routed appropriately. The required completed form must be sent to the Research Office at least ten (10) working days before the deadline for submittal of the proposal to the funding agency.

Submitting Proposals Individually Some proposals do not require approval from an authorized representative Examples include: NSF Fellowship Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching