Funding Opportunities in the Arts & Humanities Office of Research & Commercialization Jo Ann Smith, Ph.D.

How Do I Support My Research?

Funding Opportunities & Research Development Dr. Jo Ann Smith Research Development Associate Marysol Murcia Grant Opportunity Development Manager Maddy Chokshi Information Specialist

What we do Assist in identifying funding opportunities Assist in the limited submission process Guide faculty through the proposal submission process  Individually  Workshops Assist faculty in the development of proposals for submission and interpreting guidelines Assist in building collaborative research teams

How we do it Funding Sources  IRIS COS, Foundation Search Workshops  Internal and external speakers Internal Programs  In-House, Matching Funds Personal Consultations with Faculty  Research Development, Grant Writing

Identify Funding Sources Assistance to Faculty  Identifying Funding Sources IRIS Data Base Community of Science Data Base Foundation Data Base Individual Searches

Grants.gov or Agency website Federal agencies only Information provided:  Title of program  Deadline for application  Eligibility  Amount/Minimum – Maximum range  Number of awards  Brief description  Link to the application guidelines

Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) Serves the arts & humanities and private foundations Different from the iRIS database used by IRB

Community of Science (COS) Two components  Funding Opportunities over 400,000 grants  Expertise 500,000 researcher profiles Automated funding alerts Serves faculty, students and staff

Foundation Search Only our unit has access to this database – not available to faculty and students Private, corporate, and government grant opportunities  122,000 foundations Profiles of each foundation

Grant Day – October 26th

Grant Day Workshop Bi-annual campus-wide workshop  Invited presenters from federal, state, and private funding organizations  Discuss proposal preparation tips, strategies, suggestions, common errors  Research Interests  Modification and future directions Note: CAH is working on bringing NEH and NEA Program Directors to UCF (more to come)

Internal Programs  In-House Research Grants Research Incentives  Matching Funds for Federal Agencies (MFFA)  Undergraduate Research Initiative  Florida High Tech Corridor Industry Matching Research Program

Research Development Assistance to Faculty Preparation of Proposals  Discuss Proposals / Research  Develop Contacts  Editorial Assistance  Budgets  Program Assessment & Evaluation

Examples of Multidisciplinary Proposals NSF Informal Science  Drs. Walters, Hughes, Ms. Smith Simulation of the New York Worlds Fair History, IST Funded $1.4M NEH Scholarly Editions  Dr. Kamroth Digital Media, University of Kansas, Ohio State Funded $170k NSF I3 NSF I3  Dr. Theo Lotz Art and Design students will create science-inspired art and design based on the STEM researcher’s Art, Engineering Pending $1M

Research Development Series 1. Find Funding (COS & IRIS) 2. Grant Writing 3. Partnerships and Collaborations to Increase Grant Funding 4. Building a Budget, Indirect, Subcontracts, & Matching Funds 5. Protecting Human Subjects and the Review Process 6. Protecting Intellectual Property

Contact Information Jo Ann Smith, Ph.D., CRA Research Development Associate Marysol Murcia Grant Opportunity Development Manager Maddy Chokshi Information Specialist