Grant Proposal Writing Workshop The Graduate School University of Arkansas February 5, 2010

Purpose of this Workshop Help you understand how your research is paid for and how you, as a future PhD, will get your own research funded in academia, industry, philanthropy, or national labs.

What You’re Going to Learn Today The role of proposals in funding research Where to find funding opportunities How to write effective proposals How proposals are judged Special Topics: budgets, SBIR’s, the Research Office

Organization for this Workshop 9:30 – 9:40 Welcome and Introductions – Dr. Ulrich 9:40 – 10:00 The Research Funding Cycle from the Science and Engineering Perspective – Dr. Ulrich 10:00 – 10:15 The Research Funding Cycle from the Humanities Perspective – Dr. Nolan 10:15 – 10:45 Requests for Proposals – Prof. Vickers 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 11:30 Proposal Structure – Dr. Hettiarachchy 11:30 – 12:30 Working Lunch – faculty and committee member at each table 12:30 – 2:00 Focused Topics Budgets – Dr. Ulrich How Proposals are Evaluated Role of the Research Office – Dr. Smith SBIR’s – Ron Foster