1. Strategies and Resources for Funding in the Natural Sciences Mark A. Arnold Department of Chemistry & Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (mark-arnold@uiowa.edu) CLAS New Faculty Orientation, 8/19/15

2. Issues to Consider  Current funding climate  Strategies and resources  Internal proposals  External proposals  Developing a strategic plan

3. Current Funding Climate http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/20150624 – ASME.pptx http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/20150624 – ASME.pptx

4. Current Funding Climate — NIH http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/20150624 – ASME.pptx http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/20150624 – ASME.pptx

5. Current Funding Climate Source: http://report.nih.gov/success_rates Source: http://report.nih.gov/success_rates

6. Strategies and Resources (Internal Proposals)  Submit as soon as proposal is viable  http://dsp.research.uiowa.edu/ui-internal-funding http://dsp.research.uiowa.edu/ui-internal-funding  http://research.uiowa.edu/researchers/find-funding/internal- funding-initiatives-ifi http://research.uiowa.edu/researchers/find-funding/internal- funding-initiatives-ifi http://research.uiowa.edu/researchers/find-funding/internal- funding-initiatives-ifi  Provides funding for preliminary results  Provides informative feedback  Provides mechanism to crystallize ideas  Clear explanation of significance  Clear description of experimental design  Challenge of explaining to an audience of non- specialists (avoiding jargon)

7. Strategies and Resources (External Proposals)  Submit as soon as proposal is viable  Until funding is established, don’t let a deadline pass without submitting  Learn what has been funded recently  http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm  http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/index.jsp http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/index.jsp  Note special Requests for Applications (RFA’s)  http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp  Look for special opportunities for young investigators  http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/newfaculty.html http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/newfaculty.html  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm

8. Developing a Strategic Plan  Preliminary results and manuscripts  Work on building your visibility  Meet program officers at agencies  Conference participation  Meet your competitors  Discover your supporters and detractors  Invite key players in your field to Iowa for a seminar  Develop your research niche  At tenure time, need to have an identifiable research program  Don’t ignore the mission-oriented agencies such as DOE, DOD, NASA  Important to develop contacts at Government labs

9.  Consider a mix of collaborative and individual work  Collaborative projects can be an important component of a research program  Allows bigger problems to be tackled  Important to be able to demonstrate your own contribution Developing a Strategic Plan