1. Vice President for Research Research and Sponsored Programs Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 October 31, 2006 AGENDA Intro & Overview – Dave Reed Proposal Processing – Lisa Jukkala NSF FastLane/Grants.gov – Lisa Jukkala Review Boards– Anita Quinn “Finding Funding” & “Writing to Win” – Pete Larsen Graduate School – Jackie Huntoon Questions Final Comments

2. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Introduction

3. FY2006 Update Sponsored Program Awards/Expenditures Awards = $43,643,347 Federal Awards = $31,943,677 Expenditures = $44,199,615

4. Total Sponsored Programs Awards

5. Federal Awards

6. Michigan Tech’s Research Rankings Michigan Tech’s national research ranking improved from 188 th to 179 th among all institutions, and from 167 th to 129 th among public institutions. Michigan Tech’s Engineering ranking improved from 90 th to 75 th Our highest ranked discipline is mechanical engineering at 26 th, an improvement from 29 th last year

7. National Rank

8. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Proposal Processing

17. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 FastLane https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/proposals.jsp Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/

18. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Review Boards IRB Institutional Review Board - Human Subjects Committee Willie Melton, Chair IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Ann MacLean, Chair IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee (Recombinant DNA) Shekhar Joshi, Chair Information and forms for these committees may be found at: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/review.html All Applications for research to use human subjects, animals, and R-DNA need to be submitted to the review board administrator – Research Compliance Office for dissemination to the appropriate board/committee for review and approval.

19. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Finding Funding Graduate Fellowships Professors Community of Science - www.cos.comwww.cos.com Grants.gov Google Michigan Tech’s Internal Resources Grad School Website Resources Selected funding opportunities Funding opportunities by month Opportunities for international students Foundation Search Other Funding www.cos.com NSF Supplemental Funding Opportunities Why Pursue Fellowship Funding? Fellowships offer Prestige Career Enhancement Research Independence Often generous stipends and tuition

20. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850

21. Writing to Win Writing Resources Program Officers/Foundation Staff Michigan Tech Resources Pete & Lynn Artman Writing Centers Colleagues and Professors Prior awardees Reviewer comments Books/Online Help The Science of Scientific Writing www.amstat.org/publications/jcgs/sci.pdf Become familiar with: NSF-Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/ Submission Resource: RSP staff

22. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 General Proposal Tips What makes a winning proposal? Great Idea Well-expressed, well-organized content Great Abstract Highlight review criteria (use review sheet) Easy to read (white space, font, margins, grammar, organization) Find the right sponsor! Mirror the language of the RFP Follow all directions, answer all questions Use references Convince reviewers you can do it! Use every resource you have available Start early!

23. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Graduate School

24. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Proposal Incentive Award Program Guidelines and Application can be found on the Graduate School website: www.gradschool.mtu.edu Click on “Financial Information” link Click on “Grants & Fellowships” link At the end of the first paragraph, click on “Details Here”

25. Effective Grantsmanship Workshop – FW5850 Questions Final Comments