1. Research Opportunities & Resources at MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development College of Human Medicine André S. Bachmann, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics & Associate Chair for Research andre.bachmann@hc.msu.edu

2. Acknowledgments Department Chair: Dr. Keith English Retreat Organization Committee – Dr. Brian Schutte – Dr. Surender Rajasekaran – Dr. William Stratbucker – Dr. Jennifer Johnson – Dr. Arpita Vyas – Dr. Mona-Hanna-Attisha Staff – Michelle Volker – Kathryn Larson – Robert Schiering – Beth Thelen – Debi Underwood – Kristine Kounelis – Emily Bredin

3. Internal Research Funds at MSU External Research Funds & Strategies (NIH, DOD, NSF, private organizations) Topics

4. https://vprgs.msu.edu/ VPRGS – Main Website

5. http://vprgs.msu.edu/internal-funding VPRGS – Website: Internal Funding

6. Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI) Objective: Provide bridge funding (up to $50K) when grant applications just missed the funding line Process: Nominations by your College’s Assoc. Dean for Research DFI Round 1: Deadline for Applicants to Submit Materials to Asc Dean: September 17, 2015 Deadline for Asc Dean to Submit Nominations to OVPRGS: October 8, 2015 Funding Announcements: December 15, 2015 DFI Round II: Deadline for Applicants to Submit Materials to Asc Deans: March 7, 2016 Deadline for Asc Dean’s to Submit Nominations to OVPRGS: April 14, 2016 Funding Announcements: May 4, 2016 Funding is matched 1:1 by college and VPRGS http:// vprgs.msu.edu/dfi Pamphlet with details available

7. Strategic Partnership Grants (SPG) Objective: Provide seed funds ($400K over 3 years) to prepare for significant external funding or IP with commercial potential Encourage new interdisciplinary collaborations Process: Pre-Proposal Deadline: September 17, 2015 CORD Pre-Proposal Discussion: November 12, 2015 Full Proposal Deadline: January 29, 2016 CORD Full Proposal Discussion: April 28, 2016 Presentations to the MSUF Grants Committee: TBA (June) $1.2M awarded Review Panels (MSU faculty): Basic and Applied Biology Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics Environmental Studies and Energy Health and Biomedical Sciences Humanities, Social Science and Education http://vprgs.msu.edu/spg Pamphlet with details available

8. For the development of intellectual property, once a decision has been made to pursue IP protection, there is the “Targeted Support Grant for Technology Development” (TSGTD). http://www.technologies.msu.edu/researchers/translational- research/tsgtd Intellectual Property Development

9. http://ctsi.msu.edu/pilot-funding-clinical-andor- translational-research CTSI Pilot Grants

10. http://cvm.msu.edu/research/research-and-graduate- studies/research-facilitation/find-funding/research-funds-competition Vet Med Research Funds Competition For Vet Med Faculty only- but CHM collaborations possible

11. Department of Pediatrics Funds Dr. English is working with Dr. Esselman and Dr. Bachmann to develop strategies to provide start-up funding for promising new projects within the Department of Pediatrics

12. HDVCH Collaborations HDVCH-Internal Seed Grant Program To qualify you need a Co-PI at HDVCH Contact Dr. Surender Rajasekaran

13. MSU-Sparrow Collaborations http://sparrowmsuinnovations.msu.edu/

14. Internal Research Funds at MSU External Research Funds & Strategies (NIH, DOD, NSF, private organizations) Topics

15. National Institutes of Health (NIH) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

16. Department of Defense (DOD) http://cdmrp.army.mil/dmrdp/

17. National Science Foundation (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

18. External Funding - SciVal is a comprehensive search tool to find funding opportunities http://www.funding.scival.com/home#b