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Identifying Funding Opportunities. Charles Kaars, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects Services University at Buffalo, The State University of New York October 6, 2008. Identifying Funding Opportunities. Identifying funding opportunities really means: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Identifying Funding Opportunities
Charles Kaars, Ph.D.Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects ServicesUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkOctober 6, 2008
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Identifying Funding Opportunities
Identifying funding opportunities really means:Locating organizations and
programs most likely to provide funding in support of your scholarly activities
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Q: Where do you start your search for funding?
A: With yourselfNot with your computerNot with your Sponsored
Programs office
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Project and Personal Assessment
What is the goal of the project?What is the significance of the goal?What objectives are needed to reach
the goal?Are any of the objectives achievable
independently?Is reaching any of the objectives notable?
Have you successfully completed a funded project?
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Project and Personal Assessment
Have you already advanced the field? Do you have all of the technical
expertise needed to perform the project? Are all of the facilities you need
available to you? Are all aspects of the project feasible? Who funds others working in the field?
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Some Realities
It’s easier to get funding if successfully completed a funded project
Being a collaborator or co-investigator counts
If you’re not well established start small – even if your goals are big
Some funding is better than no funding Time is money – small projects are the
foundation for big programs
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Write a Projected Life History of the Project
What will you start with? How small can you start? What is needed to start?
What will the first results enable?What is needed to build on the first
results?
How toGetYourProposalFunded
If You are not Established or Funded
Look into institutional funding Look for organizations that
support work in your field and offer small grants
Plan on requesting funding for the smallest project that will produce notable results
How toGetYourProposalFunded
How do You Find out About
Institutional grants programs? Organizations that support work
in your discipline? The types of grants that funders
make? What makes sense for your
project?
How toGetYourProposalFunded
What Next?
What are the next steps after you identified a prospective sponsor? Have a more experienced colleague
review your thinking Talk with a program official at the
funding organization about your project
Does it respond to their mission and objectives?
Does it fit with the grant program?
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Then …
Write your proposal Well before the deadline so that you
and your colleagues have time to critically review it
How toGetYourProposalFunded
Contact Information
Charles Kaars, Ph.D.Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects ServicesUniversity at BuffaloThe State University of New York Phone: (716) 645-5000, extension 1101Fax: (716) 645-2760Email: [email protected]