From awohlers at cameron.edu Wed Jun 1 08:33:19 2011 From: awohlers at cameron.edu (Anton Wohlers) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 08:33:19 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] job announcement Northwestern OK State Message-ID: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C7F31@EXMBX.cameron.edu> Please find attached a job announcement for the position of Coordinator of Sponsored Programs at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Tony E. Wohlers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Academic Research Director 2011 Oklahoma Research Day Coordinator Cameron University Department of History and Government 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505 Phone: 580-581-2496 Fax: 580-581-2941 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110601/d86404d7/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Job Announcement - Sponsored Programs -NWOSU.doc Type: application/msword Size: 32768 bytes Desc: Job Announcement - Sponsored Programs -NWOSU.doc Url : http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110601/d86404d7/attachment-0001.doc From awohlers at cameron.edu Wed Jun 1 09:12:33 2011 From: awohlers at cameron.edu (Anton Wohlers) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:12:33 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] job announcement NWOSU Message-ID: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C7F49@EXMBX.cameron.edu> Northwestern Oklahoma State University Position Announcement Date Posted April 19, 2011 Position Available Coordinator of Sponsored Programs General Information Northwestern Oklahoma State University is a multi-campus, state-assisted regional institution in the Oklahoma System of Higher Education and is accredited by the North Central Association and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The student population is approximately 2,000 students. Available June 1, 2011 Duties and Responsibilities The position requires consulting with administrations, faculty and staff to determine short and long-term funding needs; locating external funding sources and writing grant proposals; providing training and serving as compliance resource person for administration, faculty, and staff. The position also works closely with Business Office and the Payroll Office to ensure accurate and timely expenditure of funds, and will serve as liaison with sponsoring agencies. Will perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor's degree required, masters preferred. At least two years of administrative experience in grant writing and management, or closely related experience is expected.ion is preferred. Closing Date Review of applications begins immediately with hiring to occur prior to May 16, 2011. Send Information to Joyce Garvie Human Resources Director Northwestern Oklahoma State University 709 Oklahoma Blvd. Alva, OK 73717 jagarvie at nwosu.edu Applicants should provide a resume with contact information for three professional references and a completed university employment application form. Only persons who are authorized to be employed in the United States need apply. Employment is contingent upon the results of a criminal background check. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is an equal opportunity employer. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE STATEMENT This institution, in compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and other applicable federal laws and regulations, and to the extent required by law, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, genetic information, physical or mental disability, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes, but is not limited to, admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services. Inquiries concerning the application of these programs should be made to Brad Franz, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 709 Oklahoma Boulevard, Alva, OK 73717, (580) 327-8415. . Tony E. Wohlers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Academic Research Director 2011 Oklahoma Research Day Coordinator Cameron University Department of History and Government 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505 Phone: 580-581-2496 Fax: 580-581-2941 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110601/1ede36a1/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Wed Jun 1 09:39:31 2011 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:39:31 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] TEST Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A2AE97B@postman1.osrhe.edu> I am checking to see that the Regional University administrators and faculty listserve still functions properly. You do NOT need to reply. Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing Assistance Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City OK 73104 405-225-9486 voice 405-225-9230 fax lmason at osrhe.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110601/31717c0f/attachment-0001.html From awohlers at cameron.edu Fri Jun 3 10:25:23 2011 From: awohlers at cameron.edu (Anton Wohlers) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:25:23 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] funding_prescription Message-ID: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C818F@EXMBX.cameron.edu> Dear All, I just have a quick question. Cameron University has a wellness center on campus and the director of that center is looking for funding (just a few thousand dollars) that would allow students to afford prescriptions. I already tried a number of local foundations but no luck. If any of you have any suggestion, I would greatly appreciate it. Tony Tony E. Wohlers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Academic Research Director 2011 Oklahoma Research Day Coordinator Cameron University Department of History and Government 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505 Phone: 580-581-2496 Fax: 580-581-2941 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110603/2b5aa03f/attachment.html From schoonok at nsuok.edu Fri Jun 3 11:49:47 2011 From: schoonok at nsuok.edu (Kathryn Schoonover) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:49:47 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] funding_prescription In-Reply-To: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C818F@EXMBX.cameron.edu> References: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C818F@EXMBX.cameron.edu> Message-ID: Tony, There used to be a prescription assistance program on-line a few years ago that I used to refer my low-income housing residents to. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of it. You might google that information and see what it brings you, or contact DHS and see if they are familiar with what I am referring to. In the meantime, I will contact one of my former residents and see if he remembers the name of this program. Kathi On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Anton Wohlers wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I just have a quick question. Cameron University has a wellness center on > campus and the director of that center is looking for funding (just a few > thousand dollars) that would allow students to afford prescriptions. I > already tried a number of local foundations but no luck. If any of you have > any suggestion, I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > Tony > > > > Tony E. Wohlers, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor of Political Science > > Academic Research Director > > 2011 Oklahoma Research Day Coordinator > > Cameron University > > Department of History and Government > > 2800 W. Gore Blvd. > > Lawton, OK 73505 > > > > Phone: 580-581-2496 > > Fax: 580-581-2941 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Okgrantsmanship mailing list > Okgrantsmanship at lists.onenet.net > http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/okgrantsmanship > > -- Kathryn Schoonover, M.S. Director Research & Sponsored Programs Northeastern State University 600 N. Grand Ave. Tahlequah, OK 74464 (918) 444-2243 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110603/af72e60a/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Mon Jun 6 15:20:26 2011 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:20:26 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] funding_prescription In-Reply-To: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C818F@EXMBX.cameron.edu> References: <1438EFF79B760E45AB3E75D35C3FACFF40240C818F@EXMBX.cameron.edu> Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A2AEA2B@postman1.osrhe.edu> Tony, Here is a list of local funders who were the presenters at the Tulsa Funders Forum. I sent my grant intern, and he was quite impressed. They said that they had money left on the table because of lack of appropriate proposals. You might contact each for support for your prescription needs. *Andie Doyle - Chapman Foundations Management Chapman Foundations Management C/O Andie Doyle, Program Officer 3852 Camelrock View Colorado Springs, CO 80904 Andie at chapmantrusts.com *Robin Flint Ballenger - Flint Family Foundation Sharon Walsh Program Manager Flint Family Foundation P.O. Box 490 Tulsa, OK 74107 swalsh at flintfamilyfoundation.org *Maggie Hille Yar - The Hille Foundation Hille Foundation 624 S. Boston, Suite 710 Tulsa, OK 74119 (918) 592-0079 Fax: (918) 592-4185 myar at hillefoundation.com *Annie Tomecek - TD Williamson - Community Relations Director T.D. Williamson Corporate Headquarters 6120 South Yale, Suite 1700 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 918-447-5001 FAX 918-447-5050 *Susan Shepherd - Williams www.williams.com Williams Community Relations One Williams Center, 45th Floor Tulsa, OK 74172 918-573-1190 communityrelationstulsa at williams.com *Bill Major - Zarrow Group of Foundations www.zarrow.com Bill Major Zarrow Family Office,LLC 401 S. Boston, Suite 900 Tulsa, OK 74103-4012 Phone: (918) 295-8004 Fax: (918) 295-8049 bmajor at zarrow.com Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing Assistance Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City OK 73104 405-225-9486 voice 405-225-9230 fax lmason at osrhe.edu From: okgrantsmanship-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:okgrantsmanship-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Anton Wohlers Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:25 AM To: okgrantsmanship at lists.onenet.net Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] funding_prescription Dear All, I just have a quick question. Cameron University has a wellness center on campus and the director of that center is looking for funding (just a few thousand dollars) that would allow students to afford prescriptions. I already tried a number of local foundations but no luck. If any of you have any suggestion, I would greatly appreciate it. Tony Tony E. Wohlers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Academic Research Director 2011 Oklahoma Research Day Coordinator Cameron University Department of History and Government 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505 Phone: 580-581-2496 Fax: 580-581-2941 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110606/d59ce1ed/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Tue Jun 7 08:49:49 2011 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:49:49 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] RCR Training Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A2AEA36@postman1.osrhe.edu> Greetings, The OSRHE is planning a statewide Responsible Conduct of Research Training program for all undergraduate students to use. Please advise me by Friday, June 10, if you are planning (even tentatively) to use the RCR training for some or all of your undergraduate student researchers. The numbers and names of the institutions will help us in the planning. Details about the curriculum and the dates will be forthcoming this month. We are providing this as compliance with the NIH and NSF requirements at no cost to the participants. More later..... Linda Mason, Ed.D. 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While providing the syllabus, the site also has links to power point presentations, which are very informative (also useful for CRA prep). If interested, please visit: http://grantscourse.columbia.edu/ Best, Tony E. Wohlers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Academic Research Director 2011 Oklahoma Research Day Coordinator Cameron University Department of History and Government 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505 Phone: 580-581-2496 Fax: 580-581-2941 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110609/d029bfca/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Tue Jun 28 10:43:53 2011 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:43:53 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] COGR: Improving Circular A-21 and Reducing Burden Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A2AEBA6@postman1.osrhe.edu> An OMB-lead "A-21 Task Force" was established several months ago and COGR has been in regular contact with the Task Force. The A-21 Task Force is co-chaired by three representatives - one each from OMB, NIH, and DOD. In total, the Task Force has over ten members and represents all the major research funding agencies. Our agenda is their agenda - in other words, many of the recommendations COGR has made over the past six months are items that the Task Force will address. The only item that has been specified as not open for discussion is the 26-percent administrative cap. Some of the issues that the Task Force plans to address include: * Reduce the Burden of Effort Reporting * Allow Direct Charging of Research Administrative and Compliance Support (i.e., F6b) * Consistent Application of the 1.3% Utility Cost Adjustment * Improve the F&A Rate-Setting Process * Consistent Implementation of Circular A-21 Across Agencies (e.g., Reimbursement of the negotiated F&A rate) * Reduce the Burden of Subrecipient Monitoring A "Request for Information" (RFI) has been issued by the Task Force (under the auspices of an NIH RFI). Responses to the RFI are due on Thursday, July 28, 2011. We understand that the Task Force plans to sponsor a "Town Hall" meeting prior to the RFI due date. This will provide the broad community with an opportunity to engage the Task Force in an open forum. The RFI can be accessed at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-11-091.html A COGR workgroup including members from Costing Polices and RCA are preparing responses. Our plan is to share a final draft with the membership several days before the RFI due date. While our responses will emphasize issues related to Circular A-21, we will call attention to those topics that cross-cut with OMB Circular A-122 for Non-profit Organizations and the Hospital Cost Principles. COGR members are encouraged to provide institution-specific responses, and of course, your institution is always welcome to endorse the COGR response. Also, we will be strategizing with our association partners from the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to ensure we provide the most comprehensive and robust response possible. COGR is viewing this process as a realistic opportunity to develop new solutions and models applicable to a wide-range of vexing research financial and costing issues. We will provide regular updates to the membership as this process unfolds. If you have comments or input or an issue that you feel should be raised to the A-21 Task Force, please contact David Kennedy at dkennedy at cogr.edu. David Kennedy Director, Cost Policy 1200 New York Ave. NW, #750 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 289-6655, ext. 112 dkennedy at cogr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110628/e0ea08e6/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Thu Jun 30 09:58:35 2011 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:58:35 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] Faculty grant submission incentive programs - Northwestern, University of South Alabama, Ball State Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A2AEBD6@postman1.osrhe.edu> This is an example of use of a faculty incentive for grant proposal seeking at the University of South Alabama. This is a follow-up from the Faculty Incentives and Barriers Subcommittee of the OSRHE Grantsmanship Advisory Committee. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA Using money from a rather unique internal resource (the Patent Fund), we were able to offer PIs submitting federal proposals with $50,000 or more in direct costs $1000 just for submitting. (CoPIs received $500). If the proposal was funded, there was an additional $2000 PI/CoPI bonus. The results were as follows: in the year prior to the program, 184 proposals were submitted. In the year of the program, 385 were submitted; 250 were VPIP proposals (that's a 109.2% increase with 64.9% being VPIP). In terms of dollars, in the year prior to the program, we had (rounding) $24 million in awards. In the year following, we had $47 million (rounding); $42 million came from VPIP grants. So, in dollars, we had a 96.5% increase in funds; 90.2% were VPIP awards. The expenditures for faculty incentives totaled at $441,000. The front-end incentive totals were $335,500; the back-end post-award incentive totals were $105,500. This data was taken in November of 2010. Given the success of the VPIP's "test year," USA's Vice President for Research, Dr. Russ Lea, decided to re-implement the program effective April 2011. One more note on faculty eligibility...proposals had to be peer-reviewed and signed off on by the departmental dean or chair. Amy Brown Grants Development Specialist II Office of Sponsored Programs University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 36688 www.southalabama.edu/osp (251) 460-6456 Another example of a faculty incentive program, like the University of South Alabama VPIP program, dramatically increasing grant funding at a school with a smaller-size research program (Ball State), from Technology Transfer Tactics (an academic tech transfer e-mag): http://www.technologytransfertactics.com/content/2011/06/29/faculty-incentive-program-leads-to-growth-in-external-funding/ Jacob E. Levin Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor - Research Development Director of Research Development for the Natural Sciences 160G Aldrich Hall University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3174 phone 949 824 0126 Fax 949 824 0127 email jlevin at uci.edu Faculty incentive program leads to growth in external funding An internal marketing program comprised of a series of tiered incentives to encourage faculty to increase grant proposals has resulted in a record level of external funding for Ball State University. By the end of this year, the school expects its external funding to have nearly tripled in just three years, from $18.3 million in 2008 to $45.2 million, reports Robert Morris, PhD, associate provost for research and dean of the graduate school. Morris, who previously served as chairman of the chemistry department, has only held his current position for a few years, but he assumed the role during a time of financial challenge for many universities. ?Like every other state institution, the state support for the budget keeps coming down,? he notes. ?Plus, we have really grown in our scholarly intensity in the last half dozen years or so; when you do that, you start to attract better and better faculty and they are pretty aggressive. They have a lot more connections and ideas, so it?s a self-feeding system. The better you do, the better the people you can attract, and it keeps rolling.? What made him decide to employ incentives to encourage faculty grant proposals? ?In my job, I have responsibility for all of our research efforts, as well as external funding ? and the graduate programs,? he explains. ?When you look at that job, one of the easy things to do, if you are so inclined, is to look at only the big opportunities. But a much better approach is to ? make it so your whole team is incentivized and try to build a good infrastructure; you try to raise everybody?s boat.? Morris notes that there will still be certain people who know where the opportunities are ? and you still will find opportunities on your own and relay them to faculty ? but you can have a greater impact on whether they pursue them or not. ?We wanted to bring up the culture of the university, and the overall enthusiasm to get people excited about going for the external stuff and finding ways to reward them,? he explains. ?If you want to have more proposals published then you need to have more submitted.? Three separate programs Morris has established three different incentive programs, each targeting different levels of grant funding. The first, most basic program, is called the SUBMIT program. It places funds into an account for ?extramural-related? expenses of project directors and co-directors. Notices of available funds are processed monthly based on the previous month?s submissions. ?As people write $5,000 grants or larger, the money is funneled into a research finance account,? notes Morris. ?It sounds simple, but it works like a charm ? our number of initial proposals is up 25%-30%.? The second program, called RESUBMIT, is designed to encourage faculty to keep writing larger grant proposals. ?Here, people getting $100,000 or $200,000 is considered a decent sized grant,? Morris notes. ?When you write something that large it?s almost always to a federal agency, and one of the rubrics is that you have to submit the proposal two or three times before you get it to hit. So, I asked if we had a mechanism to encourage people to re-submit their proposals ? and we didn?t have any.? The RESUBMIT program funds up to $2,500 to support activities leading to a stronger resubmitted proposal. Those eligible for the program are faculty members who have recently been denied an external grant proposal of at least $100,000, with a strong possibility of funding if resubmitted to the same agency. Under special circumstances, the Sponsored Programs Office will consider proposals of less than $100,000. The funds are expected to be combined with appropriate support from department heads and deans to create a plan for revision that meets the next reasonable deadline, and expenses that directly impact the development of an improved resubmission will be considered, such as summer stipend, travel, and student assistantships. ?Once somebody submits a federal grant proposal and gets a review back, it usually does not take much to paint a picture of what you need to do before you can re-submit it, such as providing more data,? notes Morris. ?Our office and the P.I. will work together and see what?s needed to be most competitive the next time around.? The third program, The Cardinal Fellows Program, offers support to investigators intent on seeking federal funding at the level of $200,000 or more in modified total direct costs ? that is, the total direct costs minus equipment, tuition, and sub-award amounts over $25,000. The award includes: ? One course buyout, supported by the Associate Provost for Research; funds must be used for release time (supplemental compensation is not allowed). ? Following submission of the proposal, 1.5 times the amount of SUBMIT funds will be placed into the PI?s Research Incentive Account for use by the Cardinal Fellow for extramural-related expenses. Proposals may include co-investigators, but proposals developed under the Cardinal Fellows Program may be awarded only one buy-out. ? Should the proposal not be funded, a resubmission is strongly encouraged under the RESUBMIT Program policy. ?People need time for these proposals,? says Morris. ?They may need a course release in the fall or spring to pull it off.? As for the overall three-part incentive program, ?It?s working,? he asserts. ?You just have to let these programs do their job.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110630/5c9f3341/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6747 bytes Desc: ATT10631638.jpg Url : http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20110630/5c9f3341/attachment-0001.jpe