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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Potential Workshop Participants,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been asked to lead a Sponsored Programs Administrator
professional development session on <u>Advanced Grantsmanship: Structuring
Research Grants</u> on June 10 and <u>Advanced Grantsmanship: Structuring
Educational Evaluation Programs</u> on June 11. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Structuring
Research Grants</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> – This session would be an
exploration of the structure of a research grant (as opposed to a program
grant). Models of successful grants to NSF and NIH will be used. Resources will
include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kenneth Henson’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>GRANT
WRITING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lloyd Fricker’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>How
to Write a REALLY Bad Grant Application (and Other Helpful Advice for
Scientists),<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Webster’s <st1:place w:st="on">New World</st1:place> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Grant Writing Handbook, <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Making the Right Moves,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>EPSCoR’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Writing
from the Winner’s Circle,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the NSF’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Grant
Proposal Guide, January 2010</span></i> (<a
href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/index.jsp">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/index.jsp</a>),<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the National Cancer Institute’s <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Everything You Wanted to Know About the NCI Grants
Process But Were Afraid to Ask,</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>William Gerin’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Writing
the NIH Grant Proposal, </span></i>and <i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Russell and Morrison’s <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>the Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, </span></i>published by
the National Institutes of Health<i><span style='font-style:italic'>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Structuring Research Grants workshop will be from 10:00
am to 2:00 pm with a break for lunch. The afternoon will be spent in critiquing
sample research proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Structuring
Educational Evaluation Programs – </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This session will
be an overview of a program evaluation approach to any project, specifying the
formats of descriptions to be included in a program grant proposal and a
research grant proposal, and analyzing the differences. Resources will include
the following: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Patrick Miller’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Grant
Writing: Strategies for Developing Winning Proposals,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Smith and Tremore’s<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Everything Grant Writing Book,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alexis Black’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Getting
Grants,</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the US Department of Education’s <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Compendium of Student, Teacher, and Classroom Measures
Used in NCEE Evaluations of Educational Interventions</span></i> (</span></font><a
href="http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104012/index.asp"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104012/index.asp</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>), <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the US Department of Education’s <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Practice Guide: Using Student Achievement Data to Support
Instructional Decision Making </span></i>(</span></font><a
href="http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practiceguides/dddm_pg_092909.pdf"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practiceguides/dddm_pg_092909.pdf</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>), <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April Bender’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Reinvesting
in youth: Strategies and Funding, and<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Krista Shumacher’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Foundations
of Grant Development. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Structuring Educational Evaluation Programs will be from
9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The last hour will be spent in critiquing sample
evaluation plans taken from grant proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please respond with the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Are these
workshops needed?____Yes____No<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Will you
attend both workshops?____Yes____No<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is June the
best date for you?____Yes____No<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Would you
attend if they were offered in September?____Yes____No<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If you have other information to offer or questions to ask,
please let me know. If you want to register for both or either workshop, also
let me know that. There will be no fee, but you must register to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Linda Mason, Ed.D.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oklahoma</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Regents for Higher
Education</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>655 Research
Parkway, Suite 200</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oklahoma City</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OK</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">73104</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>405-225-9486</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>lmason@osrhe.edu</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>IP: 164.58.250.178</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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