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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This book and the website are good resources for you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Linda Mason, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mike Cronan [mailto:mjcronan@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mason, Linda<br>
<b>Subject:</b> New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> Learning how to write a successful research proposal is a critical skill to master for new faculty. Our new eBook
<b><i><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/new_faculty_guide_to_competing_for_research_funding">New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding</a></i></b> provides an invaluable tool to assist faculty in this process, or as a foundation used
by research offices developing grantwriting workshops to help faculty write more competitive proposals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> Written by Mike Cronan and Lucy Deckard, co-publishers of the monthly
<b><i><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/research_development__grant_writing_subscription_newsletter">Research Development and Grant Writing News</a></i></b>, this 80 page book contains 30 articles that focus on what all new faculty need to know
about finding research funding and writing successful proposals. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b> </b>This eBook is available online from
<b><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/">Academic Research Funding Strategies</a></b>, LLC at the below URL:
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">View Table of Contents and Purchase
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/new_faculty_guide_to_competing_for_research_funding"><b>Here</b></a><b>:</b></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/new_faculty_guide_to_competing_for_research_funding"><b>http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/new_faculty_guide_to_competing_for_research_funding</b></a><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:black">About the Authors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:blue">Mike Cronan</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">, consultant and principal co-editor of Research Development and Grant
Writing News,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">joined Academic Research Funding Strategies in 2010. His insights are based on 23 years of experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">developing and writing successful proposals at Texas A&M University. He was named a
<b><i>Texas A&M<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">University System Regents Fellow</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> (2001-2010) for developing and writing A&M System-wide grants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">funded at over $100 million by NSF and other research agencies, 1990-2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">He developed, staffed, and directed two highly successful proposal development offices at Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">A&M, one in the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (Office of Research Development & Grant Writing,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">1994-2004), a state-wide engineering research agency with divisions at 14 universities, and the second<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">for the Vice President for Research (Office of Proposal Development, 2004-09), working across all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">academic disciplines in 11 colleges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Mike Cronan has undergraduate degrees in civil engineering (University of Michigan), political science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">(Michigan State University), and a MFA in English (University of California-Irvine). He is a registered<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">professional engineer in Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:blue">Lucy Deckard</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">, established
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Italic";color:black">Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Italic";color:black">
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">in 2010 and is co-editor of
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Italic";color:black">Research Development & Grant Writing News</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">. She works with universities and faculty across the country to help them develop
and write more competitive proposals, ranging from large, center-level proposals to single PI CAREER and Young Investigator proposals. Previously, Ms. Deckard worked in research development at Texas A&M University for 8 years, most recently serving as Associate
Director of the university's Office of Proposal Development. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">She has helped to develop and write successful proposals to NSF, NIH, the Department of Education, the Department of Defense, and other agencies and foundations. In
addition, she directed the university's New Faculty Initiative, working with new faculty to jumpstart their research by helping them to identify funding opportunities, develop a strategy for pursuing funding, understand funding agencies, and learn how to write
competitive proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ms. Deckard also worked with faculty in Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions and Minority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Serving Institutions across the Texas A&M University System. Before joining Texas A&M, she worked for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">16 years as a research engineer in industry, including at Lockheed Martin and Hughes Research Labs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">obtaining funding from DoD, DARPA and the Department of Energy. She has a B.S. in Materials Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">from Rice University and an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:black">The Editor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:black">Katherine E. Kelly, PhD
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">is a retired English professor from Texas A&M University. She is the author of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">several books and numerous articles and served as a contributing editor for an academic journal for five<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">years. She provides editorial services to
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Italic";color:black">Research Development & Grant Writing News
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">and to ARFS clients seeking editorial help with proposals, journal articles, and manuscripts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Mike Cronan, PE (Texas 063512, inactive)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:mjcronan@gmail.com">mjcronan@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/about_us">Academic Research Funding Strategies - About Us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><a href="http://www.academicresearchgrants.com/new_faculty_guide_to_competing_for_research_funding">New Faculty Guide to Research Funding</a></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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