Navigating Funding Opportunities: A Comprehensive Overview for Innovation and Industry Engagement

1. Finding Funding January 29, 2013 Sponsored Programs Enhancement Innovation & Industry Engagement

2. Presentation Overview • Introductions & Disclaimers • Planning • Corporate Partnerships • Foundation & Corporate Relations • Searching with Grant Forward • Funding Opportunities • Wrap Up

3. Part I – Planning

4. Question • Timing • Collaboration • Potential • Sources Planning Considerations • Program Officers • Think Ahead • Increase Opportunity • Internal & External • Foundation Staff • “Good Timing” • Others in Your Field • Colleagues • Areas of Opportunity

5. Michigan Tech’s Funding Environment

6. Pre-proposal Writing • Concept Paper • Aims & Objectives • Timeline • Justification

7. SEARCH

8. Part II – Corporate Partnerships Office of Innovation and Industry Engagement

9. Who We Are • Sponsored Programs • Priscilla Khoury • Director of Foundation Relations • Vice President for Research • Dave Reed Industry Focus: Automotive, Consumer Products, Chemical Special Areas of Support: Keweenaw Research Center, Clean Snowmobile Challenge Responsible for leading the connection of the interests of companies with appropriate campus initiatives/constituents. Industry Focus: Mining & Metals, Energy, Environmental Services Industry Focus: Automotive, Consumer Products Special Areas of Support: Center for Pre-College Outreach Industry Focus: Information Technology and Services, Transportation , Life Sciences, Materials Special Areas of Interest: ECE, Rail Transportation

10. How Michigan Tech& Industry Partner • Recruit • Research • License • Learn iie.mtu.edu

11. How Can We Help You? Sales • Find connections in industry • Make first contact • Set up visits to industry • Steward relationship • Research new companies • Help produce marketing materials to communicate your research to industry • Coordinate industry campus visits • Follow-up with companies of high interest Communication Coordination Stewardship

12. How Can You Help Us? • Describe your research and how it would be of value to industry • Describe your technologies and online certificate or degree programs of interest to industry • Provide background information on industries and companies of interest to you • Ask us questions regarding industry and we will get you to the right person with the right answers

13. Part IIIFoundation Relations and Corporate Relations What’s the difference?

14. Understanding Foundations • Specific mission and program goals • Proposal content must “fit” criteria • Provide funding for: • Program development • Seed money • Small equipment • Research • Teaching/education • Service

15. Foundation Relations • Develop concepts, white papers, inquiries • Research and qualify prospects • Visit/communicate with program officers • Advise proposal strategies and approach • Assist with writing, editing, and budgets • Facilitate internal review • Complete and submit proposals, • Stewardship

16. Michigan Tech’s Strategic Initiatives • Health, biosciences, biomedical • Freshwater resources • Computational sciences and mathematics • Transportation • Energy systems • Sustainability • Faculty and student support • Facilities and equipment • Entrepreneurship/Innovation

17. Emerging Strategy Sponsored Programs Enhancement Office Foundation Relations

18. Part IV – Searching

21. Grant Forward: Signing Up

23. Grant Forward Demonstration • Is anyone here looking for funding? • Please volunteer 2-3 keywords that describe your area of research, programming, etc. • http://www.grantforward.com/advanced_search

24. Part V – Funding Opportunities

25. Internal Funding Opportunities • Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund (C2E2) • Research Excellence Fund (REF)

26. Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund (C2E2) $5,000 typical award Deadline: Usually mid-late October

27. Research Excellence Fund $500,000 Deadline March 7, 2013, no later than 4:00 p.m. 

28. REF Tips and Reminders • Tip #5 • Tip #3 • Tip #1 • Tip #2 • Tip #4 • Student Support • Guidelines • External Funding • Reviewers • Collaborate • Required Documents

29. Government Funding • National Science Foundation • Departments of: • Defense • Energy • Transportation • Environmental Protection Agency • National Institutes of Health • Others

33. Look for Situations • Course and Curriculum Programs • Fellowship Programs • Education/Outreach Programs (REUs, RETs) • Research Centers

34. Limited Submission

35. Un-posted Opportunities & Timing < 4 Weeks = VPR Office First Come, First Serve to deadline > 4 Weeks = VPR Office Announced to deadline Other Opportunities General Process

36. Think Collaboratively

37. Part VI – Wrap Up • Plan & Clarify • Identify & Utilize Resources • Understand Your Funding Options • Ask Questions

38. Give Us Your Feedback

39. Sponsored Programs Enhancement Peter Larsen, palarsen@mtu.edu, 487-2906 Jodi Lehman, jglehman@mtu.edu, 487-2875 Priscilla Khoury, pjkhoury@mtu.edu, 487-1608

40. Superior Ideas Research Development & Marketing Natasha Chopp, nichopp@mtu.edu, 487-1115 Vice President for Research Cathy Banfield, cmbanfie@mtu.edu, 487-3043

41. Innovation and Industry Engagement Jim Baker, jrbaker@mtu.edu, 487-2228 Brent Burns, bburns@mtu.edu, 487-3674 Pete Cattelino, pjcattel@mtu.edu, 487-3486 Brian Hannon, bghannon@mtu.edu, 487-3572 Adam Johnson, adam@mtu.edu, 487-1087

42. Web Links Research Website http://www.mtu.edu/research Grant Forward http://www.grantforward.com/ NIH Reporter http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm NSF Website http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF Email Alerts https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNSF/subscriber/new?qsp=823 Foundation Proposal Internal Notification Form: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/sprot/forms/foundations_proposal_internal_notification.html