Funding Opportunities in the Arts & Humanities

1. Funding Opportunities in the Arts & Humanities Office of Research & Commercialization Jo Ann Smith, Ph.D.

2. How Do I Support My Research?

3. Funding Opportunities & Research Development Dr. Jo Ann Smith Research Development Associate Marysol Murcia Grant Opportunity Development Manager Maddy Chokshi Information Specialist

4. What we do • Assist in identifying funding opportunities • Assist in the limited submission process • Guide faculty through the proposal submission process • Individually • Workshops • Assist faculty in the development of proposals for submission and interpreting guidelines • Assist in building collaborative research teams

6. How we do it • Funding Sources • IRIS COS, Foundation Search • Workshops • Internal and external speakers • Internal Programs • In-House, Matching Funds • Personal Consultations with Faculty • Research Development, Grant Writing

7. Identify Funding Sources Assistance to Faculty • Identifying Funding Sources • IRIS Data Base • Community of Science Data Base • Foundation Data Base • Individual Searches

8. Grants.gov or Agency website • Federal agencies only • Information provided: • Title of program • Deadline for application • Eligibility • Amount/Minimum – Maximum range • Number of awards • Brief description • Link to the application guidelines http://www.grants.gov

9. Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) • http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/ • Serves the arts & humanities and private foundations • Different from the iRIS database used by IRB

10. Community of Science (COS) • www.cos.com • Two components • Funding Opportunities • over 400,000 grants • Expertise • 500,000 researcher profiles • Automated funding alerts • Serves faculty, students and staff

11. Foundation Search • www.foundationsearch.com • Only our unit has access to this database – not available to faculty and students • Private, corporate, and government grant opportunities • 122,000 foundations • Profiles of each foundation

12. Grant Day – October 26th

13. Grant Day Workshop • Bi-annual campus-wide workshop • Invited presenters from federal, state, and private funding organizations • Discuss proposal preparation • tips, strategies, suggestions, common errors • Research Interests • Modification and future directions Note: CAH is working on bringing NEH and NEA Program Directors to UCF (more to come)

14. Internal Programs • Internal Programs • In-House Research Grants • Research Incentives • Matching Funds for Federal Agencies (MFFA) • Undergraduate Research Initiative • Florida High Tech Corridor Industry Matching Research Program

16. Research Development • Assistance to Faculty • Preparation of Proposals • Discuss Proposals / Research • Develop Contacts • Editorial Assistance • Budgets • Program Assessment & Evaluation

17. Examples of Multidisciplinary Proposals • NSF Informal Science • Drs. Walters, Hughes, Ms. Smith • Simulation of the1964-65 New York Worlds Fair • History, IST • Funded $1.4M • NEH Scholarly Editions • Dr. Kamroth • Digital Media, University of Kansas, Ohio State • Funded $170k NSF I3 • NSF I3 • Dr. Theo Lotz • Art and Design students will create science-inspired art and design based on the STEM researcher’s • Art, Engineering • Pending $1M

18. Research Development Series • Find Funding (COS & IRIS) • Grant Writing • Partnerships and Collaborations to Increase Grant Funding • Building a Budget, Indirect, Subcontracts, & Matching Funds • Protecting Human Subjects and the Review Process • Protecting Intellectual Property

20. Contact Information Jo Ann Smith, Ph.D., CRA • Research Development Associate • joasmith@mail.ucf.edu2-2223 Marysol Murcia • Grant Opportunity Development Manager • mmurcia@mail.ucf.edu 2-1166 Maddy Chokshi • Information Specialist • mchokshi@mail.ucf.edu 2-1141