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TCU Office of Sponsored Programs

TCU Office of Sponsored Programs . Helping U niversity faculty, staff, and students to build TCU’s position as a nationally recognized scholarly institution Linda S. Freed September 17, 2014. Who We Are. Linda Freed, Director Teresa Miles Hendrix, Assistant Director

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TCU Office of Sponsored Programs

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  1. TCU Office of Sponsored Programs Helping University faculty, staff, and students to build TCU’s position as a nationally recognized scholarly institution Linda S. Freed September 17, 2014

  2. Who We Are • Linda Freed, Director • Teresa Miles Hendrix, Assistant Director • Laurie Heidemann, Administrative Program Specialist

  3. What we do • Funding Searches & Opportunities Dissemination • Proposal Development Guidance • Budget Development Guidance • Purplesheets Routing • Award Negotiations • Subaward Processing (incoming and outgoing) • Modifications, Extensions and Reporting on existing awards

  4. Resources We providespin Sponsored Programs Information Network: an international, comprehensive database of funding opportunities • Available to the campus community (IP address recognition) • Watch for user training opportunities • https://spin.infoedglobal.com/Home/GridResults

  5. Resources we providegrantsearch • Offered by the Grants Resource Center (GRC) • Selective database of funding opportunities • Very user-friendly • User name (TCU) and password (service) required • Watch for training opportunities • http://www.aascu.org/grc/gs/

  6. Resources we providecouncil on undergraduate research (cur) Institutional membership • Free individual memberships for faculty, students and staff (requires activation) • Inside information on government relations, funding opportunities and breaking news • Free access to the Registry of Undergraduate Researchers for grad student recruitment • Discounts on institute and meeting registration fees, and consulting services;free access to CUR hosted webinars • www.cur.org

  7. Workshops and seminarsMonthly Lunch and Learn Sessions Oct 31: Intro to Research Administration at TCU for New Faculty Nov 21: The Grants Process @ TCU (panel of experienced PI’s) Dec 18: Internal Funding Opportunities Jan 28: Building Collaborations with Community Agencies Feb 24: Demystifying Grant Budgets Mar 30: Research and Career Development for the Newly-Tenured Apr 30: Finding Funding for Humanities Research June TBD: Departmental and College Administrative Assistants

  8. Workshops and seminarsPlans for the coming year • Proposal writing seminar for National Science Foundation programs, with focus on CAREER Awards • Proposal writing seminar for Fine & Performing Arts • SPIN and GrantSearch training sessions

  9. College & Departmental Outreach Let us know when we can come visit!

  10. TCU Funding trends

  11. Where are we? • Both submissions and dollars awarded are declining. • Concomitantly, the funding ratio for submitted proposals is increasing. • The only thing that will reverse this trend is to increase the number of submissions.

  12. What’s next/what’s needed? • Improve data capture and reporting, particularly for individual fellowships and awards • Build capacity through workshops, seminars, training for proposal writers • Sustain and build outreach program to encourage increased submissions • Develop mentoring and incentives to support grant-seeking

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