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Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Improving Our Future by Degrees in Oklahoma’s Second Century. Search and Select Funding Sources (Summary) Dr. Linda Mason. Oklahoma Support. Does Oklahoma support research and development? Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science

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Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

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  1. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Improving Our Future by Degrees in Oklahoma’s Second Century Search and Select Funding Sources (Summary) Dr. Linda Mason

  2. Oklahoma Support Does Oklahomasupport research and development? • Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology OCAST • External Program for Stimulating Competitive Research EPSCoR • Innovation to Enterprise i2E • OSRHE asked for $7 million for grants for FY14

  3. Federal Grantsmanship Is Federal support for grantsmanship increasing? • The 2013 federal budget shows an increase in many federal grant funds. Source: Budget Boosts Physical Sciences in FY 2012, Most Other Research Down, May 2012, www.physicstoday.org

  4. National Foundation Grantsmanship Is foundation grant giving increasing? • Grant makers increased giving by 8% between 2011 and 2012. • The number of foundations increased 35% from 2010 • 90% foundations did not decrease grants in last 3 US recessions Source: Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates, http://foundationcenter.org/

  5. National Private Grantsmanship Is private giving increasing? • In 2009, there was an increase in philanthropist giving, or private grants. • Giving by corporate foundations rose by 3% in 2012 to a record $5 billion Source: Key Facts on Corporate Foundations, The Foundation Center, http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/nationaltrends.html;jsessionid=4RNPKRLRLTXPHTQRSI4CGXD5AAAACI2F

  6. National Private Grantsmanship Private giving tends to stay stable even in economic crises - • Americans have increased their donations to charity in 39 of the past 40 years • American foundations have kept giving at 98% during the last 3 recessions • Oklahoma has the highest giving record by individuals Source: Center on Philanthropy, University of Indiana, 2008.

  7. National Private Grants How Charitable Giving Has Fared in Recession Years • Source: Center on Philanthropy, University of Indiana, 2008.

  8. National Private Grants • The DOW is up • Consumer confidence is up • Unemployment is trending downward • Consumer borrowing increased • CEO confidence is up • Winter weather was nonexistent in much of the US, so people didn’t have huge heating bills.

  9. What are Grants? • Grants are awards of money given by a government agency, foundation, corporation or other entity to fund a particular project • Grants are not contracts for work or products. • Generally given to organizations as opposed to individuals

  10. Categories of Resources Categories of Support • Special Project – new project or project with limited timeframe • Operating – running program to meet community needs • Capital/Equipment – specified amount for construction, renovation, expansion, purchase land or equipment • Endowments - planned gifts, will or trust

  11. Categories of Resources What categories of resources can I find? Government - Federal, State, Local – 26 Federal Agencies (900 programs) Foundations - Second-largest source – 900,000 Direct Corporations Philanthropists

  12. 26Federal Grant Resources • Institute of Museum and Library Services - http://www.imls.gov/ • National Aeronautics and Space Administration - http://www.nasa.gov/ • National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/ • National Council on Disabilities - http://www.ncd.gov/ • National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/grants/ • National Endowment for the Humanities - http://www.neh.gov/ • National Science Foundation - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/research_edu_community.jsp • Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov/ • Social Security Administration - http://www.socialsecurity.gov/

  13. 26Federal Grant Resources • US Agency for International Development -http://www.usaid.gov/ • US Department of Agriculture -http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm • US Department of Commerce - http://www.commerce.gov • US Department of Health and Human Services -http://www.hhs.gov/ • US Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/ • US Department of Education -http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln • US Department of Energy - http://www.energy.gov/ • US Department of Homeland Security -http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html

  14. 26Federal Grant Resources • US Department of Housing and Urban Development -http://www.hud.gov/ • US Department of Interior -http://www.doi.gov/ • US Department of Justice - http://www.justice.gov/ • US Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/ • US Department of State - http://www.state.gov/ • US Department of Transportation - http://www.dot.gov/ • US Department of Veterans Affairs - http://www.va.gov/ • US Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm • US Institute of Peace - http://www.usip.org/

  15. Formats of Information What kinds of information should I look for? Websites – each foundation or agency Websites – clearinghouse of information Data Bases – lists of information Newsletters – regular publication of articles and information Personal Experience of funded PIs

  16. Formats of Information Grant Information Sources • Annual Reports • Budget Requests (eg. NSF - http://www.nsf.gov/about/performance/) • Funder Guidelines • Agency Website • Contact the Funding Agency in person, by email, videoconference, or phone

  17. Websites: Grant Resources • All Federal grants -www.grants.gov • Open Directory – http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Grants/Grant-Making_Foundations/ • Oklahoma State Regents –http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ • Oklahoma Foundations – www.grantmakersofoklahoma.org • Foundation Data Book (all foundations by state)- www.foundationdatabook.com/ • SSTI Weekly Digest (State Science and Technology Institute, Ohio) -http://www.ssti.org • Donorschoose.org - http://www.donorschoose.org

  18. Websites: Grant Information Resources • Federal Register Notice -www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance -12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html • IRS Form 990 – www.grantsmart.org • Foundation Directory – foundationcenter.org

  19. Websites: Quantitative Research Resources • U.S. Census, American FactFinder • http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en • OSRHE - http://www.okhighered.org/studies-reports/ • Oklahoma State Department of Education • http://www.schoolreportcard.org/ -- individual schools • Oklahoma Department of Commerce - http://www.okcommerce.gov/data • Oklahoma Department of Human Services - http://www.okdhs.org/library/stats/ • Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa http://www.csctulsa.org/data07.htm - Institutional Research (IR) Department

  20. Websites: Quantitative Research Resources • 49th National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Conference – papers from the conference, Helping in Crisis: Government Assistance in Recession and Beyond, are available at http://rockinst.org/nawrs/default.aspx • National Center for Education Statistics -http://nces.ed.gov/ • Google Scholar -http://www.scholar.google.com • Professional Associations – NCURA, SRA • National initiatives – Complete College America; Lumina GOAL 2025

  21. Data Bases • NSF Award Search - http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/ • RePORT – NIH Research Portfolio Online Report Tools - http://report.nih.gov/ • Most funding sources list previous grant on website

  22. Grant eNewsletters What is a grant eNewsletter? All funding agencies and most foundations send eNewsletters with their grant information.

  23. Grant eNewsletters • Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (weekly announcements, monthly news articles) • Grants.gov - notifier@grants.gov • Philanthropy News Digest – www.foundationcenter.org • Philanthropy News Network Online – www.pnnonline.org • Chronicle of Philanthropy - http://philanthropy.com/section/Home/172 • Norris Consulting Group - http://www.norrisconsultinggroup.com/pages/news.htm

  24. Grant eNewsletters • Good Search - http://www.goodsearch.com/(contributes to your selected charities) • Chronicle of Higher Education – chronicle.com/ • Education World Grants Desk - http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml • eSchool News - eschool.news@eschoolnews.com] • Don Peek (k-12 schools) – www.schoolfundingcenter.com • Teacher Planet – grants4teachers http://www.grants4teachers.com/

  25. Grant eNewsletters • Faith Based and Community Initiatives Digest – c._lyn_larson@hud.gov (email) • Institute for Youth Development: Federal Grants eNewsletter - cdcta@youthdevelopment.org • One Source- info@nyswtwrn.com • GuideStar - http://www2.guidestar.org/

  26. Personal Experience: Qualitative Research Resources • Seek interviews of individuals or organizations that are examples of the beneficiaries • Ask funded PI’s for a resource list

  27. Personal Experience: Blogs & Consultants • Bloggers upload their personal ideas • Bloggers may or may not document their sources • Interesting and sometimes useful Wild Woman Fundraising YOU can change the world through fundraising - http://wildwomanfundraising.com/ - MazarineTreyz Best 10 Fundraising Blogs - http://fundraisingdetective.typepad.com/fundraising-detective/best-5-fundraising-blogs-and-other-ones-i-follow.html Everyday Giving’s Top 10 Fundraising Blogs - http://www.blogs.com/topten/everyday-givings-top-10-fundraising-blogs/

  28. Internet Communication • Creative use of the internet to find funds - • Crowdfunding, i.e. RocketHub - http://www.rockethub.com/ Use of the internet to share financial needs for creative projects – finding lots of small contributors rather than a single grant or gift

  29. Kinds of Information What kinds of documents should I look for? Request for Proposal (RFP) Request for Application (ROA) Proposal Solicitation Grant Guidelines Grant Proposal Guidelines Previously Funded Projects Principal Investigators or Directors of Previously Funded Projects

  30. Kinds of Information: RFP What is in the information document? • Eligibility • Type of organization – non-profit, higher education, 501 (c)(3), small business, minority-owned business • Geographic restrictions • Population, e.g., poverty, over 55, k-12, minority • Size of Award • Sufficient • Range • Number of grants to be awarded • Award duration

  31. Kinds of Information: RFP • Project Focus • Project complements funder’s goals and priorities • Type of Activity • Specified use of funds • Restrictions • Matching funds • Expenditure limitations • Evaluation requirements

  32. 5 Top Ways to Get Funded!

  33. 5 Top Ways to Get Funded! Read the RFP. Read the RFP. READ THE RFP. READ THE RFP! READ THE RFP!!! (RFP = Request for Proposal)

  34. Read the RFP! • Color highlighters • Read 3 times • Team reading • Prepare a writing template with RFP headings • Make a list of questions for program director • Contact the program director

  35. Understanding the Guidelines READ THE RFP!!!

  36. Foundation Centers • Oklahoma City University Library – Foundation Center Cooperating Collection- http://www.okcu.edu/library/center.aspx Susan Small ssmall@okcu.edu(405)208-5071 • Tulsa City-County Library – Foundation Center (at Central Library http://www.tulsalibrary.org/foundation_center/ Jennifer Greb jgreb@tulsalibrary.org (918) 596-7940 • Southeastern Oklahoma State University Kathryn Plunkettkplunkett@se.edu(580)745.2302 • Public Library of Enid and Garfield County - http://www.enid.org/library/ Michelle Mears(580) 234-6313 Source -http://foundationcenter.org/collections/ccok.html

  37. Faith Based Grant Resources • HUD.gov – US Department of Urban Developmenthttp://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/faith_based • White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships – http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ofbnp/offices/federal • 12 Federal Agencies give grants to Faith-Based and Neighborhood Agencies

  38. Search Engines What are search engines? • a data base that you may use to find information by using key identifying terms • some free – some subscription fee • Tip: keep track of your search terms • Tip: use their key terms

  39. Search Engines • COS ($1000 to $12,000/yr) – Community of Science @ www.cos.com • SPINPlus – InfoEd @ www.infoed.org • IRIS – University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana • Foundation & Corporate Funding Advantage ($240/yr) - http://www.fcfaonline.com/?ur=1U2PSW76 • Foundation Directory Online – http://www.fconline.fdncenter.org/ • Foundation Grants to Individuals - http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/

  40. General Grant Websites • Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (click on Grant Resources) • Cleveland State University - www.csuohio.edu/uored/FUNDING/other-fs.html • National Endowment for the Arts - http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html • Grant.gov (all federal grants)- www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html • University of Wisconsin at Madison - http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/proposalwebsites.html • AASCU Grant Resource Center - http://www.aascu.org/ofpopen/ • Council on Foundations - http://www.cof.org/ • University of South Florida - http://www.research.usf.edu/ • University of California Berkley - http://www.berkeley.edu/research/

  41. Kinds of Searching: Homework Who at my institution has received funding from this funder? Who knows about this funder? What can I find from the funder’s website or a company report or a IRS Form 990?

  42. Search Strategy • Commit the time! • Pick appropriate federal agency(s) • Pick 3-6 appropriate foundations • Develop relationships - visit • Constantly scan – ½ hour/day – lists, eNewsletters • Search with focus – direct to the agency or using a search engine • Work in a team – meet regularly

  43. Search Stragegy Become familiar with your chosen grant funders before you choose them. Search locally first.

  44. Search Strategy Search Locally First • What companies are in my locale? Phone book, Chamber of Commerce list • What Oklahoma foundations fund what I want to do? Data bases, libraries • Who among my peers has had funding? • Where is a good model of what I want to do?

  45. Search and Select Linda Mason, Ed.D. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 405-225-9486 IP: 164.58.250.178 lmason@osrhe.edu

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