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Science Case Network presents

Science Case Network presents. RCN-UBE Project # 1062049. Grant Writing for Cases SCN meeting April 10-12, 2015. Grant Ideas. A new network Neuroscience Cases Chemistry/Biochemistry Cases Departmental integration Faculty development New curriculum

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Science Case Network presents

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  1. Science Case Network presents RCN-UBE Project #1062049 Grant Writing for Cases SCN meeting April 10-12, 2015

  2. Grant Ideas • A new network • Neuroscience Cases • Chemistry/Biochemistry Cases • Departmental integration • Faculty development • New curriculum • SOTL or Studying the practice of cases compared to other forms of teaching

  3. What would you like to do? • Think • Pair • Share

  4. What Makes a Good Project? • Significant impact at own institution • Why is it better than current practice? • Broader impact on similar institutions • Clear ideas, goals and objectives • Clearly identifies resources needed to make the change • Existing • Needed • Institutional support • Innovative (in context) • Realistic, Effective and cost effective

  5. Go to this page • http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=ehr • Find one grant that might support your idea • Hint: RCN-UBE, ROLE, IUSE, EHRcoreresearch • READ the RFA and look at recently funded projects • reREAD the RFA

  6. In groups • Outline your idea • Why is it important? • To your department or instituions? • To NSF? • To the taxpayers? • Sell us

  7. Beginnings • Read on line and other grant writing guides • Read National reports on STEM education • Review relevant literature • Offer to serve as a reviewer • Get institutional support

  8. Planning • Identify similar proposals https://her.nsf.gov/pirs_prs_web/search • Talk to program officers • Read relevant literature • Outline idea and resources • Pilot

  9. Follow Basic rules of proposal writing • Have a good and novel idea • Impact on STEM • Develop a clear project plan • Discuss alternative strategies • Write a succinct proposal in understandable language • Address review criteria • Carefully address evaluation and dissemination • Read, re-read, revise

  10. Compare your grant to a successful one • Look on the grant or foundation site • http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/grant.htm

  11. Writing tips • Start early • Find a number of sources • Read and re-read the RFP • Ask for copies of successful proposals • Talk to program officers • Get help early with budgets • Find our school procedures • Allow time for building consensus & rewrites • Get experts to review

  12. Tips... • Get current and prospective grantees to review • Use readable fonts • Never exceed page limits • Use white space and bold to highlight • Spell check and grammar check • Send it early; FastLane, Fedex, registered, express

  13. Who can help?

  14. Grant writing • http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/09/20/2 • http://www.hfsp.org/how/ArtOfGrants.htm • http://www.pitt.edu/~offres/proposal/propwriting/websites.html • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm

  15. More resources • http://www.smi.stanford.edu/courses/mis215/grant.html • http://www.bioscience.org/current/grant.htm • http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/ • http://dar.aspensys.com/tutorial/0-how.html • http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/rfps.html • http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/ref/equipment/grants/

  16. Non profit guides • http://www.npguides.org/ • http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html • http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm

  17. What are we waiting for?

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