Reader Training Workshop SRAC, ST & GRD Summer 2011

1. Reader Training Workshop SRAC, ST & GRD Summer 2011

2. Determine which graduate and professional students will receive GPSA funding! • Be fair and consistent • Score 10-15 applications 1 week after receiving them • Be available to score last minute apps • Score 2-3 re-read apps • Attend appeal meetings and defend your scores/comments in person or in writing Your Job as Grant Reader

3. What grants does GPSA offer? Application Contents Scoring Guidelines Scoring Practice & Discussion Equity & Inclusion Discussion Training Plan

4. Research materials and expenses, travel to conduct research • Conference at which you are presenting research • Funds up to $500 • For activity between 01/01/11- 12/31/11 Student Research Allocations Committee (SRAC)‏

5. Clinicals, Mock Trials, Workshops, Interviews, Auditions, Classes, Schools • Conferences you are NOT presenting research • Funds up to $500 • For activity between 01/01/11- 12/31/11 Specialized Travel (ST)‏ grant

6. Larger research projects that require substantial funding • High priority projects fund up to $5,000 (supported documentation of collaboration with a NM State Agency)‏ • General research projects fund up to $3,000 • For activity between 7/1/11- 6/30/12 Graduate Research & Development (GRD)‏

7. Form fields: activity dates, department • Proposal • Budget • Letter(s) of recommendation Application Parts

8. You will remain anonymous to applicants; You may be asked to explain your scores/comments to an appealing applicant; You will not read any apps from your department; Applicants will be matched with one reader from their perspective, one reader outside their perspective and one random reader; Applicant-Reader Relationship

9. Quantitative Methodologically and/or theoretically based in measurable, numerical, and/or empirical information, data, and/or phenomena Qualitative Methodologically and/or theoretically based in describing and investigating phenomena via various methods. It is context-specific and fundamentally interpretive Critical Theoretically based in interrogating and contesting power dynamics. It is often invested in researching and accounting for histories and enduring practices of oppression and resistance Creative Engages in performative and/or artistic processes and/or products Applied Implies the acquisition and/or development of professional or vocational skills Perspectives

10. Online Application

11. Applicants should not use jargon; • Applicants should define technical terms; • It is the applicant's responsibility to write to a general academic audience; • Do not grade an application highly just because it “sounds smart”; Proposal: applicants should know their audience

12. Vague benefit section:“I will be able to network with professionals in my field at the conference.” • Instead look for specific details: “I will be networking with Dr. Patrick Ettinger from New York University whose research on the U.S. Mexico Border intersects with my dissertation chapter on reforms to U.S. federal immigration policy.” Proposals should be specific

13. Vague introduction: “I am a graduate student seeking funding for my dissertation research.” • Instead look for a better picture of who the applicant is and why they are seeking funding: “In my current studies as a second year doctoral student in the department of history I have been researching homosexual oppression in the United States with the intent to publish a scholarly article.” Proposals should be specific

14. Do not evaluate on the amount requested or the total budget • You may evaluate based on what is requested • The budget should be: • Economical (there must be a good reason for The Four Seasons) • Well-researched (airline/equipment details) • Complete (entire activity budget in line items) Budgets

15. SRAC/ST letters are not directly scored • Use these letters to give you a better idea of applicant and activity • Email unmgpsagrants@gmail.com if there is no letter. • GRD letters are scored • Score based on degree of support demonstrated • One letter from UNM faculty, one from state agency • Optional letter from non-profit • Do not let the faculty do all of the talking for the applicant Letters of Recommendation

16. If you see an applicant's name, email unmgpsagrants@gmail.com. Score the application if you don't know the person. • If you think you know the applicant (name, department, subject material, travel destination), email unmgpsagrants@gmail.com. Application Anonymity

17. Submit your score no matter whatyou think is incorrect • Send an email to unmgpsagrants@gmail.com with the disqualification information and the application ID • Things to look for: • Anonymity, activity dates, appropriate grant applied for, completeness of application, eligibility of activity Always Score An Application

18. (Your App Score) x (All-Reader Avg) = Normalized Score Your average • You must create a spread in your scores • Otherwise your applications are punished as 'average' even if you give them perfect scores • The bigger the spread, the more influential you are as a reader Score Normalization

19. Compare applications to one another • The top ½ of your apps might be funded; the bottom ½ will not be • Make a deliberate choice about which ½ is which • Feel free to adjust scores after your first round of scoring • Give/take points consistently for each score category Score Consistently

20. Comments are now required on all applications • Comments are often a basis for appeals • Comment carefully, honestly and usefully • Always comment on how the app could be improved • Comment in detail on the bottom 2/3 of your apps Score Comments

21. SRAC/ST Score Sheet

22. GRD Score Sheet

23. Benefits • Don't judge one academic activity over another • Score based on clarity of description/progress of applicant • We all score differently, but be consistent • Your scores will be averaged. Speak your mind! • What does each score criterion mean to you? • Professional/academic writing styles vary • Score based on content communicated to a general academic audience Scoring Practice Key Points

24. Applications better than this will be funded • Apps worse than this will not be funded • Score your apps appropriately That was the last funded SRAC application from the Spring 2011 cycle

25. Sign up • Dashboard shows app ID, department, your score • Look at score sheet and app simultaneously • If you have difficulty signing in, click 'Logout' and try again • Back-up your scores & comments Online Scoring System

26. Scores due 1 week after assignment • Re-reads will be due 1 week after that • Sign into your reader account to score applications • Expect multiple emails about new assigned applications Score Due Date

27. Submitted after initial round of scores • 3-4 weeks later you will receive a check in the mail/direct deposit assuming you don't have a balance due in your student account • Students with monthly checks & 1.0 FTE for summer may have difficulties • Contact Student Government Accounting Office with questions 277-7888 $50 Stipend

28. Grants Co-Chairs: SalihaQasemiand YuryBosin GPSA Office SUB 1021 (505) 277-3803 unmgpsagrants@gmail.com Contact GPSA Grants