OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS

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OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS

• GRANT WRITING 101 LUNCHEON PART 2
• Denise Ehlen, 24 February 2009

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CONTACTING ORSP

• The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
  (ORSP)
• Suite 2237 Andersen Library
• Door 7
• Satellite Dishes
• 262-472-5212
• www.uwworsp.org

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FUNDED NOW WHAT?

• Miner and Miners Proposal Planning Writing,
  4th ed.
• Chapter 16, pp. 183-192

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FUNDED NOW WHAT?

• Review deadlines and award agreements
• Pre-award roles and responsibilities
• Post-award roles and responsibilities
• Publicity
• ORSP request for PR
• Follow-up respond to Marketing and Media
  Relations

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FUNDED NOW WHAT?

• Notify Project Staff and Key Stake Holders
• ORSP congratulations email and request for PR
• Follow up email/phone calls
• Comply with all requirements
• Reporting
• Milestones / Changes

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DENIED NOW WHAT?

• Notify Project Staff and Key Stake Holders
• ORSP!
• Include follow-up plans
• Pursue alternative sponsor
• Revise and resubmit
• Pilot study
• Thank you

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DENIED NOW WHAT?

• Contact the sponsor
• Thank you
• Additional feedback proposal
• Formal reviews (if available)
• Discussion
• Additional feedback on process
• Private/corporateprop open the door

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DENIED NOW WHAT?

• Contact award recipients
• If federal, FOIA
• Insights (priorities and/or relationships)
• Develop relationship(s)

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DENIED NOW WHAT

• ORSP services to identify alternative sponsors
• Searches
• Ron Fleischmann, Associate Research Administrator
  (472-5212, fleischr_at_uww.edu)
• Individual consultation
• Denise Ehlen, Director (472-5212, ehlend_at_uww.edu)
• Other
• Sponsor visits
• Workshops

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FINDING FUNDERS

• Miner and Miners Proposal Planning Writing,
  4th ed.
• Chapter 2 Finding Public Funds, pp. 11-22
• Chapter 3 Finding Private Funds, pp. 23-38
• Chapter 4 Preproposal Contacts, pp. 39-52

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FINDING FUNDERS

• Online resources http//www.uwworsp.org/media/exte
  rnal.htm
• Foundations in Wisconsin (FIW)
• The Foundation Center
• FedBizOpps
• Grants.gov
• Links to Federal Sponsors
• SMARTS
• eRA

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FINDING FUNDERS

• Researching sponsors (ORSP)
• 990s
• Foundation websites
• Colleagues

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FINDING FUNDERS

• Pre-proposal contact
• Miner and Miners Proposal Planning Writing,
  4th ed.
• Chapter 4 Preproposal Contacts, pp. 39-52
• Letter of inquiry
• Phone
• Email

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START OVER

• Develop new/revised proposal
• See Grant Writing 101 Session 1 Web Conference
  and Lunch/Discussion Slides

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COMMON MISTAKES

• Failure to prepare adequately
• Limited/no grants management experience
• Intramural grant programs
• Failure to make pre-proposal contact
• Relationships matterextramurals and intramurals
  

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COMMON MISTAKES

• Failure to ask
• Department
• College
• UWW ORSP
• Lack of persistence
• Success rates increase with subsequent
  submissions
• The Woller paradigm

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COMMON MISTAKES

• Failure to revise when resubmitting
• Address reviewers feedback in writing
• Follow the map

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COMMON MISTAKES

• Lack of adequate time to develop a competitive
  proposal and complete thorough editing
• Faculty Development Fellowship
• Grant Writing Fellowship

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QUESTIONS?DISCUSSION?
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