Applying for Advance Grants

8/7/2019 Applying for Advance Grants

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Applying forADVANCE Grants:

It s All About Expertise & Teamwork


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Ov er v iew

ADVANCE-PAID Request for Proposal (RFP)Assessing expertise and organizing a grant-

writing teamMatching campus needs/interests with RFPUnderstanding earlier ADVANCE/ADVANCE-

PAID resultsDeciding on the grant focus and team-member responsibilities

Attending to things NSFMUST

see


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ADVANCE-PAID RFP

The de v il is in the details


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09 ADVANCE-PAID RFP

RECENT CHANGES/SPECIAL ATTENTIO N GIVENResearch is an explicit component within PAID to supportsocial science research related to the study of gender inacademic STEM careers.Underrepresented minority group & those with disabilities,women with disabilities & women from underrepresentedminority groups are particularly encouraged.Primarily undergraduate institutions, teaching intensi v ecolleges, community colleges, minority-ser v ing institutions ,women's colleges, and institutions primarily ser v ing personswith disabilities are particularly encouraged.


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09 ADVANCE-PAID RFP

Up to twenty (2 0 ) PAID awards of v arious award sizes and lengths:Adaptation and implementation of materials, tools, research, andpractice demonstrated to be effecti v e in increasing the participationand ad v ancement of women in STEM academic careers.

Dissemination and diffusion of materials, tools, research, andpractices, to the appropriate audiences, demonstrated to beeffecti v e in increasing the participation and ad v ancement of women in STEM academic careers.Go beyond simply making materials, tools, research, and practicesav ailable to others. Instead, teach and/or train indi v iduals and

groups how to adopt or adapt the information is expected.


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EXPERTISE ON THE

GRANT-WRITING TEAMIt takes a team


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Expertise on the Grant Team

Need for an interdisciplinary team:Social science research => member(s) with expertise inissues of women &/or underrepresented minorities

Serv

ing STEM departments => member(s) withexpertise/cachet within those departmentsSupport from administration => member(s) whoparticipates in v olv ed when the wheels are turnedboth on campus & in depts.

Tricky budget administration & research goals =>research assistant with grant-management & researchassistant skills


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MATCHING CAMPUS

NEEDS/INTERESTS WITH RFP

Grant acti v ities must ser v e a need

& ha v e deep support


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Identifying Campus Needs

Perform data-gathering acti v ities tounderstand campus circumstances

Confer with chairs and deans, and with thosewho would be grant participantsCast a wide net early on, and narrow as grant-writing proceedsWhat sort of campus do you ha v e? Whatmakes sense here?


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UNDERSTANDING EARLIER

ADVANCE/ADVANCE-PAID RESULTSDo your homework &

don t rein v ent the wheel


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Understanding Earlier Work

What has been done before that seems to filla need on your campus?

Use the NSF Web Portal (listed on importantwebsites sheet) to re v iew existing grantsEngage in email correspondence with PI s of grants that interest youBecome known as people interested in theseissues, join professional organizationsubgroups


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FINALIZING GRANT FOCUS &

TEAM-MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIESIron things out before you get funding


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Grant focus & refinement

Grant-management experience matters:Know what your grant acti v ities will be, who will attendthem, and what you expect to happen because of them

Dev elop program e v aluation/research acti v itiesDev elop dissemination & institutionalization acti v itiesBuild a matrix of tasks (more detailed than acti v ities) &decide at the outset who will do what

Build a budget that co v ers the task analysis


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Write like a re v iewer reads

Write the grant in response to the RFPContext and Data know your circumstancesCommitment & Sustainability link to support letters

Activ ities Description link to ADVANCE findingsProject Management adequate, belie v ablebudgetProject E v aluation PAID-research grantstougher,

& linked to researchliterature

NSF GoalsIntellectual merit

Broader impacts

Documents

Applying for Advance Grants