Discovery and Faculty Development

Jim Lehman

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External Funding Activity

• We’ve had 43 grant proposals submitted so far this year, which is a high level of activity. That’s a positive trend!

• However, actual awards for the year are only at $1.3m, which is behind where we were at this time a year ago.

• Across campus, more proposals are on hold or being declined this year due to the budget uncertainties in Washington.

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Internal Competitions• PRF Grants

• Application deadline is next Tuesday, Jan. 22.

• Allocations are expected to be similar to recent years.

• Non-Laboratory Research Infrastructure and Equipment Grants • Faculty members in the College of Education submitted 9 successful

proposals (a number of which involved more than one faculty member) that totaled more than $30,000. Congratulations!

• This competition will be repeated next year, so if you have research equipment/infrastructure needs, be thinking about making a request.

• Incentive Grants• Award letters for successful Category II proposals (single investigator

or discipline) are expected to be forthcoming within a week or so. They are expected to be “distributed across many units” on campus.

• Decisions regarding Category I proposals (multidisciplinary) will probably not be made until the end of February.

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Funding-Related Announcements• Where do I go to get started?

• Jim Gardner (jag@purdue.edu) can help with legwork and editing.

• College of Education faculty must go through Central Pre-Awards at centralpreaward@purdue.edu.

• Investigator Approval of Proposals in COEUS• Grant submitters now approve proposals electronically in COEUS.

• OVPR Bridge Program• New program from OVPR will provide short-term funding to researchers

who have had consistent funding but experience a temporary shortfall. College and department cost-sharing is required.

• NSF Fastlane Closing• NSF is transitioning from Fastlane to Research.gov. Jan. 31 is the last

day to submit a report via Fastlane. The transition to Research.gov will be complete by mid-March.

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On-going Initiatives• Faculty Grant Workshops

• COE and OVPR supported faculty participation in the Morrison grant-writing workshop, and phase II personalized assistance program.

• ADDFD offered an introductory workshop on grant-seeking in the fall. Two additional college workshops, one on developing a statement of purpose and one on developing a grant budget, are in preparation for this semester. (Suggested in college retreat)

• Mentoring Sessions• ADDFD offered a mentoring session on the annual review process in the

fall. A session on time management/work-life balance is today (over the lunch hour in 6115), and another session on working with graduate students is planned. (Suggested in college retreat)

• Remodeling of 6104 (old Graduate Office)

• Over the summer, BRNG 6104 will be transformed into a technology-enabled collaboration space. If you would be interested in helping to envision the space, send an e-mail to lehman@purdue.edu. (Suggested in reviews of college space)

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Graduate Education• Fellowships

• Nominations for graduate fellowships are due to departments by January 31.

• Allocations are similar to previous years, and departments plan to fully utilize recruitment fellowships this year. (Suggested in college retreat)

• Graduate Travel Funds Increased• Funding for graduate student travel was increased this year, both the

amount and number of awards, thanks to a donor’s gift. (Suggested in college retreat)

• Survey of Graduate Student Life• A survey of graduate student life in the College of Education is

underway. (Suggested in college retreat)• Graduate Open House

• We will again have a graduate open house for admitted graduate students. This year’s date is Tuesday, March 19.

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AGSERS• Event

• This year’s Annual Graduate Student Educational Research Symposium will be Tuesday, March 19, in the North Ballroom of PMU.

• Keynote Speaker• This year’s keynote speaker will be

Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of TeacherEducation, University of Washington

• Proposals• The proposal submission deadline is today (but might be extended).

Encourage your students to participate.

• Judges• As always, faculty judges are needed. If you can help, e-mail GSEC

President Hyunyi Jung (jung91@purdue.edu).