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1997 - 2001 Assistant Professor Morehouse College
2001 - Assistant Professor - Professor
Delaware State University
Research Grants Successful - NSF RUI grant Unsuccessful - NIH AREA grant
Biophysical properties of the cystic fibrosis chloride channel
Program Grants Successful - NSF HBCU-UP grant - David & Lucille Packard Foundation - Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Unsuccessful - NSF CIRE
Research Grants Successful NSF RUI grant, NSF MRI grant NIH SC1 grant (2nd try)
Neurobiology and behavior of slime trail tracking in a predatory snail
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Research Grants Successful NIH AREA grant (2nd try) NSF MRI grant (co-PI, 2nd try) Unsuccessful NIH SC1 grant (4x) NIH R01 grant (2x) NSF RUI grant (2x) NIH G20 (2x) Pew Post-doc grant
Electrophysiology of motor neurons & the pathophysiology of SMA
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Successful NSF HBCU-UP grant (Phase 1 & II) NSF HBCU-RISE (2x) NIH Bridge to Doctorate grant (2nd try) NIH RISE grant (5th try) NIH COBRE grant (2nd try) NSF Noyce grant (1st try) NSF Targeted Infusion grant
(3 awards in 4 tries) NSF S-STEMS (2nd try) Unsuccessful NIH BUILD grant NSF IUSE grant NSF DRK12 Dept of Ed MSEIP (2x) NSF CREST CCLI (2x) NSF-PSM
Program grants
Attend grant writing workshops Consult a grantwriting manual
4 Steps to Funding by Morgan Giddings, PhD
Request pdfs of colleagues’ successful proposals Volunteer to read your colleagues’ proposals Serve as a grant reviewer – NSF, INBREs/COBREs
Learn grantsmanship
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Treat a declined proposal as a short course in grantsmanship
Don’t take negative reviews personally. Ask yourself:
What was missing that they wanted to see?
What did they not understand? How can I make this clearer?
Make it clear WHY your project is important
Strong proposals: - fill a gap in knowledge - solve a problem - meet needs of funder Weak proposals - satisfy proposer’s
curiosity - “increase our understanding”
Collaborate! - Established investigators - Investigators who fill your holes Identify the hottest area in which you can be competitive & pursue that area Don’t be afraid to change!
Build a competitive/fundable research program
Make your research part of an advanced lab course Use leftovers from funded colleagues Use leftovers from lab courses Apply for core fee waivers Host students in programs Create a work-study job
Find ways to get preliminary data without funding
Easier to get than research grants Being a PI gives credibility - invitations to serve as a reviewer Can subsidize your research - travel to professional meetings - buy supplies to support student research - support student lab workers - support administrative assistance
Apply for infrastructure & student support grants
Set aside time on a regular basis 2 hours/day, 1 day/week, 2 summer months
Keep up with literature to develop/maintain your expertise Do not teach in the summer Do not teach overloads
Get up earlier, stay up later
Invest in your research
Don’t feel guilty about putting your work first
No one can take advantage of you without your permission
Decide what things you are going to let slide
Be sure that you screw up the right things. Do the things you commit to do, don’t commit to things you can’t do.
Students compete for positions Students will work for credit Instills a culture of research
Make research a graduation requirement for BS degree
At DSU – Senior capstone - Up to 2 courses for research - 1 class for presentation/write up
I couldn’t have done it without my colleagues Mazen Shahin
Leonard Davis Andy Lloyd Clytrice Watson Cindy van Golen Jeff Rosen Tomasz Smolinski Dawn Lott Patrick Gleason Kylie Parotta Nicola Edwards-Omolewa Robert MacBride Vincent Fondong Deni Galileo Stan Ivey
Marge Weber-Levine Josh Wong Al Kahn Marwan Rasamny Delayne Johnson Sabrina McGary Carla Murgia
Jeff Twiss Judi Coffield Rebecca Fox-Lykens Rayton Sianjina Peter Dimaria Eric Kmiec Cherese Winstead Harb Dhillon