GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP-
Biology
Ami Ahern-Rindell,
University of Portland
Brad Stith,
University of Colorado-Denver
Sally O’Connor,
National Science Foundation
TALK IS POSTED AT:
www.cudenver.edu/~bstith
Ami Ahern-Rindell
• Reviewer:
– NSF Graduate Fellowship Program
– NSF ILI (instrumentation)
– NSF CCLI (course, curriculum, laboratory
improvement)
• Grants from:
– NSF ILI (1993, 1998)
– Kresge
– Murdock Charitable Trust
Brad Stith
~$1.8 mil GRANTS FROM:
• NSF: CELL BIOLOGY & IBN ANIMAL
DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS
• LIPHA (FRENCH PHARMACEUTICAL CO)
• NIH AREA
PANELS:
• NSF CELL BIOLOGY (SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION)
• CCLI
• Collaborative-RUI
Funding Sources for Primarily
Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs):
1. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2. National Science Foundation (NSF)
3. Other…Industry, Private Foundations
• esp. if there is no undergraduate research
funding from your administration,
• Set up a student research club (our
student clubs receive up to 15,000 a year
from student fees). Equipment marked
“research club” and could be pooled.
Collect preliminary data for a big grant.
Funding:
1. NIH AREA Program
• Has averaged ~33% funding
• AREA budget typically 1000th of the total
NIH budget (25 billionÆ 25 million)
• Only medical
• Typically 3 years, $50K each year
• Also, RO3 program for “risky”
research
• Only two years
• $50K each year
2. NSF funding for PUIs
• RUI; individual research grants for PUI
faculty; used to be 32% funding level, but
now …?--not a separate pot of money
• Collaborative RUI- gone this year
• REU Site – Group of 5-10 faculty
members, separate pot of money, ongoing
• CCLI – separate pot of money, ongoing,
research grade equipment for teaching
• See: ADVICE FOR GRANT WRITERS: A Guide for
Proposal Writing [nsf9891]
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9891/nsf9891.pdf
RIG or Career Advancement Award
(05-581)
• One time
• New (one year old)
• 2 years, $175,000
• Basic Science
• Large participation in science;
underrepresented minorities
• High success rate
New NSF program (