Re: Grant Writing Cafe Pat Shockley 01 Mar 2007 11:38 EST
So this is an in-person course, and not on line? Pat Shockley, CRA Development Specialist II Public Health Institute 555 12th Street, 10th Floor Oakland, CA 94607-4046 (510) 285-5511; fax (510) 285-5501 xxxxxx@phi.org; www.phi.org -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Klinger, Stephanie L. S. Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:34 AM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grant Writing Cafe Hi Gina, UC Irvine has a training program called the Research Administration Management Program (RAMP) which is a 15-course series designed to familiarize faculty, staff and students with standard practices and policies of research administration. Courses ranging from proposal and budget preparation to human subjects protection and intellectual property management are included. See http://www.rgs.uci.edu/ora/ramp.htm for more information. I learned about this while attending NCURA's SPA II a couple years ago. It's a very organized and well-designed program. For your purposes, it sounds like your training sessions will be focused specifically on proposal development? Maybe you could address some of the "classics" which would be applicable to all attendees: 1. Making your proposal user friendly to reviewers: match any suggested headings; respond to all questions in the RFP; align writing with reviewer evaluation criteria so the proposal speaks the language of the funder. 2. Budget development: encourage attendees to start costing out items as they are writing - think about their own time commitments, students, supplies, travel, equipment, etc. 3. Cost sharing considerations: this will vary among RFPs obviously, but it might be a good time to talk about how voluntary cost sharing does not necessarily increase the likelihood for funding; post-award and institutional implications, etc. 4. Indirect costs: everyone's favorite, but this might also be a good opportunity to start "educating" if you have resistance on campus. 5. Internal processing deadlines, electronic submission considerations, etc. I haven't led short training sessions like the ones you're planning, but I have taught longer proposal and budget development courses. I do like the idea of short informational breaks during an intensive writing session. Might be more challenging because you'll have to condense very relevant information into a brief presentation. However, folks will probably feel less overwhelmed since they won't be facing a 2-hour (or longer) information-overload session. Best of luck in planning, Stephanie -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Gina Betcher Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:42 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: [RESADM-L] Grant Writing Cafe WMU-OVPR are planning a Grant Writing Cafe for a set number of faculty. The premise is they arrive with laptop and RFP in hand, ready to write. We would like to offer 10-minute educational components. Any advice on planning these 10-minute 'lessons'? On how to organize these? Any experience planning these? The questions come from the concern that there will be a variety of concentrations and RFPs. There will not be a set standard of instructions, in other words. THANK YOU! Gina Betcher, MFA Grant Developer Office of the VP for Research TEL: 269.387-8204 FAX: 269.387-8276 EMAIL: xxxxxx@wmich.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================