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Research Development & Grant Writing News

November 2017

• Topics of Interest URLs
• “Hands-On” Experiences in Grant Workshops
• Funding Success: Synergy Not Silos
• Where Does Your Research Fit?
• Proposal Metrics Do Not Require an Avalanche
• Understanding Your Proposal Writing Tendency
• Do You Have a Narrative Integration Plan? (Reprinted from August 2012)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Where is NSF Going in 2017?
• New Models of Graduate Education at NSF
• How to Get Blackballed by NSF
• Planning Communications on Team Grants
• NSF’s Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments
• Red Teaming: Scalable and Adaptable (Reprint Volume 3, Issue 9: 6/2013)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Understanding the Role of Your PO
• Tensed about Tenses
• USDA/NIFA Antimicrobial Resistance Webinar
• Basic Grant-Writing Training Presentation
• The Hallucinatory Proposal Narrative
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

July 2016

• Avoid NSF OIG Audits for Proposal Plagiarism
• Gaining a Competitive Advantage at NSF
• Blue Sky Proposals are not Fundable
• Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Interdisciplinarity Makes Strange Bedfellows
• National Microbiome Funding 2016/2017
• IES Basic Grants Webinar Report
• Where is NSF Going & Why & Where Will the $’s Be?
• An Overview of the Big Data Strategic Plan
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Positioning for Smaller Team Grants
• Where Proposals Run Off the Road
• Human Health-Related Funding at NSF: Dos and Don’ts
• Benefits of Packing Your Own Funding Chute
• Tracking the 2017 Federal Research Budgets
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

April 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• How Readers Read Your Proposal
• Organizing the Proposal Narrative
• Helping Your Junior Faculty: Successful Models
• The Chronicle of Proposal Flaws
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Making Copy-and-Paste Illegal
• NSF INCLUDES: Success Is All About Scalability
• The Generic Management Plan
• FY 2017: Funding Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• The Jackson Pollock Narrative
• Practical Teaming
• Big Data and the Internet of Things
• Big Data and Agricultural Research Funding
• Heads-up: New NSF GPG requirements
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

January 2016

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Private Foundations that Fund Academic Research: A Quick Guide
• Research Narrative Knowledge Base
• In Brief: NIH New Strategic Plan (2016-2020)
• Write Like You Are the Reviewer
• Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Avoiding the Mule’s Kick at NSF
• Writing Grants to the Department of Education
• Heuristic White Papers Build Teams & Ideas
• NSF FY 2015 Financial Report
• Proposal Writing Tips Proposals for Non-Native English Speakers
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Win Your Grant on Page 1
• NSF’s New Public Access Plan
• The Proposal Editor’s Checklist
• Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research
• Proposals for Basic Research: Why You Need a Theoretical Framework
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

October 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Planning for Narrative Synergy
• Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear Costumes and Disguises on Halloween
• Has Your BAA Been Superseded?
• Developing Timelines and Milestone Charts for Your Proposal
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

April 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Grants Are Awarded Not Anointed
• New Directions in Broadening Participation
• Writing as a Team
• Agency Models for Introduction & Background
• Helping Reviewers Do the Math
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Psychology and the Reviewer
• NSF Funding for Food-Energy-Water 2015-2021
• USDA/NSF Intersections in Food-Energy-Water
• DOE’s 2016 Budget: Energy-Water Nexus, etc.
• DoED 2016 Budget Request: Higher Ed and IES
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• The National Alliance for Broader Impacts
• NSF CBET CAREER Webinar Report
• The Perilous Transition: Idea to Implementation
• Materials Genome Initiative Strategic Plan
• Writing Proposals to USDA/NIFA/AFRI
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

January 2015

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Counseling PIs on Broader Impacts
• Writing Successful Grants in the Humanities
• Two New NSF Funding Mechanisms
• Strategies for Preparing for a Site Visit
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2014

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Do You Fit ONR’s Mission Priorities?
• Understanding the Site Visit Process, Part 1
• Writing Proposals for Instrumentation
• Don’t Get Caught in the NSF Spider Web
• Webinars: EHR Core and IUSE Programs
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2014

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Planning for Funding Success
• Planning to Write as a Team
• NSF SBE Funding Update
• NSF’s New GRIP Program: An Integrative Model
• Got STEM Education Data?
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

October 2014

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Summary: Restoring the Research Foundation
• What Is Big Data and How to Fund It
• A Directory to NIH Resources on the Web
• Introducing New Investigators to BAAs
• BRAIN Research and Funding
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

September 2014

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Writing the NSF STC Proposal
• Role of the Grant Therapist in Funding Success
• Mentoring Students Applying for the NSF GRFP
• Defining Your NSF STC Grand Challenge
• Drilling for Energy Funding at NSF
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2014

• Agency Missions and Cultures Are Not Fungible
• The NIH Common Fund
• Avoid Common Proposal Figure Mistakes
• Looking to the FY2016 STEM Budget Priorities
• NSF Crosscutting & Interdisciplinary Programs
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

July 2014

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Funding Rates: Actual and Real
• NSF’s New Advanced Technology Education
• Too Much Why and Not Enough How
• Help New Faculty Give Birth to Fundable Ideas
• Research at Undergraduate Institutions
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2014

• Research Narrative Integration Strategies
• NSF Ferrets Out/Punishes Research Misconduct
• Using Databases of Previous Awards
• Unrealistic Expectations for Wordsmithing
• Diversity Topics and Directions at NIH
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2015

• Writing the NIH BUILD Application
• Funding Favors the Strategically Prepared
• Idea Labs: What are They and Why at NSF?
• There is More to HHS than NIH
• Avoid a Cognitive Tax on Your Narrative
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

January 2014

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Summary: 2014 Global R&D Funding Forecast
• Funding Your STEM Workforce Ecosystem
• NIH Grant Writing for New Investigators
• STEM Resources for Context/Dissemination
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2013

• Topics of Interest URLs
• New NSF EHR Programs: EHR Core, IUSE & REAL
• Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity
• Transformed GRF and IGERT Mean New Metrics
• ARPA-E Funds Applied Not Basic Research
• STEM Attrition: Paths into and out of STEM
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2013

• Searching the Foundation 990 for Funding
• Your Grant-Writing Elevator Speech
• AGEP Planning Strategies—Got Data?
• Backgrounding the National Robotics Initiative
• NSF’s Research Coordination Networks
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

October 2013

• NSF and ED: Writing Education Proposals
• Funding Strategies for New Humanities Faculty
• Team Science:Energy Frontier Research Centers
• Avoid the Generic Introduction & Background
• NSF’s I-Corps Program
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

September 2013

• Strategic Research Training for New Faculty
• Pointing New Faculty to Hidden Opportunities
• What New Faculty Need to Know about NIH
• The Grant Writer’s Narrative Checklist
• NSF CMMI’s Materials Reorganization
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2013

• Avoid NSF’s “Perp Walk” Audit for Plagiarism
• Drafting Up the PI’s Verbal Research Narrative
• Importance of Planning for Large Team Grants
• What All New Faculty Need to Know About NSF
• NSF REU Proposal Checklist
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

July 2013

• Writing the 1.5-Page Practice Proposal
• Funding Snapshot: National Institute of Justice
• Funding Snapshot: US Department of ED
• How NASA, USDA, HHS/ACF Review Proposals
• Last-Minute NSF CAREER Checklist
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2013

• Going from Research Ideas to Research Dollars
• NSF ERC Webinar Report
• How Proposals Are Reviewed By NSF, NIH, DoED, & DOE
• Big Changes in STEM Education Funding
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2013

• USDA/AFRI Competitive Grants Program, 2014
• Red Teaming: Scalable, Adaptable & Versatile
• Budgeting Strategies for Team Proposals
• Logic Models: Scalable, Adaptable, & Versatile
• Resources for Your CAREER Education Plan
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

April 2013

• Getting the Writing Right
• Boost Your Grants IQ with RSS Feeds
• Gain a Competitive Edge: Agency Webinars
• Quantifying the Project Narrative
• Observations on Writing the NSF ERC FY 2014
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2013

• The Too Kind Program Officer
• NSF INSPIRE Webinar Report
• Transagency Research: NSF/USDA/NIFA
• The Dictionary of Common NSF Usage
• The Background Researcher on Proposals
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2012

• From Silos to Synergy: The Yellow Brick Road of Grant Writing
• Integrating PI Experiences from Various Agencies
• Saturated Superlatives Clog the Arteries of Proposals
• Optimizing the Proposal Planning and Development Process
• Why Formatting Matters, Part 2: Graphics
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2012

• No Tweaking, No Nudging, No Band Aids
• The Role of BAA’s in Your Funding Strategies
• The Role of Context in a Successful Proposal
• Why Formatting is Important
• Research Grant Writing Topics In Brief
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

October 2012

• Pathways & Keystones: Writing Larger Grants
• Writing the Project Sustainability Statement
• ARPA-E Webinar: Deadly Sins & Best Practices
• Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 7
• The NSF MRI: Avoiding Common Mistakes
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

SEPTEMBER 2012

• Value of Institutional Transformation Proposals
• Too Much Data?
• Training Topic: NSF GRF and Ford Fellowships
• Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 6
• Writing the NSF I/URC
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2012

• Writing the DOE Early Career Preapplication
• Writing the NSF AGEP & Webinar Report
• Interviewing Schrödinger’s Cat
• Do You Have a Narrative Integration Plan?
• Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 5

July 2012

• NSF Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
• Red Teaming the Solicitation
• Program Officers Are Not All Alike
• Avoid the Generic Introduction
• Narrative Silos Are Like Weeds
• Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 4

June 2012

• Where NSF is Going & How It Will Get There
• Reviewing the Reviewers
• Writing Education-Related Grants
• Intelligence-ARPA (IARPA), an Overview
• Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 3
• Using NIH RePORTER to Identify Your Program at NIH

May 2012

• Grant Strategies in a Difficult Funding Climate
• Changes in NIHs R15 AREA Program
• Why Halloween is Bad for Proposals, Part 2
• ARPA-E New & Emerging Directions 2012-2013
• What You Need to Know About NIFA Funding
• DOEnergy SBIR/STTR Outlook 2012-2013
• R&D Officer Plugs Holes and Sells Ideas

April 2012

• Writing the Vision, Goals, Objectives, Rationale, and Outcomes Statements
• Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals
• The Materials Genome Initiative and Related New Funding
• Submitting Proposals to Basic Energy Sciences
• Air Force Research Office Funding Update

March 2012

• The Role of Specificity in a Successful Proposal
• Planning Your FY2013 NSF Funding Strategies
• Observations on Critiquing a Proposal
• USDA Research Budget Directions, FY2013
• Energy Update: FY2013 Budget and Priorities