Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP)

Nominations are being accepted for “individuals who have used, applied, or remixed scientific research – published through Open Access – to make a difference in science, medicine, business, technology or society as a whole.”

The ASAP Program seeks to build awareness and encourage the use of scientific research — published through Open Access — in transformative ways. The program illuminates how the unrestricted exchange of information can advance science and medicine, and benefit society. The ASAP Program also aspires to encourage a new generation of individuals to embrace the application of scientific research published through Open Access.

More information is available online.

CUR Summer Proposal Writing Institute

Chapman University – Orange, CA
July 7-11, 2013
Registration deadline: Friday, May 24, 2013

This Institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies. The four-day institute will consist of one-on-one work with a mentor, writing, small group discussions, and critiquing of proposals. The institute has been developed to assist novice to experienced proposal writers in drafting complete proposals for submission.

Please submit your application by Friday, May 24, 2013.

Please visit the CUR website  to complete your application.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact MeLisa Zackery at mzackery@cur.org or 202.783.4810 x 204.

Faculty Advancement and Blended Learning Grants Available

The Associated Colleges of the South will accept pre-proposals for Faculty Advancement and Blended Learning Grants until September 12, 2013

Full proposals are due on November 22.

Grants available In the Faculty Advancement area are:

• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Engaged Learning
• Learning-Based Pedagogy
• Undergraduate Research (with emphasis on the humanities)

 

Learning from rejection is part of applying for grants

Russell Olwell, of Eastern Michigan University, offers some sage advice in Inside HigherEd.

The ability to take rejection and use it to improve your grant writing practice is the difference between many faculty members who write one proposal and give up, and those who persist to become funded principal investigators (PIs)…

The first key to dealing with rejection and negative feedback is to plan for it in advance and build it into your schedule. If you are interested in being funded by a program, you need to commit to applying for it at least twice (if not three times). This does not mean that the first attempt is half-hearted, but that the plan is to apply, get feedback, and use that feedback to strengthen the proposal.

The article is definitely worth reading.

Federal Funding, the Song

You’ll receive the federal funding, you can add another wing
You’ll receive the federal funding, you can add another wing
Take your colleagues out to dinner, pay your brother to come and sing
Take your colleagues out to dinner, pay your brother to come and sing
Sing, sing, sing

You’ll receive the federal funding, you can have a hefty grant
You’ll receive the federal funding, you can have a hefty grant
Strategize this presentation, make them see that you’re the man
Strategize this presentation, make them see that you’re the man
Man, man, man

You’ll receive the federal funding, you can pass the simple test
You’ll receive the federal funding, you can pass the simple test
You can access information, make them see that you’re the best
You can access information, make them see that you’re the best
Best, best, best

CUR Proposal Writing Institute

The CUR Proposal Writing Institute will be held July 7-11, 201 at Chapman University, Orange, CA.

This Institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies. The four-day institute will consist of one-on-one work with a mentor, writing, small group discussions, and critiquing of proposals. The institute has been developed to assist novice to experienced proposal writers in drafting complete proposals for submission. Prior to the institute participants will be able to access information that will help them begin to draft their proposal. Deadline is May 24, 2013.

More information available by visiting: http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/institutes/proposal_writing_institute/.

Panel Readers Needed For US Department Of Education International Programs

The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) Service in the U.S. Department of Education administers a variety of international programs. IFLE continually seeks language and area studies specialists to serve as readers for grant competitions. Readers participate in a panel review of applications (usually no longer than one to two weeks), and are provided with modest compensation. Most reviews are conducted electronically, via the U.S. Department of Education’s e-Reader system, and travel will not be necessary. In cases where travel is necessary, readers are provided with roundtrip travel, hotel room, and meal allowances. The review process involves orientation, reading of the applications, and daily discussions with other panelists. Scores are based on U.S. Department of Education selection criteria. If you or anyone you know is interested in serving as a reader please visit the U.S. Department of Education Field Reader System Web site at: http://opeweb.ed.gov/frs/register.cfm to enter your information.

via CUR