Category: Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

08/4/13

Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals

“Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals”
A Workshop by David Morrison, Ph.D.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center

Co-sponsored by the UMMS Office of Research and the MICHR Education and Mentoring Group, this widely acclaimed seminar addresses practical and conceptual aspects of the proposal writing process (with emphasis on NIH applications). The presenter, David Morrison, Ph.D., is one of the most sought after presenters of workshops on writing NIH grant proposals. Participants will learn to prepare a competitive grant proposal by:

  • incorporating knowledge of the peer review process in a persuasive research description
  • formulating a focused research plan that incorporates well-formulated hypotheses, rationales, specific objectives, and long-range research goals
  • developing and justifying a budget for the proposed research activities
  • using existing resources at the University of Michigan in research proposal development
  • avoiding many common grant writing mistakes.

This workshop is open to everyone interested in developing their NIH grant writing skills.  CME credit is available.

Registration Deadline: October 11, 2013
Since course materials must be pre-ordered, we are unable to accept late / walk-in registrations.

Fee:  $125 for UM Participants (payable by shortcode or credit card)
$150 for Non-UM Participants

All those registered as of October 12, 2013 will receive The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook – National Institutes of Health Version (a $75.00 value) as well as other course materials.

Register and view complete information (including the agenda) at:
http://writewinningnihgrants2013.eventbrite.com

Follow this event on Twitter with hashtag #MICHRWWG13. Tweet your questions to us before or during the event.

06/16/13

Notice of Internal Competition

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the application deadline for the 2014 Summer Stipend program. Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months.

Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.

Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply.

For more information, please review the guidelines found here:

http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends

The deadline to apply to the agency is September 26, 2013. The program guidelines require we hold an internal competition to select two applicants from UM Flint.

If you are interested in applying for the NEH Summer Stipend program, please submit a one page summary of your project to [email protected] no later than 5 pm on Monday, August 26, 2013.

Members of the Research and Creative Activity Committee will review the summaries, and select the two applicants from our institution.

09/10/12

Welcome Back Students!

This is always an exciting time of year for the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs staff, as we get to meet new students and welcome back those of you who are returning. And now that the semester is settling in, I would like to share information about several terrific student research opportunities available.

Why do research?

Many of our student researchers have directly attributed their academic achievement and career development to their participation in research. Particularly, some benefits of participating in research include:

  • The opportunity to stand out from students without research experience, especially when applying for jobs, graduate schools, professional schools, etc.
  • The chance to engage in “hands on” projects that often go beyond what is learned in the classroom
  • Building close relationships with faculty (especially helpful when students need letters of recommendation, references, etc.)
  • The opportunity to earn wages, class credit, or service hours.

How can you participate in research?

Work as a research assistant: Undergraduates, if you are interested in working on a faculty project, you are invited to join the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). UROP offers opportunities for students to earn wages, use their work study, or earn service hours working directly with faculty researchers. For more information, visit www.umflint.edu/research/UROP under “Student Corner.”

Graduate students can conduct research through the Graduate Student Research Assistantship program, managed by the Office of Graduate Programs. Information for this program is available at: http://www.umflint.edu/graduateprograms/tuition-financial-aid/research-assistantships.page

Present your research: Mark your calendars for several conferences where students can showcase their work:

  •  The 21st annual Meeting of Minds Undergraduate Research Conference (MOM): A conference which provides students from UM-Flint, UM-Dearborn, and Oakland University an opportunity to share their research with through poster, oral, or performance-based presentations. This event is open to students from all majors. If you are interested in presenting your research, getting published in the annual journal, boosting your resume for jobs/grad school, and are interested in learning about other students’ research, Meeting of Minds is for you! The next MOM will take place on Friday, May 10, 2013, right here on campus! Registration will open in early January. For more information, visit www.umflint.edu/research/MOM.
  • The 3rd annual University of Michigan-Flint Student Research Conference (SRC): This campus-wide research conference showcases the efforts of UM-Flint students. Both undergraduate and graduate students of all majors will have the opportunity to present their work at this conference, as well as to get published in the conference proceedings. This year’s SRC will also take place on campus on Friday, April 5, 2013. Registration for this event will also open in early January. For more information, visit www.umflint.edu/research/SRC.

While these events aren’t taking place until next semester, we encourage you to start thinking about presenting now!

Develop your skills: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will be hosting a variety of skill-building workshops throughout the year. To see our full lineup, please visit: http://www.umflint.edu/research/workshop_schedule.htm.

Stay connected: There will be many more developments in the upcoming months. Stay connected with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs by joining us on Facebook (under UM-Flint Office of Research and Sponsored Programs), following us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/UMFlintResearch) or visiting our blog at: /research/.

As always, you can learn more about our programs and opportunities by visiting our website, www.umflint.edu/research, under “Student Resources.”

We hope you take advantage of the support services in place for you. We’re here to serve you. Have a great year!

08/20/12

Internal Competition for National Endowment for the Humanities Limited Submission Funding Opportunity

Notice of Internal Competition

Deadline Monday, September 10th at 9 am

The University of Michigan – Flint Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, in conjunction with the Research and Creative Activity Committee, would like to announce an upcoming limited submission funding opportunity competition.  The National Endowment for the Humanities offers a Summer Stipend program for individual scholars in the Humanities disciplines.  The program allows only one faculty member per organization to apply for funding each year. Therefore the UM – Flint Office of Research and the Research and Creative Activity Committee will hold an internal competition to select an applicant for the upcoming NEH deadline.

The Summer Stipend program provides $6,000 to individual scholars for two months of full time effort during the summer. If you’d like more information about the NEH Summer Stipend program, please follow this link to the full announcement:

http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends

If you’re interested in an opportunity to apply for this program, please prepare a one page summary describing the intellectual significance of your proposed project, your methods and work plan, your skills and competencies in the subject area, and your intended results.  Be sure to include a project title at the top of the page. However, please do not include any personal identifiers on the one page summary. Instead, submit a separate coversheet with your name, department, project title, and preferred contact information. Submissions that exceed the one page summary limit, or include personal identifiers on the summary page, will not be reviewed.

Submit your coversheet and one page summary in PDF format to [email protected] no later than 9 am on Monday, September 10, 2012. The Research and Creative Activity Committee will use a blind review process to assess the submissions. The selected applicant will be notified as soon as possible.

Please contact the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at 762-3383 if you have any questions.

04/26/12

Winter RCAC winners

Congratulations to the following faculty who received awards from the Research and Creative Activity Committee:

*Amelia Biehl (Economics) – $8,446 for her project entitled Did the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Incentives Increase Housing Demand?

*Danielle De La Mare (Communications & Visual Arts) – $8,835 for her project entitled Interracial Communication Competence Among White Pre-Service Teachers

*Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch (History) – $11,103 for her project entitled Remembering Gender: Women, Politics, and Memory of the American Revolution in the Nineteenth Century

*Rajib Ganguly and Michele Stark (Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics) – $14,974 for their project entitled X-Raying Mass Outflows from Quasars

11/28/11

Major Funding Announcement

The Office of Research is pleased to announce that the office has surpassed $5 million in grant awards for FY 2012, which is the highest level of sponsored funding in the history of UM-Flint. This is a remarkable achievement of success in the times of federal and state budget cuts. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all faculty and staff who have been awarded sponsored grants and contracts for FY 2012. We wish to say “congratulations” to our wonderful faculty and staff. We wish to thank the university’s leadership and senior officials for their outstanding support of academic affairs, research, and sponsored programs.

10/6/11

UM-Flint Students and Faculty Research Grand Blanc’s History

From Mel Serow, University Relations:

If you live in an older house, you may have wondered who lived there before you moved in. UM-Flint students are currently working in the archives of the City of Grand Blanc Heritage Museum and older city neighborhoods, doing research that will identify who lived in or actually built some of the houses that date back to the 1800s.

The Grand Blanc Historic Resource Survey is a research project jointly conducted by Thomas Henthorn of the Department of History and Greg Rybarcyzk of Earth and Resource Sciences. In March 2011, the city of Grand Blanc hired Professors Henthorn and Rybarcyzk to conduct an investigation of historic structures in the city. The result of this investigation will be an inventory of historic properties and maps that detail the location of structures and historic neighborhoods. These types of surveys are used by local governments as a planning tool. By locating historic properties and places within a municipality, local governments are better prepared to protect historic places.

For the next year, students from UM-Flint will be in Grand Blanc conducting archival research and field work to trace the genealogy of the historic homes and structures.

“This is a great way to get research experience by being able to get out of the classroom and work closely with your classmates,” noted history major Renee Gonzales. “It’s a unique perspective on history, and definitely a unique class.”

History Major Jason Lorenz says he is doing something that matters, and the research will produce results that can be shared with many other people.

“So much of what we learn is from other people’s papers,” according to Lorenz. “When you do your own research, with each step you find something new, and you become more interested in it.”

“We are providing experiential learning opportunities for students in a number of ways,” remarked Henthorn.

Some students are being employed as student researchers through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program from the Office of Research. Other students are aiding in the survey through coursework such as the class assignment in Henthorn’s “Introduction to Historic Preservation.” In both cases, students visit a variety of archival repositories such as the Genesee County Register of Deeds, Grand Blanc Heritage Museum, or Flint Public Library. Students then conduct fieldwork to photograph properties and record their physical features.

Beginning in January, students from Earth and Resource Sciences will begin creating maps based on the research conducted in the fall.

The contract is being funded by a Community Foundation of Greater Flint Grant.

Source

Several of Dr. Henthorn’s students have been provided research funding through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program.

02/11/11

Research & Creative Activity Committee – Request for Proposals Winter 2011

The Office of Research and the Research Creative Activity Committee (RCAC) would like to announce the Winter 2011 Call for Proposals.
 
Proposals are due in the Office of Research by Friday, March 11, 2011 at 5:00 pm. 
 
Proposals will be reviewed by the Research and Creative Activities Committee with funding decisions announced in mid-April.  Please note that all proposals must be submitted in hard copy and electronically.   Please follow the guidelines located at:  http://www.umflint.edu/research/faculty_funding/RCAC_guidelines.htm. 
 
Please review the guidelines carefully.  If you have any questions or need assistance please feel free to contact the Office of Research, 762-3383.

12/20/10

Symposium Focuses on Nursing Research

From the desk of Mel Serow, University Relations:

Cultural competence in health care and care of underserved populations are two areas in nursing education receiving a lot of attention in the classroom. University of Michigan-Flint students in the Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) program have focused their research this year on these two areas.

Their work was recently presented at the first MSN Research Symposium that attracted more than 50 guests, including students, faculty and staff.

“The response to the research posters presented by the 27 MSN was hugely successful,” said Connie Creech, director of Nursing Graduate Programs. “This will be an annual event to showcase student research skills, and their contributions to health care in the community.”

Special guests at the symposium were David and Francine Zick, who are sponsors of several student research projects via the Francine Zick Student Research Scholarship.
The UM-Flint annual fund assisted with sponsorship of the event.

Source

12/8/10

Workshop for NEH Funding Opportunities

On March 28, 2011, the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) will host Elizabeth Arndt, senior program officer in the Division of Research Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Ms. Arndt will conduct a morning, half-day workshop on NEH funding opportunities.  Ms. Arndt will also be available during the afternoon and the following morning for one-on-one meetings to discuss individual projects.
 
To register for this workshop or for more information, please visit the UDM website.