Faculty Success Initiatives (FSI) Extramural Funding Fellowship Spring 2019 Application

FSI-Extramural Funding Fellowship (FSI-EFF)

A campus-wide initiative supported by the Schools (SSHA, SoE, SNS),

Graduate Division, HSRI, SNRI, and the Office of Research and Economic Development.

This is a selective and focused training program that requires attendance over four days, 11:30am to 4:00pm on January 6^th-10^th, 2020. This is the first time we have offered this program and it is limited to 12 Fellows this year. Note that we will repeat the program two or more times in each subsequent year.

The program is based on tools used by San Diego State University that have proven successful in helping faculty to maximize their success in securing extramural funding. The program focuses on mentoring early-career faculty and new investigators in skills that range from communicating with grant officers, to finding funding opportunities, developing successful proposals, and interacting with the media, and more.

In fact, the person who developed the program, John Crocket, will be our program facilitator this year. John is an academic, with grant experience, and he has helped many faculty over the years obtain the funding they need. See: https://research.sdsu.edu/development_funding/grew_fellowship

The program is selective, with a preference for faculty who are pre-tenured, although other faculty moving into new investigative areas may be considered as well.  Fellows will receive a $3000 stipend: $2000 for program participation and $1000 after a grant has been submitted. Fellows will be encouraged to also access the FSI-Pre-submission Review Program to help with grant submissions or resubmissions after the FSI-EFF Fellowship is completed.

Criteria:

• Applicants must complete the form on the next page by12:00pm, December 5^th, 2019. Questions or comments should be directed to Kelly Bolcavage or Melinda Laroco Boehm at 209-382-4301 or by email at mboehm2@ucmerced.edu.

• Your planned proposal must be targeted at a federal agency (e.g., NSF, DOE, NEH, etc.), with full indirect costs allowed.

• The proposal you may submit must be run through an UCM unit. More specifically, your proposal will be submitted through the unit that sponsors your fellowship, e.g. fellows supported by SNS submit their grants through SNS, etc.

• The applicant should be pre-tenured, although post-tenured applicants moving into new investigative areas or who have not been funded before may be considered.

• If an applicant is not selected for participation this year, he/she can apply again when the program is offered in the future.

• In-person attendance in all four sessions (1130am to 4:00pm) is required, so be sure you can commit your time on these dates.

• Fellows will receive $2000 for their participation. An additional $1000 is awarded if a grant is submitted within 12 months.

• Applications are reviewed by the school deans, graduate division dean, ORU directors, and ORED staff.