HIGHLIGHTS OF COMPETITIVE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES / FEDERAL

• NICHD to Identify Scientific Opportunities for Next Decade

  NIH recently released a notice that the National Institute of Child Health and human Development (NICHD) is planning to work in collaboration with its external communities to identify the most promising scientific opportunities of the next decade across the breadth of the Institute's mission. ' the aim of this process is to develop a scientific vision that sets an ambitious agenda and inspires the Institute, its many partners, and the research community to achieve critical scientific goals and meet pressing public health needs." The Vision process with a timeline is given. Workshops and meetings will be held from FALL 2010 through SPRING 2011 as part of the process.

  This process is sure to inform NICHD's future funding priorities, and investigators who are interested in NICHD funding should keep close tabs on this process.

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• USFSP subscribes to the New Research Development Newsletter Published by the Academic Research Funding Strategies.

  Academic Research Funding Strategies is publishing a monthly electronic newsletter for faculty on how to complete successfully for research and education funding from federal agencies and foundations. Articles and resources will address how faculty can use proven competitive strategies to achieve success in a very difficult funding climate.

  The first issue coming in September 2010

  • Research Funding Strategies for New Investigators: How to Get Started
  • Unsolicited Proposals: What Are They and Who Accepts Them?
  • Writing a competitive Research Center Proposal: Submitting for the Right Reasons and With the Right PI
  • The Strategic Role of the RFP
  • How to Find Funding Opportunities at NSF
  • writing Proposals to the Department of Energy
  • Finding Funding for Energy Research at the Federal Agencies
  • Research Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Agency Research News
  • Agency Reports & Research Road Maps
  • faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: Assessing Your Strengths
  • Grad Students and Postdocs: What You Can Be Doing Now to Prepare for Funding Success as an Independent Researcher
  • New Funding Opportunities & competitive proposal Development Resources

  Coming in October 2010

  • Research Funding Strategies for New Investigators: The Do's and Don'ts of Collaborating
  • NSF: How to Use the Award Database to Prepare a Better Proposal
  • Writing Unsolicited Proposals to the Department of Energy
  • Writing a competitive Research Center Proposal: Preparing to Write the Vision Statement
  • "How to Strategies" for Finding Research
  • Writing proposals to NIH: An Introduction
  • Competitive Resources for Energy Research
  • Research Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Agency Research News
  • Agency Reports & Research Road Maps
  • Faculty at Pre Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: How to Compete with "Research 1" Universities
  • Graduate Students and Postdocs: Grants You Can Apply for Now
  • New Funding Opportunities & competitive proposal Development Resources

  Coming in November 2010

  • Research Funding Strategies for New investigators; Preparing for the NSF CAREER Award
  • Writing to NSF Review Panels
  • Writing Unsolicited Proposals for NSF
  • Writing a competitive Research Center proposal; The Development Planning Process
  • Analyzing a Funding Agency's Culture, Mission, and Research Priorities Understanding the Federal Mission Agencies
  • "How to Write" a competitive Project Summary
  • Research Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Agency Research News
  • Agency REports & Research Road Maps
  • Faculty at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions: Grants that Combine Education and Research
  • Grad Students and post docs:Selecting Your Future Research Agenda
  • New Funding Opportunities & competitive Proposal Development Resources