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    Extension grantsmanship workshops are open to all Extension employees unless some kind of restriction, such as a specific program area or district, is noted in the workshop announcements.  If you are unsure about whether or not you should attand, let's talk about it.  If you would like to attend a workshop but the dates do not fit your schedule, let me know. We would like to schedule a workshop that will work for you.

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    Latest information   Cost Recovery Information

    2005-2006
    Conflict of Interest Forms and Tips
    Sponsor Paid Appointment Form
    Payroll Cost Share Form



    NEW!
    Introduction to Project Management Workshop

    (or I've been funded!  What should I do?)

    Tuesday, May 23 (9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
      Cuyahoga County Extension Office
    9127 Miles Avenue, Cleveland
    Click here for Map

    Registration fee: $15 (for materials, snacks, lunch) 
       This workshop for you if you:
    •  Have a funded project but don’t really understand the management part of it
    • Have just learned your project has been funded
    • Have submitted a proposal and want to be ready if you get funded, or
    • Provide for support for someone who gets funding.

    At this workshop you will learn the basics of managing a funded project.  This will include a brief  overview of the how Extension and OSURF work together and some common considerations that apply to all projects. Click here for more details.

      To register, click here

    Fax, mail, or email as an attachment the registration form to the Extension Business Office.


    PI Portal Help

    If you work with Research Foundation dollars, and your PI Portal is a mystery, you (and maybe your support staff person) may find one of OSURF's PI Portal
    workshops worthwhile.  Click here to go to the OSURF webpage with workshop
    descriptions and dates and on-line registration.

    PI Portal Workshop Details

    Training sessions demonstrate the basic features and
    navigation  of the Pl Portal.

    For more information, please contact: Rowley.15@osu.edu


    OSU Extension Cost Recovery Information 

    Local Program Worksheet  For local use to help calculate program costs.  Do not submit to Ext. Business Office.

    State Program Fee Transmittal Form Submit State Program Fee transmittal form to the Extension Business Office after completing the program, quarterly (Jan 1, April 1, July 1, and Oct 1), or when amount exceeds $500. See the top of the form for more information.     
                      Excel File (calculates totals)           pdf Document              Word File

    State Program Fees Chart

    Examples of completed transmittal forms If you are unsure about how to complete the transmittal forms, here are some completed examples.

    Example 1    Form completed for quarterly submission
    Example 2    Form completed when amount exceeds $500
    Example 3    Form completed for single program
    Example 4    Form completed on excel with fees calculated

    Link to Extension's Cost Recovery Pages   Find complete Cost Recovery Information here including:  Background Fact Sheet, Ag/NR CR Guidelines, 4-H Guidelines, and more.


    Questions about cost recovery?   Contact  
    Nikki Conklin , Jackie LaMuth  or your program area leader.     

    Forms for Setting up Projects

    Sponsor Paid Appointment Form
    Complete this form when your project budget includes wages and benefits for OSU employees

    Payroll Cost Share Form
     Complete this form when your project budget includes an OSU employee's wages and
    benefits as a required cost share or match.

    Questions about the forms? Contact Jackie LaMuth.

    Workshop:How to find and design cost recovery projects and opportunities

    Topics will include: Starting with what you're doing now, Thinking creatively, Using old tricks to find new products, The life cycle of a project/program,New ways to think about routine programs/projects, Public good and Private good Continuum and where things fit, Parts of a product, Ways to stretch and repackage programs for new audiences, Ways to find new audiences, Simple ways to test your new ideas, Deciding how many costs to recover, Tools to help you.

             I have to tell you this was one of the best inservices I have ever attended, and admit the
              extra attention to my issues was wonderful for me. 
                                                                                     (LuAnn Freppon, Agent, Richland County)

    If you have a project idea you want to develop, bring it along.  You will have an opportunity to get started.  We will work with your ideas; think about ways to test the marketability of your idea, explore ways to expand your program out of the routine and into cost recovery, think about new audiences that might want or need your programs, consider potential community sponsors, begin to develop preliminary budgets.

      Watch for more workshops here and on your All-Extension listserv.


    Workshop: Negotiating Cost Recovery: Hands-on Practice

    At this workshop we will practice ways to work with customers. Several seasoned and experienced agents will be there to “star” in the sketches, coach and offer suggestions.  We will:

    • Learn to present a price, keep the door open, and negotiate a cost recovery outcome.
    • Share examples of letters of offer and will role-play some typical situations
    • Be coached and coach others and actually practice negotiating with a few of our typical and not-so-typical customers.
    • Keep an emphasis on the importance of building and keeping relationships, and talking through the situation.
    There will be time to present situations you expect to encounter as you expand your cost recovery efforts. We will work on developing “reasons people should say “yes” to us. 

      Watch for workshop dates and locations
    to be posted soon.



                                      

    Contact me to help you get started  
    If you need to meet with me to discuss an idea or to deliver proposal or contract materials, this map should be helpful.  My office is located on the OSU campus, in the Extension Business Office, room 4, in the Agricultural Administration Building. (Building 003 on map) 

    Jackie LaMuth
    Leader, Resource Development and Management 
    Agricultural Administration Building  Room 4
    2120 Fyffe Road
    Columbus, OH 43210 
    ph: 614-292-6470 fax: 614-688-0529

    Click here for a photo of Jackie

    Other important People and locations
    OSU Extension Business office (Building 003 on map)
    Room 4, Ag Administration Building, 2120 Fyffe Road
    Brian McClain, Business Leader (614-292-2337)
     Cindy Tschanen, Assistant Business Manager (614-292-6979)

    OSU Research Foundation  (Building 200 on map)

      PIs using 55XXX or 57XXX ORG numbers contact:

    Dana Glenn, Pre and Post-award Sponsored Program Officer (614-292-6647)
    2nd Floor, 1960 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH  43210

    PIs using other than 55XXX or 57XXX ORG numbers contact:
    Laura Finch, Pre-award Sponsored Program Officer (614-292-3721)

    Debra Johnson, Sponsored Program Associate (614-292-23730)
    OSU Research Foundation FAES Office (Building 298 on map)

    Room 112,  Ag Engineering Building, 590 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus, OH  43210



    Finding Extra Funding Newsletter
    A quarterly newsletter for Extension professionals with 
    helpful tips on the following topics::
    • Proposal writing and project management tips
    • Internal and external training opportunities
    • Assistance with internal and external processes
    • Opportunities for personal assistance
    • Opportunities to be on a quick proposalBut I have to tell you, that is one of the best inservices I have ever attended, and admit the extra attention to my issues was wonderful for me.  team
    To receive your copy each quarter, e-mail me Jackie LaMuth with a short message that says, " Add me to the grants newsletter mailing list.  Thanks."

    Connecting to You 

    How can I make this web page more useful for you?

    • What would you like to see added?
    • Do you have something to add that would be helpful to others?
    • Have you found a resource development web site that would be useful to others?
    • Personal assistance is available to help you:
    • Develop projects that benefit organizational and your program priorities
    • Develop scope of services
    • Develop budgets for proposals
    • Develop realistic timelines
    • Develop measurable project outcomes
    • Maximize your proposal development efforts
    • Evaluate the feasibility of proposal ideas
    • Interpret  proposal guidelines and requirements
    • Search for funding opportunities
    • Understand OSU processes of submitting proposals
    • Provide generic examples of proposal sections
    • Proof read and edit proposals
    • Work with proposal writing teams 
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    • Extension with non-Extension community partners


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    Updated August 29, 2006