Grantsmanship

Grantsmanship
Contract Development
and Resource Development

Helping Extension professionals strengthen their skills in project development, proposal writing, and project management.

2003 Resource DevelopmentWorkshop

Proposals, Grants, & Contracts - the basics and more
~~ ~~ Agenda ~~ ~~

Getting started - Basics
      Reasons for seeking funding
      Types of Internal and external funds: Differences, advantages, disadvantages
      An overview of cost recovery principles and guidelines
              Background & importance
              The big picture -- win/win
              Guidelines and policies
              How your efforts are affected
              Sharing your knowledge with your co-workers
              Planning and timing - the importance of being prepared
              People to involve when you seek or are offered external funds
                   Their roles
                    How you benefit by including them
                    County chair
                    Co-workers
                    District specialists and other resources
                    Coordinator, Resource Development and Management

Building a proposal
        Idea and Proposal Development
                  Critical details in the Request for Proposals (RFP) or Notification of
                 Available Funds (NOFA) (we will several examples)
        Determine the work and tasks to be done
                  Commitments from partners and others who will be affected
                        Delegate the work
                        Checkpoints for progress
        Budget Development (Examine sample budgets and guidelines)
                  What to calculate
                  Projecting your costs
                  Indirect costs
        Working with the Extension Business Office
                  Pre commitment
                  Resource Development and Management
                  OSU Legal Affairs
                  Post commitment

A few important details about contracts
         The range of contracts, agreements, MOUs
          Differences between agreements
          Who may sign

Tips and Insights...
       Writing the proposal
       Managing project
       Fiscal issues
       Selecting project partners
        Signing your own contract

Working with the OSU Research Foundation: What you need to know and do to submit a proposal - Laura Finch, OSU Research Foundation
      What it is? Why it is? What does it do?
       How to make your experience a positive one
       Steps involved in getting a proposal submitted
            Budget considerations and pitfalls
                  Personnel wages and benefits
                  Matching Funds
                  F & A costs
                  When an organization does not pay F & A (administrative) costs
           Preferred time lines
           Forms
               "Permission to seek off-campus funding" form
                Conflict of Interest form

What happens after you're funded - Jennifer Pavelec, OSURF
       Project Digest: Summary of award information and terms & conditions
       Your PI Portal
       Project Management Basics
             Expenditures
             Financial Statements--monitoring the account
                       Reporting
                       Changes and requests (time extensions, budget revision, etc)
        Project Close-out: final reports, final steps

Finding funding - Sarah Starr, OSURF
       Benefits of understanding and using the funding database for searches
             Increase chances of success
             Improve efficiency of searching for funds
             Reduce frustration and time spent searching
       How to make funding opportunities find you
             Register for electronic funding searches
             Connect to 20,000+ funding opportunities
             Set up your own funding alert
             Finesse and refine search skills

Registration: Use the registration form available on the Grants/workshop page at: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~grants/workshops.htm

*Note: A list of resources, webpages, outlines and other aids will be shared.

Contact me to help you get started.

Jacqueline E. LaMuth
Coordinator, Resource Development and Management
2120 Fyffe Road, Ag Administration Building Room 4
Columbus, OH 43210
ph: 614-292-6470 fax: 614-688-0529
E-mail me at:lamuth.1@osu.edu

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