TRED Annual Report FY2016

20 NSU GRANT WRITING LABORATORY Support Services Service Statistics COLLABORATION CONNECTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT FINDING FUNDING STRATEGY SESSIONS We are often able to suggest other faculty members in similar or complementary research areas for consultation and potential collaboration on projects. We can also offer best practices on forming and sustaining successful collaborations. We offer workshops on grant writing and research development in partnership with the Office of Sponsored Programs. Workshops and presentations are available both in person and on Blackboard. We offer resources to assist faculty members through the proposal development process, including templates, boilerplate text, and proposal editing. We talk with researchers about their projects, then assist them with designing and conducting fund searches. Regular monitoring of funding announcements produces targeted opportunities that we provide to faculty members. We meet with individual faculty members or collaborative research groups to discuss proposal development strategies, including when to contact program officers, how to interpret agency guidelines, which funding agencies would be interested, and what university services are available. 91 89 82 78 91 103 115 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 FY 17 FY 16 FY 15 FY 14 FY 13 FY 12 FY 11 The Grant Writing Laboratory continues to offer proposal and research development support to NSU investigators. We facilitate the research and sponsored funding successes of our faculty members by creating connections between researchers and funding opportunities, forging collaborations, supporting team science, and formulating strategy to progress the research agenda of NSU. In FY 2016, the Grant Writing Laboratory served numerous NSU faculty and staff members, providing 115 individual grant consults and in-depth proposal development services. Grant Writing Laboratory training workshops are presented in partnership with the Office of Sponsored Programs. In FY 2016, our training workshops reached 392 NSU faculty and staff members. In addition, through the availability of the training materials and workshop recordings on Blackboard, we were able to provide training resources to an additional 48 NSU faculty and staff members. Grant Consults FY 2011–FY 2017