Resources for Scholarship
and Funding in the Arts,
Architecture, and
Humanities
Workshop Sponsored by the Center for Research Program Development
and Enrichment
September 28, 2010
Overview
• Introduction
• Thinking about Research and Funding for Research
• Resources – Internal and External
• Finding Funding Opportunities
• A Few Examples
Introduction
• Alicia J. Knoedler, CRA, PhD
• Assistant Vice President for Research and Director of the
Center for Research Program Development and
Enrichment
• PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Purdue University
• Research expertise – memory across the lifespan
• CRA = Certified Research Administrator
• Research and Proposal Development for over 10 years
• Notre Dame – worked with Arts, Humanities, and Social
Science faculty to increase their external funding
• Penn State – worked with faculty across the University to
develop complex, interdisciplinary, highly visible
proposals from a variety of sponsors
Center for Research Program
Development and Enrichment
• New Center at OU, started July 2010
• Primary Goal – Help faculty, postdocs, and graduate students
accomplish their goals in research, scholarship, and creative
activities
• Not all about funding
• Partnerships; leveraging resources; thinking creatively about new
directions; increasing visibility across the University; providing
advocacy and voice.
• We are independent from Office of Research Services (ORS) but
we work with them
• Even though CRPDE is not all about funding…
Today, we are going to talk about funding AND
resources for research
All on the same page
• Research = diligent and systematic inquiry or
investigation into a subject in order to discover or
revise facts, theories, applications, etc. (Random House
dictionary)
• Research = scholarship, creative activity, etc.
What is In your
Research portfolio?
• What’s your faculty appointment?
• Med-School Faculty – grants with salary and student support –
no funding = no paycheck
• University Faculty in Science, Engineering, and some social
sciences - grants with salary, student support, equipment,
resources, travel, supplies, special programs – no funding =
limited resources and limits on scholarship
• University Faculty in non-STEM disciplines – grants or
fellowships with stipends, travel support, minimal resources – no
funding = limits on scholarship and ?
What is In your
Research portfolio?
• What’s your culture?
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No funding = no salary
No funding = no tenure/promotion
Funding = separation of the “haves” and the “have nots”
Incentives/motivation
Many barriers
Teaching and service responsibilities
Do not know other faculty outside of department
Frustrated by…
What is In your
Research portfolio?
• Portfolio – a group of items (artwork, investments, projects)
representing one’s work
• Diversify!
• Look for opportunity outside of your standard view
• Doesn’t have to mean that all of your projects are now
different
• Examples
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Art and Architecture in Healthcare Settings
History informing International Policy
Music affects Cognition
Behavior permeates all
What Can Funding
do for me?
• TIME!
• Support your scholarship and accomplishments
• Allows you to travel
• Supports your students
• Improves your content for teaching
• Opens up opportunities
One Investigator’s
Approach
Identify
that
funding is
needed
Think of
the usual
suspects
in funding
Recycle
prior
writing
Write
proposal
Look at
guidelines
Get
frustrated
by paper
work
Submit
proposal
Move on
to next
project
Top Mistakes in
Pursuing Funding
• The focus on money drives the conversation,
motivation, actions, etc.
• Ideas, perspective and goals get lost
• Time isn’t taken to understand the funding sponsor
• Writing is poor
• Timing is off
• Follow up is non-existent
• Persistence is absent
The Funding “Cycle”
Research
Idea
Determine
Research Needs
(Time,
students, space,
colleagues, etc.)
Prepare
Revision
Search for
Funding
Opportuni
ties
Get
reviews
Act
Plan
proposal
according
to
guidelines
Submit
proposal
Have
proposal
reviewed by
others
Write
Contact
program
officer
Assemble
Proposal Needs
(Technical
approach, nontechnical
pieces, etc.)
Complete
any
required
forms
Write
proposal
Develop
project
budget
Plan
What is Ideal When
Pursuing Funding?
• Plan
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What is your idea/approach?
What are you trying to accomplish?
What resources do you have?
What do you need?
Who can help?
Who knows you and who do you know?
Who cares?
Who is your competition?
What will success look like?
What is Ideal When
Pursuing Funding?
• Write
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What is your idea/approach?
Who is the audience?
Broadly, what do you need to communicate?
What is unique?
What is your record?
Write well (no mistakes, be direct and clear, get to the
point)
What is Ideal When
Pursuing Funding?
• Act
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Ask others to review your proposal
Give instructions
Respond to suggestions
Submit a polished, perfect proposal
Think about next steps
Plan to submit again
Funding
The Nitty Gritty
Resources – Internal
• Internal sources of funding are focused on getting
projects started, supporting research needs not covered
by external sponsors, and supporting interim needs
• Research Council Programs
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Arts and Humanities and Creative Activity Program
PI Research Investment Program
Small Grant Program - $1,200
Over $1,200 Requests
Travel in Thirds (division of funding dept/college/VPR)
Junior Faculty Research Program
http://research.ou.edu/funding/internalfunding.html
Resources - Internal
• ASPIRE 2020 – Engagement, Competitiveness and Culture
• Faculty Challenge Grant - $5K-$50K over 2 years
• Centers Initiative - $50K
• Potentially Transformative Research, Scholarship and
Creative Activity Program
• University Strategic Organizations
• Research Liaisons Pilot Program
• New Research Awards are coming soon!
Research Leaves
• University of Notre Dame, College of Arts and Letters
Leave Policy:
• Award targets for externally funded leaves are $30,00040,000 for assistant and associate professors and
$50,000 for full professors. In the case of major grants
of $30,000 or more, the University will normally
supplement the faculty member’s stipend to provide a
full year leave at full salary
Research Leaves
• OU Faculty Leaves – Faculty Handbook
• There should be a clear indication that the improvements sought during a sabbatical will
benefit the work of the faculty member, department, college, and the University
• Approval of a sabbatical leave of absence with full or partial pay depends on the ability
of the faculty member’s college to absorb the financial obligation and on the college's
ability to provide teaching without loss of quality
• Certain national fellowships and scholarships that are highly competitive, such as the
Fulbright, often do not provide stipend levels commensurate with faculty salaries and
fringe benefits. To offset any loss in salary and benefits, the University has developed a
policy for awards of at least $20,000 for the academic year. This policy provides that
the amount of the faculty award will be deposited in a released time account and that the
faculty member will continue to receive a full salary--partly from the grant and partly
from state funds--in the budgeted position. The faculty member's department will use the
money in the released time account for departmental needs determined by the chair and
the dean; therefore, the department may need to set a higher minimum award amount for
the faculty members in their departments
Where to Find External
Funding Opportunities
• Community of Science – fundingopps.cos.com
• Other Search Engines
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http://grantsline.nd.edu/
http://or.ucr.edu/RD/SearchOr.aspx
http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/foundfinder/
• Lists
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http://isla.nd.edu/for-faculty/external-funding/search-for-funding/
http://humanities.osu.edu/studentinfo/grads/gradexternalfunding.cfm
http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/calendar.shtml
http://www.la.psu.edu/CLA-Deans_Area/research/calendar.htm
http://resfacil.msu.edu/groups/FundingHumArtsRes/wiki/1e59c/Arts_
and_Humanities_by_Category.html
• More to come and posted on the CRPDE website
Community of
Science
• fundingopps.cos.com
Foundation
Directory
• http://fconline.foundationcente
r.org/
Resources - External
• Fellowships
• Awards
• Travel
• International
• Discretionary Money
• Partnerships
Handout
Understand your
audience
• Research the application/proposal instructions
• Organize the proposal – it is not a journal article,
monograph, or book
• Plan what you need to address in the limited number
of pages allowed
• Speak to your audience
• Foundations = it isn’t about you, it’s about them
• Know your competition
• Do your homework
WRiting
• Context – set it
• Address questions/issues
• What are you going to do/accomplish with the
project?
• Think outside of yourself and communicate that way
• Worst approach – I am going to x, I need money to do
x, and I deserve the money.
• Best approach – you want to accomplish x, I can help
you do that, and here is how
Work With Others
• At OU, CRPDE and Office of Research Services (ORS)
• Ask for help
• Expect that a bit of effort may be involved
• Start early and be respectful of other people’s time
• Don’t be a bull and they won’t be a
china shop
What Does Success
Look Like?
Chart Handout
• OU’s Numbers:
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NEH = 3
ACLS = 3
Guggenheim = 0
Fulbright = 20
National Humanities Center = 2
IAS Princeton = 0
American Academy in Rome = 1
Woodrow Wilson Center = 1
• Total = 33
Newberry Library = 1
American Antiquarian Society = 1
ASCS Athens = 0
Huntington Library = 1
Humboldt Foundation = 0
National Gallery of Art (CASVA) = ?
Getty = 0
Folger Library = 0
Contact
Alicia Knoedler
aknoedler@ou.edu
325-9433
Cindy Clark
cgclark@ou.edu
325-3714
crpde.ou.edu