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Laura Cassidy, MS, PhDLaura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Associate Professor, SurgeryAssociate Professor, Surgery

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Introduction to Funding Sources 101Introduction to Funding Sources 101

How can your injury research proposal How can your injury research proposal stand out from the crowd of qualified stand out from the crowd of qualified applications to attract corporate, federal, applications to attract corporate, federal, or state funding?or state funding?

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Analyze the funding agency Analyze the funding agency

• Analyzing the Analyzing the missionmission,, strategic plstrategic planan, , investment prioritiesinvestment priorities, and , and cultureculture of a of a funding agency provides information key to funding agency provides information key to enhancing proposal competitiveness. enhancing proposal competitiveness.

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Analyze the funding agency mission

Analyze the funding agency mission

• Funding agencies have a clearly defined Funding agencies have a clearly defined agenda/mission. agenda/mission.

• Funded grants are those that best meet that agenda and Funded grants are those that best meet that agenda and advance the mission of the funding agency. If a advance the mission of the funding agency. If a proposal does not meet an agency's mission, it will not proposal does not meet an agency's mission, it will not be funded. be funded.

• Having a "good idea" by itself is not enough. Good Having a "good idea" by itself is not enough. Good ideas have to be clearly connected and integrated with a ideas have to be clearly connected and integrated with a funding agency’s mission and agenda. funding agency’s mission and agenda.

• The proposal must fit the mission and strategic plans of The proposal must fit the mission and strategic plans of the funding agency. the funding agency.

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Analyzing the funding agencyAnalyzing the funding agency

• Who is the audience (e.g., agency, program officers, and Who is the audience (e.g., agency, program officers, and reviewers) and what is the best way to address them?reviewers) and what is the best way to address them?

• What is a fundable idea and how is it best characterized What is a fundable idea and how is it best characterized within the context of the agency research investment within the context of the agency research investment priorities?priorities?

• How are claims of research uniqueness and innovation How are claims of research uniqueness and innovation best supported in the proposal text and reflective of best supported in the proposal text and reflective of agency strategic research plans?agency strategic research plans?

• How does the applicant best communicate his or her How does the applicant best communicate his or her passion, excitement, commitment, and capacity to passion, excitement, commitment, and capacity to perform the proposed research to review panels?perform the proposed research to review panels?

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Analyzing the funding agencyAnalyzing the funding agency

• MissionMission

• CultureCulture

• LanguageLanguage

• Investment prioritiesInvestment priorities

• Strategic planStrategic plan

• Organizational chartOrganizational chart

• ManagementManagement

• Program officersProgram officers

• Reports, publicationsReports, publications

• Leadership speechesLeadership speeches

• Public testimonyPublic testimony

• Review criteriaReview criteria

• Review processReview process

• Review panelsReview panels

• Project abstractsProject abstracts

• Current funded projectsCurrent funded projects

• Funded researchersFunded researchers

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Analyzing the funding agencyAnalyzing the funding agency

• Learn to echo the language and usage of the funding Learn to echo the language and usage of the funding agency is another factor that may enhance the overall agency is another factor that may enhance the overall competitiveness of a proposal. competitiveness of a proposal.

• Funding agencies, like most institutions, often develop a Funding agencies, like most institutions, often develop a unique phraseology to define and describe common, unique phraseology to define and describe common, recurrent components of their mission and research recurrent components of their mission and research agenda, e.g., “broader impacts” or “research and education agenda, e.g., “broader impacts” or “research and education integration” at NSF. integration” at NSF.

• Learning the language of the funding agency is important Learning the language of the funding agency is important for writing the narrative section of a proposal, and helps in for writing the narrative section of a proposal, and helps in framing arguments more clearly and in better framing arguments more clearly and in better communicating them to program managers and reviewers. communicating them to program managers and reviewers.

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Funding Sources for Injury ResearchFunding Sources for Injury Research Funding Sources for Injury ResearchFunding Sources for Injury Research

•Do your homework and be creativeDo your homework and be creative

•Potential SourcesPotential Sources– donations– government funding agencies – RFP grants and contracts– private and public partnerships

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Searching for fundingSearching for funding – be creative – be creative

• Research past funding opportunitiesResearch past funding opportunities

• Look at publications and press coverage to Look at publications and press coverage to identify funding sourcesidentify funding sources

• Find a mentor with funding experience to Find a mentor with funding experience to guide youguide you

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• Identify corporations with a significant Identify corporations with a significant presence in your areapresence in your area

• And an inherent research interest in your And an inherent research interest in your programs and services (ex: university programs and services (ex: university partnerships, the child abuse prevention partnerships, the child abuse prevention fund, community partnerships, etc.)fund, community partnerships, etc.)

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Show me the money……Show me the money……

Successful Injury Funding at MCW Successful Injury Funding at MCW Since 2001Since 2001

Successful Injury Funding at MCW Successful Injury Funding at MCW Since 2001Since 2001

Funding Agency Number of Grants Total Dollars

NIH 4 $ 3,763,339

Healthier WI partnership 13 $ 3,078,668

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 1 $ 2,050,000

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1 $ 2,044,980

Emergency Medical Services for Children 4 $ 1,261,172

CDC 3 $ 1,207,344

Occupational Health & Safety Administration 1 $ 196,832

Robert Wood Johnson 1 $ 154,598

American Geriatrics Society 1 $ 40,000

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Funding WebsitesFunding WebsitesFunding WebsitesFunding Websites

Funding Agency Website

NIH www.nih.gov

Healthier WI partnership www.mcw.edu/display/docid433.htm

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration www.nhtsa.gov

Emergency Medical Services for Children www.emsc.gov

Health Resources and Service Administration www.hrsa.gov

Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov

Occupational Health & Safety Administration www.osha.org

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health www.niosh.gov

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Government Research ToolsGovernment Research Tools

Good Website Resource  

Find Grant Opportunities

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp

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NIH Funding Sources for Injury ResearchNIH Funding Sources for Injury Research

NIH Grant Types Definitions

R01 Research Project Grant Program

R03 Small Grant Program

R18

R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant

R23 New Investigator Research Awards

R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant

K Awards Career Development Awards

K08 Clinical Investigator Award

K23Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Applications (R43/R44)

The SBIR and STTR programs provide support for research or development of new or improved technologies and methodologies that have the potential to succeed as commercial products or services.

Small Business Technology Transfer Grants (STTR) (R41/R42)

Contact information: 877/464-4772

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Funding for Injury Research – Funding for Injury Research – NIH NIH WebsitesWebsites

NIH Websites  

http://www.nih.gov/ National Institute of Health

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_basics.htm NIH Grants Process Overview

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html Funding Opportunities and Notices

http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/clinicalresearch/overview-translational.asp

Translational Research (Overview, Funding Opportunities, Funding Research)

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WI Foundations  

http://www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org/ Greater Milwaukee Foundation

http://www.bradleyfdn.org/ The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.

http://www.nmfn.com/ Northwestern Mutual Foundation

http://www.hbf.org/HBFWeb/grantApplication/usa.html Helen Bader Foundation, Inc.

http://www.reimanfoundation.org/ Reiman Foundation, Inc.

http://www.jbpf.org/ Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation

http://www.cudahyfund.org/ The Cudahy Foundation

http://www.wisconsinenergy.com/foundation/aboutus.htmWisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation, Inc.

http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/about/sustainability/johnson_controls_foundation/johnson_controls_foundation.html Johnson Controls Foundation, Inc.

http://bricofund.org/ The Brico Fund, Inc.

http://www.nciia.org/KEEN/docs/KEEN_prelim_rfp.pdf The Kern Family Foundation, Inc.

http://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/ Rath Foundation, Inc.

Pat and Jay Baker Foundation, Inc.

http://www.scjohnson.com/community/ SC Johnson Fund, Inc.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Foundation/hd_foundation.jsp?locale=enUS&bmLocale=en_US Harley Davidson Foundation

Funding for Injury Research – Funding for Injury Research – Wisconsin WebsitesWisconsin Websites

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Funding for Injury Research – Funding for Injury Research – Top 50 National Foundations Top 50 National FoundationsFunding for Injury Research – Funding for Injury Research – Top 50 National Foundations Top 50 National Foundations

1 Greater Milwaukee Foundation CM

2The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation,

Inc. IN

3 Northwestern Mutual Foundation CS

4 Helen Bader Foundation, Inc. IN

5 Reiman Foundation, Inc. IN

6 Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation IN

7 The Cudahy Foundation IN

8Wisconsin Energy Corporation

Foundation, Inc. CS

9 Walton Family Foundation, Inc. IN

10 Siebert Lutheran Foundation, Inc. IN

11 The Annie E. Casey Foundation IN

12 Johnson Controls Foundation CS

13 The Brico Fund, Inc. IN

14 The Kern Family Foundation, Inc. IN

National FoundationsFoundation

Type**   National FoundationsFoundation

Type**

Top 50 National Foundations Awarding Grants in Milwaukee, WI, Metropolitan Area, cira 2004*

15The Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation IN

16 The Kresge Foundation IN

17 U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Inc. CS

18 The Joyce Foundation IN

19 Rath Foundation, Inc. IN

20The Susan Thompson Buffett

Foundation IN

21Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Foundation CS

22 SBC Foundation CS

23 Bank One Foundation CS

24 Pat and Jay Baker Foundation IN

25 GE Foundation CS

*Based on Grants of $10,000 or > **IN=Independent Foundation; CM=Community Foundation; CS=Corporate Foundation; OP=Operate Foundation

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Funding for Injury Research – Funding for Injury Research – Top 50 National Foundations Top 50 National FoundationsFunding for Injury Research – Funding for Injury Research – Top 50 National Foundations Top 50 National Foundations

National FoundationsFoundation

Type**   National FoundationsFoundation

Type**

Top 50 U.S. Foundations Awarding Grants in Milwaukee, WI, Metropolitan Area, cira 2004*

26 The Ford Foundation IN

27Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk

Medical Research Trust IN

28 The Irving Harris Foundation IN

29 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation IN

30 The Rockefeller Foundation IN

31 SC Johnson Fund, Inc. CS

32 Kimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc. CS

33Gerald Rauenhorst Family

Foundation IN

34 Scripps Howard Foundation CS

35The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg

Foundation, Inc. IN

36 Helene Fuld Health Trust IN

37 Open Society Institute OP

38 Opus Prize Foundation IN

39 Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. IN

40The Retirement Research

Foundation IN

41 The Commonwealth Fund IN

42The Jacob and Valeria

Langeloth Foundation IN

43Beatrice P. Delany Charitable

Trust IN

44John S. and James L. Knight

Foundation IN

45 Jaquelin Hume Foundation IN

46 JEHT Foundation IN

47 Lilly Endowment, Inc. IN

48William Randolph Hearst

Foundation IN

49Vulcan Materials Company

Foundation CS

50The New York Community

Trust CM

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Questions? Comments?Questions? Comments?

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