The Grant Lifecycle

为你的研究、奖学金和创造性活动获得校外支持 (RSCA)对于创建一个充满活力的RSCA轨迹至关重要，这将使您和您的学生受益， 菠菜网lol正规平台, and the wider community. Below we walk you through all the components of funding a single RSCA project and the support available to you at 菠菜网lol正规平台.

• 1. Generate Idea

  • 向外部授权机构提交可资助的提案需要您在场 a well-thought-out idea. Most proposals need several months to adequately flesh out the project ideas. Allow yourself and others involved in your research process adequate 帮助您开发项目范围并提交高质量提案的时间. 研究发展办公室在这里支持你的RSCA从想法开始 通过提供正式的头脑风暴会议，个人咨询， helping establish collaborative connections, etc.

    1. 与你的同事，你的研究副院长(ADR)，院长和/或主席谈谈 your RSCA idea and how it can translate into a fully-fledged RSCA project.

    2. 熟悉你所在领域的最新文献和资助的项目 by agencies in your area of research.

    3. Think strategically. How does this project fit into your long-term strategic RSCA planning? Does it set you up for additional future funding opportunities? Does it primarily benefit your RSCA or teaching goals, or is it integrative of both? Do you 在你可以之前，你需要计划通过菠菜网lol正规平台内部资助获得初步数据 be competitive for external sources of funding?

• 2. Find Funding

  • 成功地资助RSCA项目需要找到合适的资助机制. 资助机构有自己的议程和理念，因此至关重要的是 在投入时间之前，确保你的工作符合资助机构的优先事项 in writing a proposal. With a broad set of agencies from federal to private, your RSCA should have a funder whose priorities match your goals. 菠菜网lol正规平台 offers several resources to locate funding suited to your RSCA proposal.

    1. Stay on top of funding relevant to your field! Pivot 是一个新工具，你可以用它来设置定制搜索和监控来自联邦政府的资金， 国家和地方机构以及基金会和国际资金来源. 现在就创建您的帐户，以便持续监控适合您的RSCA需求的资金.

    2. 阅读每月中旬的AVPR电子研究通讯和月度Top-of-the-Month Newsletter (archives here)，其中载有新提交的有限申请及策略资助名单的资料 from Research Development. These lists can also be accessed anytime on our general funding web page.

    3. Contact your Research Development Specialist (RDS)讨论研究项目在任何阶段的资助策略 or proposal development process. Your RDS can support you in determining funding fit with your research and RSCA goals. Contact the Office of Innovation if you want to investigate collaboration with industry.

    4. Contact Corporate and Foundation Relations for private philanthropic foundation funding–except Competitive Faculty Fellowships, which route through Research Development and the Office of Sponsored Programs.

• 3. Prepare Proposal

  • 一旦你承诺了一个符合你研究需求的资助机会，你 will need to interact with several RSCA support units on campus.

    Research Development (RD) can help you strategically plan your proposal to a federal, state, or local agency, non-philanthropic foundation support, or a competitive faculty fellowship prior to working with the Office of Sponsored Programs on submission. RD can assist 在寻找合作者或组建团队、协调和管理大型提案时， 概念开发和战略编辑，包括加强结构和 presentation of all proposal components. These services are optional. However, research shows they increase the likelihood of funding by a factor of two^a,b. Please contact an RD Specialist 尽快寻求帮助，提前几个月是最理想的!

    The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) 提供服务，协助提案提交(评奖前服务)和评奖 management (post-award services) to a federal, state, or local agency or a competitive faculty fellowship. Interacting with OSP is required to submit proposals and manage any awards from 联邦，州或地方机构或竞争性教师奖学金-不是可选的. Pre-award services  include reviewing sponsor requirements, creating an OSP submission timeline, project budgets，为授权签署人批准的提案路由，合同谈判和授予 acceptance on behalf of the principal investigator (PI). Post-Award services include 监督日常财务管理、合规规定和项目结帐. 一旦你决定申请一个特定的机会，至少在25个之内 days ahead of the due date, please contact your Pre-Award specialist.
    

    Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR)  provides services to assist with proposal submission (pre-award services) 和奖励管理(奖励后服务)，以企业和基金会资助者 philanthropic grants except competitive faculty fellowships. Interacting with CFR is required to submit proposals and manage any awards from corporate and foundations funders–it is not optional. Pre-award activities include 审查资金需求，创建CFR提交时间表，项目预算， 提交授权签字人批准的提案，合同谈判(如适用); 代表PI接受合同，并通过塔基金会进行管理 of San José State University. Post-award includes oversight of fiscal management and compliance and project closeout. As soon as you decide to apply to a specific opportunity and a minimum of 25 days ahead of the due date, please contact Sela Gaglia, Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.

    Applying to a foundation and unsure if you should go to OSP or CFR? Do not worry–just email Sela Gaglia, Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, or Deborah Maloney, Director of OSP, and they will get you to the right place. 

    Visit the Research Compliance 网页，以确定您的研究是否有特殊的合规要求，如 生物危险材料，人类或动物实验，国际合作，或 others.  

    The Office of Innovation provides support for all corporate research opportunities. They work with principal 调查人员和公司确定目标，范围项目，并制定赞助 research agreements, which meet the needs of both parties. They act as the liaison 同时也帮助协调提交和获奖事宜 management activities required by the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). If you have an industry-related research opportunity, 或者如果你预计研究将有实际或商业应用和需要 请提供保护背景知识产权或未来知识产权的策略 consult the Office of Innovation.

    ^{a) ​​Thomas, H. S., Brodsky, M. B., Ewen, J. B., Bergey, G. K., Lloyd, T. E., Haughey, N. J. and Marvel, C. L. (2017). Internal grant review to increase grant funding for junior investigators. Ann Neurol., 82: 497-502. doi:10.1002/ana.25040}

    ^{b) Kulage, K. M., & Larson, E. L. (2018). Intramural pilot funding and internal grant reviews increase research capacity at a school of nursing.
    Nursing Outlook, 66(1), 11–17. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.06.003.}

• 4. Route and Submit

  • 所有赞助的项目提案，包括竞争性的教员奖学金、分包合同、 与赞助项目有关的合同协议，以及所有慈善企业 和基金会资助，必须由菠菜网lol正规平台的授权签字人审查，以确保这一点 所包含的任何承诺都与联邦，州和大学的政策一致. This process takes several days to complete. Therefore, final proposal documents must be submitted to the Research Foundation’s OSP or Tower Foundation’s CFR seven working days prior to the sponsor's submission deadline. 

    The OSP process for review and routing is explained here. 

    CFR流程将在他们即将到来的网页上解释-请联系执行 Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Sela Gaglia, with questions in the meantime.
    

• 5. Manage Award

  • Funded proposals routed through OSP: OSP获奖后的工作人员得到工作，确保获奖项目是合规的，并将 be eligible for additional funding. Post-award analysts provide critical administrative services and support until the project is closed，包括合同谈判、项目建立、项目管理等 project closeout (including final reports  and deliverables).

    Funded proposals routed through CFR: CFR团队将通过促进资助者协助慈善奖的管理 沟通(包括预算修订、无成本扩展和报告需求) and communication with the Tower Foundation. Partnering with CFR supports the possibility of securing future funding from these relationship-based donors.
    

    For all funded proposals: Research Compliance will help with managing research activities after you receive your award. For example, purchasing technical equipment, international travel, international shipments, or 将数据发送给非美国大学的合作者都有额外的合规要求 requirements.
    

• 6. Disseminate Results

  • 菠菜网lol正规平台支持在高质量期刊，会议和其他场所发表 appropriate to your field. Most funders allow publication and dissemination costs 作为预算的一部分，所以请在你的提案中尽可能地包括它们 请RD/OSP/CFR帮助计划并将这些费用纳入您的初始申请 proposal.

    如果在RSCA项目结束时，你发现你需要资金来传播你的 work and maximize its impact, consider a RSCA Seed grant，或者向研究发展部或你的研究副主任咨询资金 options. If you plan to publish a book, contact the Office of Innovation to discuss book-related IP and royalty rights.

    如果在你的研究过程中发现了发明，大多数研究协议(包括 those from federal agencies) require that an invention disclosure be made. Forms for disclosing your intellectual property discoveries can be found on the Office of Innovation website.  You may also contact the Office of Innovation, to discuss your IP and how to protect and promote it.