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GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH
Mr. Craig Geber
Interim Director of Research and Sponsored Programs
I'm a faculty interested in applying for a grant!
Interview with Dr. Dorota Huizinga, Dean, and Mr. Craig Geber, Interim Director of Research and Sponsored programs, Graduate Studies and Research
“Faculty who are interested in grants are always welcomed to contact our office. We will be more than happy to help and guide them through the process.”
- Dr. Dorota Huizinga
Why Should Faculty Apply for Grants?
The funding acquired for grants gives faculty the opportunity to explore deeper their research ideas, pilot a study, and conduct many things they would not be able to do without funding because the university budget is very limited. If faculty apply and are successful, then they have this funding to really go deeper into the research they want to pursue.
Getting Started?
Applying for grants depends on what kind of prior experience you’ve had with grants. If you are a junior faculty and just finished your dissertation; working on your postdoctoral research; or started on your tenure track pathway; then you need to first build a minimum resume which would include peer-review publications before you can qualify or become competitive to receive extramural grants. To get those minimum qualifications, you can start by working with people who are experts in the field; contact mentors from your institution; or work out of your Ph.D. dissertation to start building publications based on your research.
No prior experience? What next?
If you have no prior experience, the next step is to learn how to write grants. Each fall, the department of Graduate Studies and Research sends out campus-wide emails to invite faculty to apply for “Grants for My Research” a grant writing academy for those who are full-time instructional faculty and who are in the beginning to intermediate states of their grantsmanship. Faculty learn how to write grant proposals, how to identify external funders, and how to take their research idea to a funding opportunity. Grants for My Research meets as a cohort for three days in January and continues to meet once a month through the spring semester with the goal to submit a grant by summer or the following academic year.
Dr. Dorota Huizinga
by Donna Cruz