Consulting Process
Initial consultation with faculty, staff, and administration to identify strengths and challenges to developing successful grant production
Interview stakeholders to gather information on
- Research interests, academic strengths, and professional goals
- Institutional policies and mission
- Institutional practices and procedures
- Past grant successes
- Available tools, resources, and facilities
F&A assists institutions in the planning and preparation of strategic institutional grant proposals.
This starts with an analysis of institutional strengths, challenges, and mission as they relate to the solicitation in question.
- Past grant successes
- Current research interests among faculty
- Funding needs and interests in capital improvements
- Available tools and facilities
- Current program and institutional support for research/scholarship
A report will be produced
- Summarize current research and scholarship activity
- Summarize institutional assets and how to leverage and expand them
- Identify appropriate funding resources for faculty program and institutional goals & objectives
Implementation moves from consultancy to action
- Assist the institution to reach its goals
- Create a series of customized workshops & seminars that address these goals
- Mentor faculty
- Discuss the benefits of internal and external collaboration
- Shepherd a few grants through the entire process as per contractual agreement
- Create opportunities for undergraduates & keep them engaged in the process
- Nurture partnerships and collaborations
- Create renewable grant cycles
- Deciding on pursuing a grant that “alters the landscape” versus a more local impact
Additional consulting is available to support campus-wide research and scholarship to
- Focus on undergraduate research and interdisciplinary research/scholarship
- Concentrate on current funding trends – federal, state, local, as well as private foundations
Consulting fees for strategic planning to create a culture of campus-wide research and scholarship are based on specific institutional interests. Contact F&A for more details.
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