October 14, 2005

Grant Writing Workshop I

Prepared by Wolfgang Stefan

 

Session on writing grant proposals given by Prof. Rosemary Renaut and Prof. Matthias Kawski.

Notes and Numbers:

1. Funding
    

   • The federal government gives grants to influence the direction of the research

   • Reasons for applying for grads: summer pay, financial sources for technical and human resources, tenure requirement.

   • ASU gets $1 for every $2 the Principal Investigator (PI) gets.

   • Larger sources are National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes for Health (NIH)

    

2. Available math funds
    

   NSF	about 200 Mio for math (about 5500 Mio total)
   NIH	72-76 Mio
   Department of Defense	70-90 Mio
   Department of Energy	22-29 Mio

    

3. Where is ASU?
   In the middle part of the top 50 with a total NSF funding of $44 mio, with $24 Mio for research and $19 Mio for education.

4. Math Department at ASU
    

   total awards	1.6 Mio
   faculty funded	about 20
   average funding size	$70,000
   application success rate	0.2-0.6

    

5. Writing the proposal (see links below)
    

   • deadlines are important

   • form is important. eg 15 pages.

   • follow the guide lines, proposals that do not address all requirements have no chance. (see link below)

   • collaborate with off campus institutions, e.g. hospitals.

    

6. Links: check out Prof. Kawskis links