AGEP Workshop Series Grant and Fellowship …AGEP Workshop Series Grant and Fellowship Opportunities...
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AGEP Workshop SeriesGrant and Fellowship Opportunities
October 4, 2006
Katinka CsigiGrant Development Coordinator
Department of Chemistry
Boston [email protected]
Katinka Csigi - Biosketch
• BU graduate (year ?)
• Consultant in alternativeenergy sources from space
• Expert intechnology/scienceproposals
• Co-founded ERICInternational(market/technologyevaluations for Europeancompanies)
• Returned to BU in 2002 incurrent position
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Topics
• Funding/Science Overview
• Fellowships and How to Find Them
• Graduate Research Fellowship Program ofthe National Science Foundation
• Closing Remarks
The Science/Engineering Career Options
Masters
PhD
Postdoc
Academic (El-Hi, College, University Instructor)
Industry
Government
Academic (El-Hi, College, University Instructor)
Industry
Government
Academic (College, University Faculty)
Industry
Government
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Salary Implications of PhD in Chemistry
Source: C& EN / September 18, 2006
Chemistry Salaries by Region
Source: C& EN / September 18, 2006
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Demographics in Chemistry
The Academic Route: Funding and Science
• Graduate Student– Guaranteed funding 1st yr: Research Associate and/or TF, Tas– Sources: research advisor grants, Boston University
– Independent fellowships
– Stipend: approx. $24,000
• Postdoctoral Fellow– Research employees supported by research advisor
– Independent fellowships
– NIH rate: approx. $37,000
• Research Faculty (University)– Balance research and teaching
– Productivity (“publish or perish”)
– Research funded by outside sources, critical to tenure
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Academic Salary Comparison
Source: C& EN / September 18, 2006
Research Funding
• Petroleum Research Fund, National ScienceFoundation, National Institutes of Health,Foundations, “Angel”
• Support– Office of Sponsored Programs
– Me
• Proposal budgeting– Direct Costs (e.g., salaries, equipment, supplies)
– F&A (Fringe & Administrative)
– Indirect Costs (62.5%)
– Example: Graduate student funding:
($24,000 * 7.4%) * 62.5% = $41,886
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Back to Fellowships
Why Apply for Fellowships?
• Prestige and recognition
• Career enhancement (funding to travel to
conferences, dissertation)
• Excellent training for career in academia (or
industry)
• Research independence
• Financial improvement
• Laboratory money runs out (must TF)
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Finding Opportunities: “Close to Home”
• NSF Integrative Graduate Education andResearch Traineeship (IGERT)
– Center for Computational Science:http://ccs.bu.edu/index.htm
• NIH Training Grants
– BME: Training Program in QuantitativeBiology and Physiology
• Other
– Chemistry has two corporate sponsoredfellowships for 3rd yr+students in organicchemistry
Finding Opportunities: Looking Outside
• Columbia University Graduate School of Arts andSciences External Funding Database– http://www.gsas.columbia.edu:591/gsas/gsas_qsearch.html
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database– http://fundingopps2.cos.com/
• Cornell University Graduate Fellowship Notebook– http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/
• FastWeb– http://www.fastweb.com/
• GrantsNet Graduate Database– http://www.grantsnet.org
• Michigan State University (Jon Harris)– http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/index.htm
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List for Chemistry
Deadline Organization Type Area Year Amount/Years
NationalityReq
Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowships for Women andMinoritieshttp://www.lucent.com/work/fellowships.html
ResearchWomenMinorities
ScienceChemistry
1st $17,000 +Four
U.S.Perm. Res
Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trustwww.dekarman.org
Research AnyChemistry
FinalYear
$16,000One
None
National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship ProgramU.S. Department of Defensehttp://www.asee.org/ndseg/preface.cfm
Research Sci, Eng.Chemistry
1st or 2nd $30,500Three
U.S.Nationals
U.S. Department of Energyhttp://www.krellinst.org/csgf/index.shtml
Research ScienceChemistry
1st or 2nd $31,200 +Four
U.S.Perm. Res.
January
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Sciencehttp://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm
ResearchWomen
ScienceChemistry
Any $300 to$4,000Once
SDEmembership
February NASA/Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Programhttp://216.15.33.202/jenkins/about/?page=main
Research Sci., Eng.Chemistry
1st, 2nd, or3rd
$24,500Three
U.S.
March&October
Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Society – Grants-in-Air ofResearchhttp://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar
TravelEquipment
Sci., EngChemistry
Any $1,000 None
ACS – Organic Divisionhttp://organicdivision.org/fellowships.html
Research OrganicChemistry
3rd or 4th $23,250 +One
NoneJune
Collegiate Inventors Competitionhttp://ww w.invent.org/collegiate/
Entry Sci., Eng.Chemistry
None VariousOnce
None
AugustApplication
L’OREAL USA – For Women in Science Fellowship Programhttp://www.lorealusa.com/?uid=forwomeninscience
ResearchWomen
AnyChemistry
None $20,000One?
U.S. &International
September&February
ACS Women in Chemistry Travel Awardshttp://membership.acs.org/W/WCC/
TravelWomen
Chemistry NewPresenter
TBD U.S.Perm. Res
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List for Chemistry (www.bu.edu/buwic)
September ACS – Analytical DivisionPfizer Graduate Travel Awards in Analytical Chemistryhttp://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/Pfizer_Award_Description.html
Travel AnalyticalChemistry
NewPresenter
$1,000Once
U.S.Perm. Res.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Diversity Fellowshiphttp://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html
DissertationMinorities
Late $21,000One
U.S.National
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowshiphttp://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html
ResearchMinorities
Any $20,000Three
U.S.National
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship ResearchMinorities
Any
NA $40,000One
U.S.National
National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowshiphttp://www.npsc.org
Research Sci.Chemistry
1st $16,000Six
U.S.Nationals
National Science Foundationhttp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201
Research Chemistry 1st $30,000Three
U.S.NationalsPerm. Res.
November
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americanshttp://www.pdsoros.org/
Research AnyChemistry
1st or 2nd $20,000Two
Green CardCitizen
ACS – Analytical Divisionhttp://www.wabash.edu/acsgraduatefellowship/information.htm
Research AnalyticalChemistry
3rd or 4th $24,000One
None
American Association of University Womenhttp://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/index.cfm
ResearchWomen
American - Dissertation DissertationWomen
Late $6,0002 mo’s
U.S.
American - Predoctoral ResearchWomen
Any $20,000One
U.S.
American - Postdoctoral ResearchWomen
$30,000One
U.S.
American – Masters ResearchWomen
$18,000One
U.S.
International – Predoctoral ResearchWomen
Any $20,000One
None
International – Masters ResearchWomen
$18,000 None
International – Postdoctoral ResearchWomen
AnyChemistry
$30,000 None
December
UNCF-MERCK Graduate Science Research DissertationFellowshipshttp://www.uncf.org/merck/programs/grad.htm
ResearchMinorities
AnyChemistry
Any $42,000 U.S.AfricanAmerican
What Next
• Explore site
• Contact the program officer
• Determine the odds– How many applications?
– How many awards
• Previous winners
• Zero in on “what they are looking for” (reviewcriteria)
• Follow instructions
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NSF - Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Funds and promotes basic research and education inscience and engineering
• Established fellowship program in 1952
• Goal: to promote the vitality and diversity of thehuman resource base in science, technology,engineering and mathematics
• Generous stipend ($30,000 per year) and tuition/feepayment ($10,500 per year) for 3 years; travelallowance; use of national laboratories
• Honorable mention
Eligibility Requirements
• U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident alien
• Field, Degree Program and Research Topic
• Senior year or early stages of graduate study:– Level 1: seniors
– Level 2: 1st-year graduate students
– Level 3: 2nd-year graduate students
– Level 4: students changing fields
• Applications are evaluated by level
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Deadlines - November 2006
• 11/01 - Interdisciplinary Fields
• 11/03 - Mathematical Sciences & Computer InformationSciences and Engineering
• 11/06 - Social Sciences, Psychology and Geosciences
• 11/08 - Life Sciences
• 11/09 - Engineering
• 11/13 - Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy
Ineligible Categories of Study
• Clinical, counseling, business or managementfields, social work, education (except Ph.D. inscience education) or history (except in historyof science)
• Practice-oriented professional degree programs(medical, dental, law, public health)
• Medical sciences or research with disease-related goals
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Program Overview
• 7881 applicants in 2005
• 909 new awards offered
• Women in Engineering and Computer andInformation Science component
• Honorable Mention Designation
Milestones
• Applications available early August viaFastLane (electronic application process)
• November 2006 electronic submissiondeadline
• Late-March award announcement
• Tenure begins fall 2007
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Merit Review Criteria
Intellectual Merit
• Includes demonstrated intellectual abilityand other accepted requisites for scholarlyscientific study to:
– plan and conduct research
– work as a member of a team as well as independently
– to interpret and communicate research findings
Merit Review Criteria
Broader Impacts– integrating research and education at all
levels– encourage diversity, broaden opportunities
and enable the participation of all citizens inscience and teaching
– enhance scientific and technicalunderstanding
– benefit society
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Application
• Personal / Academic Background
• 3 Essays – Personal and Scientific– 12-point font
– one-inch margins
– comply with the two-page limitation for each essay
– address both NSF Merit Review Criteria of IntellectualMerit and Broader Impacts in each essay
Application
• 3 References required with currentknowledge of your achievements andability– from most recent department– from baccalaureate institution
• Official transcripts• GRE scores (General and Subject)
– optional but encouraged
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Personal Statement
Purpose: to demonstrate your potential tobecome experts and leaders who cancontribute significantly to research andeducation– Describe any personal, professional, or educational
experiences that have contributed to your desire topursue advanced study
– Provide your evidence of leadership potential– Discuss your career aspirations and how the NSF
fellowship will enable you to achieve your goals
Examples of Broader Impact
• Volunteer in science or engineeringoutreach activities
• Participation/leadership of science society,other student groups on campus
• Tutor and mentor to other students
• Student representative in departmentalcommittees
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Previous Research Experience (2 pages)
• Description of scientific research activities,both academic and job-related– Undergraduate research experience
– Volunteer job or internship program
– Industrial or government experience
• Explain purpose and your role
• Include publications and presentations
Proposed Plan of Research (2 pages)
• Original, clear and concise
• Demonstrate research principles ofdiscipline
• Clear hypothesis or question
• Relationship to previous research
• Description of how the two NSF MeritReview Criteria will be addressed
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Original Plan of Research
• Format of the Plan of Research– Title– Key words– Hypothesis– Research Plan (strategy, methodology and controls)– Anticipated Results– References
• Statement attesting the originality of theresearch proposal
Formulating a Research Plan
• Reflect upon what captures your attention– Your advisor– Your own research and thinking– Reading journals in your field– Talking to others in your field
• Analyze and develop an original researchquestion
• Use your understanding of research principlesand approaches to address this question
• You must be at a stage of your graduate studiesthat you are prepared to undertake research
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Create a “Proposal Review Process”
• Discuss plan with mentors and peers
• Revise your plan
• Finalize your Proposal Plan of Research
References: Make it Easy
• Arrange for meeting or telephone call withpotential reference
• Discuss your current work and your plans forfuture graduate study
• Ask if he/she can write a great reference for you– Provide CV and other supporting documents to assist
in writing.
– Follow up to confirm receipt of Reference ReportForm
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Demonstrating Merit
Intellectual Merit Criterion– Proposed plan of research– Previous research experience– Choice of and relevance of references– GREs scores– Appropriateness of proposed graduate institution
Broader Impact Criterion– Characteristics of your background, including
personal, professional, and educational experiences
Application Review
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Application Review
Evaluation sheets are available after the awardsare made. Request evaluations if award is notmade to help you improve next year’s application
Real World
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Tips
• Start Early
• You must use Fastlane,NSF’s on-line documentsubmission system– Don’t wait until the last
minute – system could beclogged & you won’t get in
• Read the FAQs
Tips
• Follow directions
• Supporting documents matter– Letters of Reference and Statements of Purpose can
make a difference in the selection process
– References – Must truly know you!
– Get Feedback on Your Writing / Plans
• Keep trying– If you don't get an award one year, apply again next
year
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Information
NSF Graduate Research FellowshipQuestion about Application Process:
Telephone: 866 673-4737Program Email: [email protected]
Additional Program Information, includingonline application and deadlines:
Website: www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/
Summary
• Think about fellowships as a part of careerbuilding
• Spend time researching opportunities,develop a plan
• Write great applications– Seek advice
– Develop review support system
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So You Want to Be a Professor…
• Get your grant proposals “in the cue”, be fearlessin submission
• Many funding agencies require 1-2 passes fornew investigators
• First submissions are often scrutinized but withconstructive comments
• Resubmit with “grace” and avoid confrontation
• Resubmit and keep submitting
• Preliminary results and publications are key
BU Faculty Orientation: Prof. Scott E. Schaus