The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) at Cal Poly Pomona assists faculty, staff, and students to obtain externally funded research support. We are a central source of information on major government agencies, foundations, and corporations which support research. Our staff is here to provide assistance to faculty and staff from development and planning through implementation. We can assist you in identifying potential extramural funding sources; developing budgets; completing applications; and assuring compliance with all applicable federal and state regulations, and assist in negotiations with funding agencies.
NEW! - National Institutes of Health (NIH) SCORE Grant Workshops
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will present two informational workshops on the NIH SCORE program. The workshops will be held on Wednesday, June 24th from 9:30-10:30am and Thursday, June 25th from 3:00-4:00pm in the Faculty Center Library (1-227B). Please visit the following link for more information about the workshops and how to RSVP.
The University Research Council and ORSP Announce Winners in the 2009 Student Research & Creative Activity Poster Competition
The University Research Council and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs collaborated with “Stories of Successful Learning,” to present the 2009 Student Research & Creative Activity Poster Competition on February 26. Sixteen students presented posters. The University Research Council is pleased to announce the following winners and extends congratulations for their excellent work:
1st Prize - $100 Evan Green - Chemical & Materials Engineering
2nd Prize - $75 Shawn Craig Morrish - Geological Sciences
3rd Prize - $50 Kristine Prado - Chemical & Materials Engineering
Honorable Mentions $25:
Lindsay Peltz - Biological Sciences
Ben Ayala - Aerospace Engineering
Carlos Pacheco - Chemical & Materials Engineering
2008-2009 Presidents Special Travel Fund for Students - CLOSED
The President's Special Travel Fund for Students will be used to assist students with travel to professional meetings and other convocations to make original presentations based on creative or scholarly work they have done as students at Cal Poly Pomona. The applications are due by Friday, April 10, 2009. If you have any questions please contact Laura Kuntz at lfkuntz@csupomona.edu or x2944.
Grant Brainstorming Seassion - Title V - CLOSED
INVITATION: If you are interested in discussing a significant grant opportunity (ca. $3 million over five years) for improvement of the University as a whole, please attend one of the following two brainstorming sessions:
Please respond by Tuesday, February 10 if you plan to attend: lfkuntz@csupomona.edu.
BACKGROUND: We have recently received information regarding a possible grant opportunity for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) from the U.S. Department of Education under the Title V program – there may be the ‘traditional’ program plus a new program focused on graduate students:
Our current Library project continues through 9/30/2010; it is called an “Individual Development Award.” While our Library project is still active, we cannot receive a 2nd “Individual Development Award” but can still apply for and receive a new Title V grant under the “Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant ” option that involves more than one participating, eligible institution as part of a group project.
The criteria, priorities, and timing applicable to these opportunities are still under development by the Department of Education however we do know what has been approved in the past and we have some idea of what congress intended for the graduate student program. An additional complexity is that Congress has not actually appropriated the funds for the new awards under either of these programs so, to some extent, it is premature to start thinking about potential grant applications.
However, past experience with the U.S. Department of Education is that there has been a very short time period provided to applicants between announcing the details of the program and the deadline for submitting the proposal (ca. one or two months at most). This is clearly not sufficient time for campus-wide consultation,engaging partners for cooperative arrangements, identification of the most useful and competitive grant topic(s), designing a project logic model, and then writing a competitive proposal. Full consultation is particularly important because if a campus receives one of these grants no additional applications will be accepted from that campus for the duration of the award (which can be up to five years).
To get a head start on this process we propose to explore concepts that the University could consider for funding under these programs at two brainstorming sessions hosted by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP). If you have ideas to contribute to this discussion, your participation at one of the sessions is very important.
The following is some more information on the “Traditional Title V” grant program:
Title V Activities: The attachment above provides a list of the types of activities allowed, and not allowed, under Title V funding. There is a broad array of possibilities, including purchase, rental or lease of scientific or lab equipment, construction, faculty exchanges, purchase of library and telecommunications materials, student service programs, internet/distance learning and telecommunications technology equipment, teacher education, certain community outreach programs and so on.
Successful Examples: As background, it may be useful to review some examples of successful proposals. The following link includes abstracts of funded Title V projects over the past several years: http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/awards.html.
Student Poster Competition -- Applications Due February 6 by 5:00 pm - CLOSED
The Student Research & Creative Activity Poster Competition and “Stories of Successful Learning” are working in collaboration on February 26, 2009. Applications for the Student Poster Competition are due on February 6 by 5pm. As in past years, prizes will be awarded. For details on the competition as well as the application, please visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~learningstories/.
2009 Provost Teacher Scholar Program - CLOSED
This program provides tenured and tenure-track faculty (at the levels of Assistant and Associate Professor) with support to help them develop a career plan that will assist in their development as strong teacher-scholars. Deadline for applications is February 9, 2009 by 5pm, Bldg 1-225 . For more information on this program and the application procedure, please click on this link.
Guidelines available for RSCA 2008-2009 competition - CLOSEDail
The guidelines for the 2008-2009 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) program are now available on our website. Proposals are due on November 3rd by 5pm in the ORSP office, building 1, room 224. For more information on the RSCA program and to download the guidlines, please visit the RSCA information page.
“WRITE WINNING GRANTS” BROADCAST WORKSHOP - CLOSED
A free, on-campus Workshop will present ideas on both practical and conceptual aspects of grant development and submission. This seminar will focus on grant proposals for biomedical research, but will be relevant to any grant writer. The workshop will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona in Studio D – Building 98 – B1-254. Lunch will be provided. This workshop will originate from CSU San Bernardino and be presented at Cal Poly Pomona on an interactive video conference. Click here for more information
Conflict of Interest Training for NIH-Funded Investigators
It is essential that all NIH-funded Institutions and Investigators are fully aware of their obligations under the financial conflict of interest regulation. To this end, NIH has developed a Web-based tutorial which reviews the requirements of the regulation. The tutorial is designed for use by Institutional officials responsible for managing NIH funded projects and for individuals who are responsible for the design, conduct or reporting of NIH-supported research. We encourage all NIH-funded investigators to take the tutorial (which can be accessed at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/index.htm).
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