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Interacting with Funding Agencies
Whitaker Foundation
August 15, 1998
Janie Fouke
Case Western Reserve University
Support for your research
Find where you fit within the government or
foundation
 Understand their needs, mission
 Focus on programs that have money
 Understand how funding is administered
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Agencies Funding Biomedical Research
Mission Agencies
 Agencies with Broader Goals
 Private Foundations
 Special Opportunities (DARPA, VA, etc.)
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Samples of Mission Agencies
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Department of Defense
 Air Force Office of Scientific Research
 Army
 Office of Naval Research
 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
NASA
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Veteran’s Administration
Agencies with Broad Goals
National Institutes of Health
 National Science Foundation
 Department of Education
 Department of Commerce
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National Institutes of Standards and Technology
Foundations
Whitaker Foundation
 Burroughs Wellcome Fund
 Robert Wood Johnson
 Professional Societies
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Critical information
Strategic Plan of Organization
 Budget of Organization
 Technical Goals of Organization
 Program Goals
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Strategic Plan of Organization
(How they notify you)
Broad Area Announcements
 Request for Proposals
 “Dear Colleague” Letters
 Annual Report
 Institutional Programs
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Strategic Plan of Organization
(Your Actions)
Assess Your Research Goals
 Find Lists of Recent Awardees
 Review Abstracts of Recently Funded
Projects
 Meet the Program Officer
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Finding the Program Officer
The most difficult part
 Home Institution Assistance
 Libraries, Internet, WWW
 Home Page of Target Institutions
 Organizational Directory of Target Institutions
 Visits: Ask the right questions
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Program Officer
Does (s)he accept proposals?
 Is there a line item in the budget?
 Does (s)he have programmatic responsibility?
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Talking with the Program Officer
Define the context of the field
 Demonstrate technical competence
 Limitations of the State-of-the Art?
 Can you solve part of this problem?
 What NOT to say: What can I do for you?
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Agency Budgets
Built from the Ground Up
 Supplemental Issues from Legislators
 Line Items
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Budget Development
Office of Budget and Management iterates
with Agency
 House and Senate each have:
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Budget Committee (planning)
Authorization Committee (oversight)
Appropriation Committee
Both bills must pass
 Reconciliation Committee
 Presidential Approval (or not!)
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Budget Development
Agency Budget
 Internal Adjustments
 Program Budget
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Changing Times
Tactical issues are now very relevant as some
of the Agencies with very large budgets
expand their role in society.
 “Dual-use” technologies and applications are
in vogue.
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Samples of Tactical Issues
Protecting the environment
 Advanced communication technologies
 Improved and/or more effective health care
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“Dual Use”
Technologies developed for one purpose (eg,
defense, space exploration) also have
application in another sphere.
 Sonar to ultrasound
 Telerobotics to remote surgery
 Degradation of warfare chemicals to
degradation of insecticides
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Conclusions
Be knowledgable: Agencies differ in mission
and procedures
 Be helpful: Program Directors can learn a lot
from you
 Be nimble: Things are constantly changing
 Be quick: Opportunities disappear rapidly
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