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Workshops and Conferences



Please contact OSP for more information and to register to attend the following workshops and conferences:

September 16, 2009
Q & A Faculty Development Grants
President's Conference Room
Levermore Hall
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

October 22, 2009
Grant Writing Workshop
Dave Bauer
University Center
Dave Bauer, author of The "How to" Grants Manual returns to Adelphi for an interactive workshop on writing successful grants. On Friday, October 23rd, Mr. Bauer will be at Nassau Community and Adelphi faculty may also att
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM





Funding and Washington Updates
FFATA? Research.gov? "potentially transformative research"  Welcome to the world of the federal government and grants!  I hope you find the following information helpful as you plan your next grant.  If you would like to discuss in more detail or obtain more information, please contact the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, extension 3655 or 3259. 

Research.gov is a new initiative and website that will be a comprehensive source of information for and about federal grants.  When research.gov is fully operational, it will be a one-stop shop for submitting grants, accessing current grantee information, financial functions, and more.

FFATA - have you ever wondered exactly what the federal government is funding each year?  FFATA, the Federal Funding and Accountability Transparency Act, was passed to provide you with exactly that information.  It requires that the government create and maintain a free web based public database that provides information about who received the approximately $460 billion in grants and $360 billion contracts.  In addition, the database, scheduled for implementation in January, 2008, will give you information about the amount of the award, where the project/research is taking place, and any sub-awards that were part of the larger grant award.

National Science Foundation
A few years ago, NSF reinforced its commitment to diversity by including "broader impacts" in its grant review criteria.  Broader impacts are defined as research and programming that reach and include groups who have been traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.  NSF has once again revised its review criteria to reflect its strategic plan, mission and goals.  It has identified the support of transformational research as key to the fulfillment of its mission. Transformational research or the potential for transformative research has been added to the grant merit review criteria and refers to a range of endeavors which promise extraordinary outcomes, or which have the potential to change the way we address challenges in science, engineering and innovation.  In terms of merit review, one of the questions that will be asked is "to what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative, original or potentially transformative concepts?"

NSF is one of the agencies that benefits from America COMPETES discussed in more detail below. 

America Competes Act
In July, Congress passed the America COMPETES or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act.  The Act is intended to maintain and improve the United States' competitiveness as well as its research and development infrastructure.  It focuses on three areas: 1. increasing research investment, 2. strengthening educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and 3. developing an innovation infrastructure.  These areas have positive implications for grant funding to universities over the next five years.

In the area of research, America COMPETES:
  • Doubles funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) from $5.6 billion in 2006 to $11.2 billion in 2011.
  • Doubles funding for the Department of Energy's Office of Science over the next 10 years. 
  • Dedicates approximately 8% of federal agency budgets (for those agencies engaged in research in science and technology) towards high-risk frontier research.
  • Increases the budget of the National Institute of Standards and Technology from $703 million in 2008 to $937 million in 2011, and allocates 8% to high-risk, high-reward innovation acceleration research.
  • Directs NASA to increase funding for basic research.
  • Coordinates ocean and atmospheric research and education at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies to promote leadership in these fields.

To strengthen education in science, technology, engineering, math and critical foreign languages, the Act increases funding to existing or creates new programs such as: 

  • Competitive grants to States to promote better alignment of elementary and secondary education with postsecondary education.
  • Strengthens the skills of math and science teachers through summer institutes and other education programs, i.e., Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century.
  • Expands NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program to recruit and train math and science teachers for high need schools.
  • Expands programs to increase the number of students (elementary through postsecondary) who study critical foreign languages. 

The Act also provides for an "innovation infrastructure" by:

  • Establishing a comprehensive agenda to promote innovation and competitiveness in the public and private sectors.
  • Requiring the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study to identify forms of risk that create barriers to innovation.

National Endowment for the Arts
Upcoming deadlines for NEA programs include

The Big Read – letter of intent due January 11, with application due February 11, 2008.  The Big Read is community based and involves a group of community agencies involved in encouraging reading for pleasure and insight.

Access to Artistic Excellence – March 12, 2008 deadline.  This program supports dance programs in regional or national touring, commissioning and development of dance programs, and the restaging of repertory.

College Dance Program – May, 2008 deadline, is specifically to restage significant choreography.

Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth – June, 2008 deadline, is to advance education in public schools.



Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Dr. Michael Breton
Social Work Building, Room 121
p - 516.877.3655
f - 516.877.6873
breton@adelphi.edu

Dr. Mary Cortina
Social Work Building, Room 119
p - 516.877.3259
f - 516.877.6873
e - cortina@adelphi.edu

Virginia Bruchhauser
Social Work Building, Room 116
p - 516.877.3161
f - 516.877.6873
e - bruchhau@adelphi.edu

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