Strategies for Collaboration & Leveraging Resources – The Federal Perspective
Concurrent Sessions # 5 & 6
Richard Hood & Gregory Smith
SERD - CSREES
CSREES Funding Opportunities
• National Research Initiative (NRI)
• Small Business Innovation (SBIR)
• And other, peer reviewed, competitive programs…
All grant programs encourage collaboration and partnerships
Web source:http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm
SERD Funding Opportunities 14 grant programs in SERD for:
• Land-grant, and
• Other public, academic institutions, including specific grants targeted just for Minority-serving Institutions
All grant programs also encourage collaboration and partnerships
Web source:csrees.usda.gov/about/offices/serd_funding.html
Collaboration Attributes
• Multidisciplinary, multi-state, university-based
• Aligned with Agency’s mission and goals
• Meets local, state, regional need
Collaboration Budget Concerns
• What percentage of funds can I share with my partners?
• What resources can we exchange in leveraging with partners?
Collaboration Challenges
• Collaboration works when you demonstrate to others that you enhance their mission
• You must identify best way to make partnership work for your campus
Division of Computer and Info Science:Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT)
• Emphasis on improvements in learning through innovative computer and information technologies, and
• Learning environments and learning technology platforms that build across disciplines and establish linkages among theory, experiment, and design
Web source: nsf.gov
Office of Postsecondary Education:
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
• Innovation in curriculum and instruction• Student-centered or technology-mediated
strategies, and• Cost-effective improvements in operations
and instruction
Web source:http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/
index.html
Division of Undergraduate Education:Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
• Emphasis on two-year colleges• Partnerships between academic institutions
and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels
Web source: nsf.gov
Energy and USDA Award $25 Million
• Joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative
• Funds will be used for biomass research, development and demonstration projects
CFDA Number 81.087
Web source: energy.gov
EPA
National Center for Environmental Innovation (NCEI)
• Enable information exchange and learning by State and EPA employees that are interested in new approaches for achieving environmental results
• Identify and highlight environmental innovations that can help States learn about new ways to achieve environmental results
CFDA Number 66.611Web source: epa.gov
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