General Workflow

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Initial consultation with faculty, staff, and administration to identify strengths and challenges to developing successful grant production

• Interview stakeholders

  • faculty about research interests, academic strengths, and professional goals

  • administrators on institutional policies and mission

  • staff about institutional practices and procedures

• Information gathered on

  • past grant successes

  • current research interests among faculty

  • funding needs and interests in capital improvements

  • available tools and facilities

  • current program and institutional support for research/scholarship

• A report will be produced

  • Summarize current research and scholarship activity

  • ​Summarize institutional assets and how to leverage and expand them

  • Identify appropriate funding resources for faculty program and institutional goals & objectives

 

Implementation moves from consultancy to action

• Assist the institution to reach its goals

• Create a series of customized workshops & seminars that address these goals

• Mentor faculty and appropriate administrators

• Discuss the benefits of internal and external collaboration

• Shepherd a few grants through the entire process as per contractual agreement

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Additional consulting available to support campus-wide research and scholarship to

• Focus on undergraduate research and interdisciplinary research/scholarship

• Concentrate on current funding trends - federal, state, local, as well as private foundations

 

Consulting fees for strategic planning to create a culture of campus-wide research and scholarship depends on specific institutional needs. Contact F&A for more details.  

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Click here for downloadable examples of consulting documents.