Leveraging Capacity-Building Efforts or How to Take Advantage of Other Peoples Grants

Capacity-Building Infrastructure What is it? People People Students Students Faculty Faculty Support staff Support staff Equipment Equipment Single-user instruments (incubators, microfuges) Single-user instruments (incubators, microfuges) Large multi-user equipment (ultracentrifuges, electron microscopes) Large multi-user equipment (ultracentrifuges, electron microscopes) Facilities Laboratories Animal rooms Physical Plant Field Stations Services Purchasing, Accounting Sponsored Research Office Hazardous Waste

Capacity-Building Infrastructure How do you get it? Apply for individual grants Apply for individual grants Research grants will support people and (to some extent) equipment Research grants will support people and (to some extent) equipment Instrumentation grants will support purchase and/or development of equipment and instruments Instrumentation grants will support purchase and/or development of equipment and instruments CCLI CCLI MRI MRI Leverage off of existing grants to your institution Leverage off of existing grants to your institution

EHR Invests in Building Capacity Building educational capacity Building educational capacity LSAMP LSAMP AGEP AGEP STEP STEP Building research capacity Building research capacity HBCU-UP HBCU-UP TCUP TCUP CREST CREST EPSCoR EPSCoR

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Increase the number of minority students who enroll and complete degrees in baccalaureate STEM programs Increase the number of minority students who enroll and complete degrees in baccalaureate STEM programs Provides research experiences, academic support services, mentoring Provides research experiences, academic support services, mentoring Bridge to the Doctorate (initiated in 2003) Bridge to the Doctorate (initiated in 2003) Connecting new LSAMP graduates to doctoral degree programs Connecting new LSAMP graduates to doctoral degree programs

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Increase significantly the number of underrepresented students pursuing advanced studies and receiving STEM Ph.D. degrees Increase significantly the number of underrepresented students pursuing advanced studies and receiving STEM Ph.D. degrees Increase significantly the number of minorities entering the professoriate as role models and mentors Increase significantly the number of minorities entering the professoriate as role models and mentors

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Type 1 proposals: full implementation efforts at academic institutions Type 1 proposals: full implementation efforts at academic institutions Type 2 proposals: support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM Type 2 proposals: support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) and Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) Improve the quality of STEM education Improve the quality of STEM education Increase participation and success in undergraduate programs Increase participation and success in undergraduate programs Increase access to undergraduate research opportunities Increase access to undergraduate research opportunities

Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Build the research competitiveness of minority-serving institutions Build the research competitiveness of minority-serving institutions Increase the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds in STEM study and STEM careers Increase the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds in STEM study and STEM careers

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Joint program of the NSF and several U.S. states and territories Joint program of the NSF and several U.S. states and territories Promotes the development of the states' science and technology resources through partnerships with universities, industry, and government, and the Federal R&D enterprise Promotes the development of the states' science and technology resources through partnerships with universities, industry, and government, and the Federal R&D enterprise

Capacity-Building Infrastructure Who has it? LSAMP: 34 Alliances, >450 institutions LSAMP: 34 Alliances, >450 institutions AGEP: 22 Alliances, >100 institutions AGEP: 22 Alliances, >100 institutions HBCU-UP: 38 active awards to HBCUs HBCU-UP: 38 active awards to HBCUs TCUP: 18 active awards at Tribal Colleges and Universities TCUP: 18 active awards at Tribal Colleges and Universities CREST: 14 active sites at minority- serving institutions CREST: 14 active sites at minority- serving institutions

Are you at an LSAMP Institution? Alabama A&M University Alabama A&M University California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, Fresno California State University, Fresno Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly Pomona Claflin University Claflin University Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University Fisk University Fisk University Florida A&M University Florida A&M University Fort Berthold Community College Fort Berthold Community College Grambling State University Grambling State University Hampton University Hampton University Inter American University of Puerto Rico Inter American University of Puerto Rico Jackson State University Jackson State University Kentucky State University (pending) Kentucky State University (pending) Langston University Langston University Mississippi State University Mississippi Valley State Morgan State University Norfolk State University Salish Kootenai College Savannah State University Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Tougaloo College United Tribes Technical College University of Central Florida University of Missouri-Columbia University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon University of Texas, El Paso Virginia State University Western New Mexico University Youngstown State University

Does Your Institution Participate in AGEP? Alabama A&M University Alabama A&M University Florida A&M University Florida A&M University Jackson State University Jackson State University Mississippi State University Mississippi State University University of Missouri-Columbia University of Missouri-Columbia University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas at El Paso

Where are the current HBCU-UP and TCUP awards? Claflin University Claflin University Hampton University Hampton University Jackson State University Jackson State University Jarvis Christian College Jarvis Christian College Kentucky State University Kentucky State University Langston University Langston University Mississippi Valley State University Norfolk State University Savannah State University Tougaloo College Salish Kootenai College United Tribes Technical College

Biologically-Related CREST Sites University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Texas A&M University, Kingsville Texas A&M University, Kingsville California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles New Mexico State University New Mexico State University Alabama A&M University Alabama A&M University

Are you in an EPSCoR Jurisdiction? Alabama Alabama Alaska Alaska Arkansas Arkansas Delaware Delaware Hawaii Hawaii Idaho Idaho Kansas Kansas Kentucky Kentucky Louisiana Louisiana Maine Maine Mississippi Mississippi Montana Montana Nebraska Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee US Virgin Islands Vermont West Virginia Wyoming

You Dont Have to Do It All Alone! Think Strategically What do you need? What do you need? How can you get it? How can you get it? Look around your department, your institution Look around your department, your institution Talk to your colleagues, chair, dean, provost, sponsored projects office Talk to your colleagues, chair, dean, provost, sponsored projects office Try to leverage existing resources wherever possible Try to leverage existing resources wherever possible

Contact Info Joanne Tornow