1. Office of Research Tennessee Technological University
Derryberry Hall Room 305 and Foundation Hall Room 306 and 313
Jamie Murdock, Grant Development Specialist August 18, 2016

2. Office of Research
Tennessee Tech University (TTU) receives awards for research, training, and technical assistance from extramural funding sources, including federal, state and local governments and private organizations. The policies and procedures governing research and sponsored programs are diverse and complex. Our goal as an office is to assist faculty, staff, and students in preparing proposals and conducting research that is compliant with relevant government laws and regulations, and TTU policies and procedures.

4. Internal Process
Intent to Submit Form: Completed 30+ days before deadline. Provides information such as preliminary title, PI and other TTU personnel involved, funding program, deadline, and assistance needed.
Proposal Endorsement Form: includes budget and personnel information, identifies potential compliance issues, must be signed by all personnel and applicable chairs and deans.
Grant Activation Form: Completed if project is funded. Contains similar information to PEF.

5. Office of Research Services Offered Resources Available Pre-Award
Post-Award
Resources Available
InfoEd SPIN database
Grants.gov
Foundation Search

6. Pre-Award Services Offered
Assist with the Identification of Funding Sources
Proposal Development
Proposal Submission
Review of Solicitation
Graphics Support
Budget Development
Proof reading and/or editing
Application forms
Review of proposal per guidelines

7. Post-Award Services Offered
CITI Training Modules: Responsible Conduct in Research
Contract negotiation
Bookkeeping assistance
Compliance
Human Subjects
Export Controls
Conflict of interest
Animal Care
Intellectual Property
Whistleblower Protection

8. Identify Funding Sources
4/21/2015
Identify Funding Sources
26 Federal grant making agencies
Federal
Various agencies, i.e. THEC and TBR
State
City or County Governments, local agencies
Local
National, regional or local
Industry
National, regional, or local
Foundations

9. Resources provided by TTU
InfoEd SPIN Global Suite
Grants.gov
FoundationSearch
Federal & Foundation Assistance Monitor
Research Development and Grant Writing News

10. Identification of Funding Opportunities
Active Strategies
Keyword Searches
SPIN
Grants.gov
Agency websites
Correspondence with agencies and colleagues
Passive Strategies
SMARTS s
Grants.gov subscriptions

11. InfoEd SPIN Global Suite
Three components:
GENIUS: Curriculum Vitae and Biosketch database (currently undergoing an upgrade)
SPIN: Database containing 40,000 opportunities from more than 10,000 global sponsors
SMARTS: notification system. Draws upon saved SPIN searches.

12. Create a SPIN Account Go to: http://spin.infoedglobal.com
Select Sign In in the upper right hand corner of the screen
Select Need to create a new profile?

14. Three search mode options:
search for programs using a simple word or term which is then run against the entire SPIN record. Text operators can be incorporated into your search to fine tune your results.
Basic Search
operates in a similar manner to the Basic Search except you select from a proprietary list of keywords to perform your search instead of typing in arbitrary word(s) or term(s).
InfoEd Keyword Search
customized search method allows you to tailor your search using advanced AND/OR branching logic functions to narrow down your search to retrieve more specific results.
Advanced Search

15. SMARTS
Saving and naming search parameters allows SPIN users to utilize SMARTS Notifications.
A popup window will appear allowing the used to select whether or not they would like to receive SMARTS s updates related to the search.
SMARTS funding alerts can be managed by going to the funding alerts dropdown and selecting Manage funding alerts.

16. Grants.gov
Single access point for more than 1,000 grant programs offered by all federal grant making agencies
Grants Learning Center (Learn Grants tab)
Training videos offered (applicant tips and tools)

17. Three search mode options:
Search grant opportunities or site content. (upper right corner)
Quick Keyword Search
Browse opportunities in four ways: newest, categories, agencies, eligibilities. (four tabs in middle of page)
Find Grant Opportunities
Search by keyword or opportunity number and set filters. (“search grants” tab)
Full Search

19. Additional Resource Descriptions
4/21/2015
Additional Resource Descriptions
FoundationSearch: Fully searchable online database of foundations containing funding history, preferences and contacts of over 100,000 foundations.
Federal & Foundation Assistance Monitor: Source for new public and private grant opportunities, policy news, and fundraising tips.
Research Development and Grant Writing News: Provides monthly electronic newsletter for faculty on how to compete successfully for research and education funding from federal agencies and foundations.
Foundation search – you can look up a specific Foundation and find out who they are funding, what types of projects, when, where. You can also search for who is funding specific categories of projects.