Conference Session

Session/Panel 6: Federal Research and Government Relations in “a New World”

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2017 ERC

Authors

Matt Hourihan

S&T Funding in the NewAdministration & CongressMatt HourihanMarch 8, 2017For the ASEE Engineering Research CouncilAAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 1 Where We Are and Upcoming Milestones FY 2017 DOD S&T in FY 2017 Appropriations percent change from FY 2016 levels, nominal dollars  Appropriations stuck since fall 15%  Trump Admin budget amendment

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Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

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2017 ERC

Authors

Reginald Williams

The Office of Naval Research - Science and Technology in Support of the US Navy and Marine Corps -Dr. Reginald G. WilliamsOffice of Naval ResearchMarch 2017 The Office of Naval ResearchThe S&T Provider for the Navy and Marine Corps • 4,000+ People • 23 Locations • $2.1B / year • >1,000 PartnersDiscover Develop Technological Deliver Advantage 2 ONR Organization Chief of Naval

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Panel 1: New Opportunities – Creating Corporate/University Partnerships

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2017 ERC

Authors

Keith Marmer

New Opportunities - CreatingCorporate/University PartnershipsKnow What You Have to Offer• What is the stage of development of the research• What products or services does the research relate to• Do you understand the industry(s) this product or service will fit into• What is the cost of commercialization; by phase of development• What is the current state of the market• Will your invention create incremental or disruptive change• Is there strategic value for industry to your researchKnow What You Want• Are you trying to fund basic science, translational science or something else• Are you trying to create a product or service• Do you ultimately intend to license the technology• Do you ultimately intend to launch a start-upWhat Unique

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Session/Panel 4: Cost-sharing & Seed Funding

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2017 ERC

Authors

Randolph Moses

. • Sponsor 70%; State 15%; OR/college/dept 5%/5%/5%• Other Cost Share: • Most c/s is in-kind e.g. % time of faculty and key staff • Up to 10% cash matched 1:1 College/Dept• We require 2-4 weeks to develop cost share plans • It is rarely formulaic, and often requires 1-1 negotiation. Some offices require 2 weeks lead time

Conference Session

Workshop 1: Developing Team Research

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2017 ERC

Authors

Gretchen Kiser

that create innovations and/or improvements in care, educational activities, and manuscript production. It will be the responsibility of the faculty member to solicit and submit to the Promotion and Tenure Committee letters documenting collaborative activity from colleagues, relevant division chief(s), and department chair(s) to support their promotion and tenure requests.”11 3/6/2017 What to train?12 3/6/201713 Borrowed from L. Michelle Bennett, 2015 3/6/2017 Building Teams and Fostering Trust • Identifying collaborators ‒ Traditional methods ‒ Commercial tools (Elsevier, Digital Sciences) ‒ Institutional Team

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Session/Panel 4: Cost-sharing & Seed Funding

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2017 ERC

Authors

Pamela Norris

entity external to institution Cash• Used to fund allowable direct costs• Pretty straightforward - cash provided for research activities (supplies, travel, publication costs, core facility charges or user fees, etc.)• and don’t forget you also get to count the uncovered F&A as a contribution! Effort• As an expectation is that TTT faculty conduct research and we provide salary support for time to dedicate to research, it is reasonable to “contribute” a portion of the faculty effort supported by the institution to the sponsored activity.• As our expectation is 40/40/20, R/T/S, I’m comfortable releasing 20% of the faculty member’s time to a single effort (perhaps more if it was a huge

Conference Session

Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Rosemarie Hunziker

proposal Program Scientific Grants  See also the IC’s programmatic descriptions Director Review Specialist (http://www.nih.gov/icd/index.html). OfficerNIH Program Officials: your primary contactPre-Application During the Award Assess the “fit” to the IC, Program(s)  Discuss problems in execution Start the conversation early: develop (rebudgeting, re-scoping, your ideas together extensions…) Choose the right activity/mechanism  Find an administrator to

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Session/Panel 7: New Research Initiatives and Directions at NSF Including the Process for Shaping Them

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2017 ERC

Authors

Sohi Rastegar

Integration Of Self-assembling Systems For Engineering Innovation (ODISSEI); Photosynthesis Biorefineries (PSBR)FY’14,15 2-Dimensional Atomic-Layer Research and Engineering (2-DARE)FY 16, 17 Advancing Communication Quantum Information Research in Engineering (ACQUIRE) New Light and Acoustic Wave Propagation: Breaking Reciprocity and Time-Reversal Symmetry (NewLAW) NAE GRAND CHALLENGESRESTOR A SEED R E S RESIN CBE BioFlex