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Grant Unit Day 2

Dr. Will Kurlinkus
University of Oklahoma
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Teams and Topics
n What are they?

n What your topic needs:

1. Specific Problem/How do I know its a problem?

2. Specific Population: Who is affected and/or needs to be

persuaded?

3. Specific Funder: Who cares enough and has money?

4. Solution: What text can be created?

5. Purpose: What will this text do and how?

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Assignment Sheet: Parts of a Grant
1. Formal Cover Page and Table of Contents (1 Page Each)
2. Abstract/Executive Summary (1 Paragraph)
3. Project Description
i. Statement of Need/Problem Description (1 Page)
ii. Goals and Objectives: (1 Page Bulleted List + Appendix Logic
Model)
iii. Pre-Existing Research on Topic/Literature Review (3 Pages)
iv. Methodology Proposal/Plan of Work (2 Pages)
v. Project Evaluation/Deliverables (1 Page)
vi. Works Cited (1 Page)

4. Biographical Sketch/Organizational History/Key

Personnel (1 Paragraph for each)

5. Budget and Budget Justification: The prices matter much

less than the descriptions and calculations (1-2 Pages)

6. Timeline (Gantt Chart)

7. Letter to partners, matching funders, and collaborators All page count

requesting letters of support (1 Page) refers to single-
spaced pages
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Looking at Calls for Grants
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NEH Application Cover Sheet
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Dr. James Paradis E-mail: jparadis@mit.edu
Director, Comparative Media Studies Phone(W): 617-253-7392
77 Massachusetts Ave. E15-324 Phone(H):
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Fax:
UNITED STATES

n Cover pages, are

usually provided by Field of Expertise: Humanities
INSTITUTION
the funding Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambirdge, MA UNITED STATES
institution. But if APPLICATION INFORMATION
they are not, this is a Title: Annotation Studio: multimedia text annotation for students

good example to Grant Period: From 4/2012 to 3/2013

Field of Project: Humanities
mimic. They need a Description of Project: Annotation Studio will be an web-based application that actively
engages students in interpreting literary texts and other humanities documents. While strengthening students new

clear title, project media literacies, this open source web application will develop traditional humanistic skills including close reading,
textual analysis, persuasive writing, and critical thinking. Initial features will include: 1) easy-to-use annotation tools that
facilitate linking and comparing primary texts with multi-media source, variation, and adaptation documents; 2) sharable
director, executive collections of multimedia materials prepared by faculty and student users; 3) multiple filtering and display mechanisms
for texts, written annotations, and multimedia annotations; 4) collaboration functionality; and 5) multimedia composition

summary, budget, tools. Products of the start-up phase will include a working prototype, feedback from students and instructors, and a
white paper summarizing lessons learned.

and contact BUDGET

information. Outright Request $49,979.00 Cost Sharing
Matching Request Total Budget $49,979.00
Total NEH $49,979.00

GRANT ADMINISTRATOR
Danforth Nicholas E-mail: dan4th@mit.edu
Grants and Contracts Administrator Phone(W): 617-258-8018
77 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: 617-253-4734
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
UNITED STATES
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Stephenson Cancer Center Fellowship

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Gabriel Ratcliff, Associate Researcher
Sarkeys Energy Center E-mail: gabriel.ratcliff@ou.edu
100 E Boyd St, Norman, Ok 73069 Phone(W): 831-555-4131
UNITED STATES

Field of Expertise: Chemical Engineering

INSTITUTION
The University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK UNITED STATES
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Title: 3D Models for Studying Cancer Cell Metastasis
Grant Period: From 5/2016 to 8/2016
Field of Project: Biomedical/Tissue Engineering

Description of Project: The purpose of this research project is to develop a working 3D cancer tissue
model that closely aligns with in vivo conditions. This will provide researchers with the ability to grow
large tumors and gain a better insight as to how drug treatments affect these 3D tumors. The problem
with current preclinical drug therapy research is that they still test new cancer treatments on two
dimensional, or monolayer, cell cultures before moving to three dimensional in vivo animal trials.
These 2D cultures will react with the treatment differently than a 3D in vivo sample. The 3D in vitro
models will dramatically narrow the gap between 2D and in vivo cultures. This project will develop a
3D perfusion bioreactor that will grow and sustain cancer tissue in conditions similar to the human
body. Previous research projects have proven that perfusion of media is essential to increase a cells
functionality. Cells also require a large contact surface to absorb the nutrients from the perfused
media. This new 3D perfusion bioreactor will allow cells to be suspended on a porous scaffold in a
reaction chamber, exposing each cell to media. This decreases cell mortality rate while increasing the
proliferation of an aggregate. These bioreactors can quickly mass produce human cancer tumors that
can be used to research how cancer is spread and treated for a significantly reduced price.

BUDGET

Outright Request $10,775.00

Matching Request Total Budget $10,775.00
Total HSC $10,775.00

GRANT ADMINISTRATOR
William C. Kurlinkus, Grant Officer
Gittinger Hall 307A E-mail: William.kurlinkus@ou.edu
760 Van Vleet Oval Phone(W): (815) 978-4628
Norman Ok, 73069
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1. Statement of Need
n The statement of need specifies the conditions
you wish to change. It should quickly
summarize the problem, show your familiarity n What is the problem?
with prior research or work on the topic,
reinforce your credibility for investigating the
problem, and justify why this problem should n Who does the problem effect?
be investigated.
n Demonstrate a precise understanding of
the problem or need that you are n Why does the problem matter to
attempting to solve the granting institution?
n Clearly convey the focus of your project
early in the narrative
n Indicate the relationship of your project to
n What are the benefits of solving
a larger set of problems or issues and this problem?
justify
n Why your particular focus has been chosen
n Establish the importance and significance
of the problem n Statistics
n Justify why your problem should be of
special interest to the sponsor n Quotes from experts
n Demonstrate that your problem is feasible
to solve
n Make the reviewer want to read further n Narratives
n Indicate how the problem relates to your
organizational goals
n State the problem and outputs in terms of
human needs and societal benefits
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Open Up Our Sample Grant. How

does it compose the statement of
need?
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2. Goals and Objectives
n Clearly describe your project's
objectives, hypotheses, and/or
research questions
n Goals describe some future
n Signal the project's objectives condition that you hope to
without burying them in a morass of achieve by the end of the project
narrative
period. Goals are broad
n Demonstrate that your objectives are statements that express general
important, significant, and timely intentions.
n Include objectives that n Objectives should be very
comprehensively describe the
intended outcomes of the project specific. Objectives are precise
statements of concrete concepts
n State your objectives, hypotheses, or that must be measurable. These
questions in a way that they can be
evaluated or tested later are what will definitely happen
and how we know your grant has
n Demonstrate why your project's been successful.
outcome is appropriate and
important to the sponsor
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3. Pre-Existing Research

n Who else has done research

on a similar problem?
n In this project you will analyze
n What are the pros and cons of 3 other solutions, providing a
this other research? detailed description and pros
and cons list of each.
n What are you contributing
uniquely?
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3 Researched Analyses: What are your examples?
What are they doing? Why are they doing it?

Should include some reasoning behind why youve chosen each

source. Why choose this example and not another one? How is
each source suitable for your audience and problem?
Should include pros and cons of each source.
Should include several points of comparison between the sources.
How are they similar and different?

n In grants there are two

heavily researched
sections. The statement of
need and the program/
project description.