1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,230 - So we're counting on everyone 2 00:00:03,230 --> 00:00:05,700 to ask the brilliant questions 3 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:08,540 that their colleagues would like to have answered 4 00:00:08,540 --> 00:00:10,743 at the end of this session. 5 00:00:11,580 --> 00:00:14,060 So as you can see from the agenda, 6 00:00:14,060 --> 00:00:15,300 what we're trying to do 7 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:20,070 is pull together a comprehensive overview 8 00:00:20,070 --> 00:00:25,070 of the kinds of support that are available for funding, 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,480 the conduct and dissemination of faculty research 10 00:00:30,650 --> 00:00:33,983 that is looking for external funding. 11 00:00:34,890 --> 00:00:38,860 We will have other opportunities to discuss internal grants 12 00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:43,860 that are not (indistinct) seeking for external funding. 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,140 So that means we're focusing today 14 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:51,283 on the seed grant program. 15 00:00:52,690 --> 00:00:56,070 I think we've put in the chat, 16 00:00:56,070 --> 00:00:58,823 a link to the internal grants, 17 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,620 and you can go there to look for 18 00:01:01,620 --> 00:01:04,880 the other grant types that we offer. 19 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,700 This is what we're focusing on today, 20 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:11,010 and I'm going to try to move the notice about recording 21 00:01:11,010 --> 00:01:12,473 out of my field of vision. 22 00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:15,860 What you should have in front of you 23 00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:20,640 is the description and parameters for the seed money grants 24 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,240 for seeking external funding. 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:24,680 I'm just going to review these 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,680 with sort of an eye to what you could think of 27 00:01:31,190 --> 00:01:33,990 as the rules that govern this grant. 28 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:35,720 And then Vanessa Ruget, 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,250 who is the current faculty fellow 30 00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:41,630 for the center for research and creative activities 31 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:43,300 and former chair 32 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:46,570 of the university research advisory committee, 33 00:01:46,570 --> 00:01:50,370 which is the committee that reviews grant applications 34 00:01:50,370 --> 00:01:53,340 will draw on her vast experience 35 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:55,290 on reviewing these grants 36 00:01:55,290 --> 00:01:58,763 and share a few tips for how to be successful. 37 00:01:59,950 --> 00:02:03,800 The key components of the seed money grant 38 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,800 are that it needs to support research 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:14,000 that will lead to an application for external funding. 40 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:20,170 What this means is that you would perhaps 41 00:02:20,170 --> 00:02:21,560 be at a point in your research 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,300 where you needed to do some additional studies 43 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:28,700 to provide sufficient data, 44 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:33,700 to convince a funding agency that your project is valid. 45 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:38,480 Or perhaps you would need to travel to archives, 46 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,000 to conduct archival research, 47 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,133 to demonstrate that your project has sufficient depth. 48 00:02:45,020 --> 00:02:48,910 So whatever the project is that you seek funding for, 49 00:02:48,910 --> 00:02:51,677 the ultimate goal needs to be 50 00:02:51,677 --> 00:02:55,333 an application to external agencies. 51 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,300 And this is why we've invited Elaine Milo, 52 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:00,810 the grants office, 53 00:03:00,810 --> 00:03:04,390 and Katie Sadowski from institutional advancement 54 00:03:04,390 --> 00:03:06,100 to join us today 55 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:08,115 because they can help 56 00:03:08,115 --> 00:03:13,115 give you pointers about how to locate the external agencies 57 00:03:14,090 --> 00:03:17,800 that might be interested in funding this research 58 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,460 once you reached the point 59 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:22,870 where you were ready to submit an application. 60 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:27,660 These are available only two full time tenured 61 00:03:27,660 --> 00:03:29,533 or tenure track faculty. 62 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,900 Semi-colon, however, comma. 63 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:38,900 If you have a faculty colleague who is an adjunct, 64 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,310 it is perfectly possible 65 00:03:42,310 --> 00:03:44,600 that you, the full-time faculty member 66 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,640 would be the primary investigator 67 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,263 and they could be involved in the project as well. 68 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:54,680 The seed money grants, 69 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,450 this description says we give one in the fall 70 00:03:58,450 --> 00:04:00,410 and one in the spring. 71 00:04:00,410 --> 00:04:02,880 Because you are attending this workshop 72 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,050 or listening to this recording, 73 00:04:05,050 --> 00:04:08,280 you will now be in on the following secret, 74 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,310 which is that we really liked to award these grants 75 00:04:12,310 --> 00:04:16,500 because they allow faculty to work for bigger projects. 76 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,735 So many times if the budget allows 77 00:04:19,735 --> 00:04:22,610 the research committee 78 00:04:22,610 --> 00:04:27,610 has actually funded more than one seed grant a semester. 79 00:04:29,110 --> 00:04:34,110 That said, we do not get overwhelmed with applications 80 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,600 for seed money grants. 81 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,580 So the possibility of receiving funding, 82 00:04:41,580 --> 00:04:45,270 if you submit a strong grant that meets the guidelines 83 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:46,313 is pretty good. 84 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,900 The other piece that we like to see when we review these, 85 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:55,370 in addition to the application for external funding 86 00:04:55,370 --> 00:04:58,580 is an ultimate dissemination plan 87 00:04:58,580 --> 00:05:02,160 that addresses how you will share this work 88 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,020 when it's finally done. 89 00:05:04,020 --> 00:05:06,650 And we realized that this application 90 00:05:06,650 --> 00:05:09,460 is happening at a very early stage in that, 91 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:13,770 but if you can point to an outcome like a journal article 92 00:05:13,770 --> 00:05:16,190 or a book or a film, 93 00:05:16,190 --> 00:05:18,060 or an exhibition, 94 00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:21,550 or some form of dissemination of the research 95 00:05:21,550 --> 00:05:23,130 or creative activity 96 00:05:23,130 --> 00:05:26,740 that results in increasing knowledge, 97 00:05:26,740 --> 00:05:29,820 increasing public exposure to ideas, 98 00:05:29,820 --> 00:05:31,709 to creativity, 99 00:05:31,709 --> 00:05:36,393 that's the ultimate goal that the grant shoots for. 100 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:42,560 So I'm going to hand over the floor now to Vanessa 101 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:43,890 to talk about, 102 00:05:43,890 --> 00:05:45,740 now that you're all pumped up and excited 103 00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:48,120 and you know you really want to do this. 104 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,290 She's going to discuss some of the tips 105 00:05:50,290 --> 00:05:52,173 about how to do it successfully. 106 00:05:56,148 --> 00:05:56,981 - Thank you so much. 107 00:05:56,981 --> 00:05:57,814 Hi. 108 00:05:57,814 --> 00:05:58,647 I'm Vanessa Ruget. 109 00:05:58,647 --> 00:06:00,950 I'm from the department of politics, policy 110 00:06:00,950 --> 00:06:02,310 and international relations. 111 00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:04,790 I'm also the faculty for research, 112 00:06:04,790 --> 00:06:07,480 and I've had the pleasure to read many applications 113 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,370 for seed grants over the years 114 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:11,493 that I served on the research committee. 115 00:06:12,833 --> 00:06:15,350 As Dr. Kenney just mentioned, 116 00:06:15,350 --> 00:06:19,150 I think these are a hidden gem among the internal grants 117 00:06:19,150 --> 00:06:20,513 that we offer. 118 00:06:20,513 --> 00:06:24,590 Not only because they allow you to seek more funding 119 00:06:24,590 --> 00:06:27,770 and so to really carry on that research project, 120 00:06:27,770 --> 00:06:31,230 but also because I think people sometimes 121 00:06:31,230 --> 00:06:33,940 look at the applications, they are not sure, 122 00:06:33,940 --> 00:06:36,670 so we don't get as many applications as we would like. 123 00:06:36,670 --> 00:06:39,820 And so we'd really like to support applications 124 00:06:39,820 --> 00:06:41,953 when they're strong and solid. 125 00:06:41,953 --> 00:06:45,110 So in terms of advice, I mean, 126 00:06:45,110 --> 00:06:49,410 I think that would be true for most grant applications. 127 00:06:49,410 --> 00:06:51,750 The one thing that obviously is different 128 00:06:51,750 --> 00:06:53,290 with the seed grant 129 00:06:53,290 --> 00:06:55,500 is that you do need to identify, 130 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:58,880 identify these other external grants 131 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,020 that you're going to apply for 132 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:01,820 and one thing the committee really likes 133 00:07:01,820 --> 00:07:03,830 is when you can be very specific, 134 00:07:03,830 --> 00:07:05,210 not just listing the agencies, 135 00:07:05,210 --> 00:07:08,100 but actually listing the grant 136 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,304 and why that fits your project. 137 00:07:10,304 --> 00:07:13,580 As as much specificity as possible, 138 00:07:13,580 --> 00:07:16,790 I think is really always welcomed by the committee, 139 00:07:16,790 --> 00:07:18,650 because then we see that you have 140 00:07:18,650 --> 00:07:20,770 something really solid 141 00:07:20,770 --> 00:07:24,000 and that you know where are you going to apply. 142 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,130 And that's something that you need to do early. 143 00:07:26,130 --> 00:07:27,669 And the other piece 144 00:07:27,669 --> 00:07:30,670 that is something that needs to be done early if needed 145 00:07:30,670 --> 00:07:33,450 is the IRB application. 146 00:07:33,450 --> 00:07:38,110 So I would say before you even start writing the proposal, 147 00:07:38,110 --> 00:07:39,740 I would really look into these two things, 148 00:07:39,740 --> 00:07:41,550 the external funding, and then the IRB, 149 00:07:41,550 --> 00:07:44,080 because these might take some time. 150 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,647 In terms of the proposal itself, 151 00:07:46,647 --> 00:07:49,440 you know, we like applications that are concise, 152 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,280 that are clear and that are complete. 153 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:52,880 The three Cs. 154 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,020 You know, we like concise 155 00:07:54,020 --> 00:07:55,930 because we don't want to have a whole chapter 156 00:07:55,930 --> 00:07:57,653 of a book necessarily, 157 00:07:57,653 --> 00:07:59,650 but a concise description 158 00:07:59,650 --> 00:08:02,156 of what your research project is. 159 00:08:02,156 --> 00:08:05,380 I think being clear means 160 00:08:05,380 --> 00:08:07,930 that you want your project description 161 00:08:07,930 --> 00:08:10,650 to be accessible to non specialists 162 00:08:10,650 --> 00:08:14,720 because the committee is formed of a variety of people 163 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,590 on campus with different types of expertise. 164 00:08:17,590 --> 00:08:18,990 And we have to read proposals 165 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:21,228 that come from different disciplines. 166 00:08:21,228 --> 00:08:23,440 So try to make it accessible to non experts 167 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,870 outside of your field and, 168 00:08:24,870 --> 00:08:27,200 and to convey the passion, like, why does it matter? 169 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,603 Why should we fund this? 170 00:08:29,450 --> 00:08:30,610 You know, why does it matter 171 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:32,440 not just to you as a researcher, 172 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,290 but to feel to the university. 173 00:08:36,290 --> 00:08:39,320 Doctor Kenney just mentioned having a dissemination plan 174 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,910 to show how you're going to take this to the next step, 175 00:08:41,910 --> 00:08:43,220 whether it's creative activity 176 00:08:43,220 --> 00:08:44,993 or publication or presentation. 177 00:08:46,228 --> 00:08:50,190 I think sometimes, and again, it depends on the fields, 178 00:08:50,190 --> 00:08:53,920 but some of the things that have sometimes been an issue 179 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,119 in the past in is when applicants 180 00:08:56,119 --> 00:09:00,563 did not describe their methodology really well, 181 00:09:01,470 --> 00:09:03,890 or, you know, I think for creative activities 182 00:09:03,890 --> 00:09:06,430 that may look a little bit different, 183 00:09:06,430 --> 00:09:09,431 but you know, like explaining how you will carry out 184 00:09:09,431 --> 00:09:12,200 that activity or that research. 185 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,140 The timeline, having a clear timeline 186 00:09:14,140 --> 00:09:15,740 is also really appreciated. 187 00:09:15,740 --> 00:09:17,940 Like this is what I'm going to be able to do this year, 188 00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:19,330 and this is what I'll be able to do 189 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:20,930 after I get that funding, 190 00:09:20,930 --> 00:09:22,273 that external funding. 191 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:24,920 And then the budget. 192 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,390 So nobody likes to do budgets, 193 00:09:26,390 --> 00:09:28,240 but there is a budget has to be done. 194 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,530 Make sure it adds up 195 00:09:29,530 --> 00:09:31,410 because there are people in the community 196 00:09:31,410 --> 00:09:33,756 that take out the calculator and check it, 197 00:09:33,756 --> 00:09:35,460 check it carefully, 198 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:38,610 because, and it's not to to be annoying, 199 00:09:38,610 --> 00:09:40,290 because we want to make sure that you've actually 200 00:09:40,290 --> 00:09:43,440 thought about, you know, what this research costs, 201 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,391 or this creative activity will cost 202 00:09:45,391 --> 00:09:47,990 and how you will actually successfully carry out. 203 00:09:47,990 --> 00:09:51,280 But again, I believe this is one of the most, 204 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,450 if not the most interesting grants that we offer, 205 00:09:54,450 --> 00:09:57,010 because it does allow you to really grow. 206 00:09:57,010 --> 00:09:58,725 I did receive one. 207 00:09:58,725 --> 00:10:00,880 I was lucky to receive one something like eight years ago, 208 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,350 and it did allow me to get more funding afterwards. 209 00:10:04,350 --> 00:10:07,247 And so I really recommend that you look into it 210 00:10:07,247 --> 00:10:09,280 and if you need any help, 211 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,040 if you want somebody to read over your submission 212 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,889 before you actually send it out, I'm always available. 213 00:10:15,889 --> 00:10:17,460 So you can simply email me. 214 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:18,880 Thank you. 215 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,090 - Great. 216 00:10:20,090 --> 00:10:20,923 Thank you, Vanessa. 217 00:10:20,923 --> 00:10:23,458 And I would encourage anyone who's interested 218 00:10:23,458 --> 00:10:26,200 to not be shy. 219 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,889 That's what... 220 00:10:27,889 --> 00:10:29,660 You know, Vanessa is really committed 221 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:32,810 to supporting this activity 222 00:10:32,810 --> 00:10:34,870 and we'll have terrific insights. 223 00:10:34,870 --> 00:10:38,763 So please do feel free to reach out. 224 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:41,450 And now we're going to 225 00:10:41,450 --> 00:10:43,840 take a look at how you can go about 226 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,810 identifying organizations, foundations, et cetera, 227 00:10:48,810 --> 00:10:53,810 that would have the grants available to fund this 228 00:10:54,460 --> 00:10:56,740 to put on your application. 229 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:58,830 And we're lucky to have with us, 230 00:10:58,830 --> 00:11:02,260 Katie Sadowski from institutional advancement. 231 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:04,610 Katie, do you wanna introduce yourself? 232 00:11:04,610 --> 00:11:09,610 And I suspect that there may be fewer faculty 233 00:11:09,940 --> 00:11:13,800 who are aware of your role and your office 234 00:11:14,870 --> 00:11:18,093 then is true with some of the rest of us, perhaps. 235 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:21,660 - Thank you so much for the introduction, Elizabeth. 236 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:23,870 I'm really happy to join everybody. 237 00:11:23,870 --> 00:11:24,703 I'm here today, 238 00:11:24,703 --> 00:11:26,320 and then for those who also may be watching this 239 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,148 at a later date, 240 00:11:28,148 --> 00:11:29,830 so wanted to, do you want to introduce myself. 241 00:11:29,830 --> 00:11:31,270 I'm Katie Sadowski. 242 00:11:31,270 --> 00:11:33,380 I work in our advancement office. 243 00:11:33,380 --> 00:11:36,480 I'm working with our corporate and foundation partners. 244 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,100 So our office is responsible 245 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:41,270 for securing resources from those entities, 246 00:11:41,270 --> 00:11:45,470 be it a foundation or a corporation for sponsorships, 247 00:11:45,470 --> 00:11:46,400 often for events, 248 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,270 as well as outright corporate philanthropy 249 00:11:49,270 --> 00:11:50,390 from businesses. 250 00:11:50,390 --> 00:11:51,305 And then again, 251 00:11:51,305 --> 00:11:53,378 grants as well. 252 00:11:53,378 --> 00:11:56,010 Because the university is a public entity, 253 00:11:56,010 --> 00:11:58,000 we have a Salem state university foundation, 254 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,510 which is a private. 255 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:00,783 It's a nonprofit entity 256 00:12:00,783 --> 00:12:03,470 that we are able to accept charitable donations from, 257 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:05,300 and then that money is collected 258 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:06,450 by the Salem State Foundation 259 00:12:06,450 --> 00:12:09,640 and then sent over to the university on a quarterly basis, 260 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,320 when we do get gifts to the university. 261 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,770 So our organization is set up a little bit differently 262 00:12:13,770 --> 00:12:15,810 in that way, just given our public status. 263 00:12:15,810 --> 00:12:18,380 So whenever there's an opportunity 264 00:12:18,380 --> 00:12:20,710 that the university can't accept the money for, 265 00:12:20,710 --> 00:12:22,700 if it is a nonprofit requirement, 266 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:27,420 that's where our colleagues here in advancement come in. 267 00:12:27,420 --> 00:12:29,549 So I'm part of a larger department. 268 00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:31,590 I'm the only one that works in our corporate 269 00:12:31,590 --> 00:12:35,040 and foundation relation pieces exclusively, 270 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,210 but part of a larger department in advancement 271 00:12:37,210 --> 00:12:38,880 where we're seeking resources 272 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,748 from all sorts of different areas, 273 00:12:40,748 --> 00:12:44,321 annual giving, major giving, as well as plan giving. 274 00:12:44,321 --> 00:12:48,350 And again, the corporate and foundation relations piece. 275 00:12:48,350 --> 00:12:50,410 So, and seeking money, 276 00:12:50,410 --> 00:12:52,510 not only from those institutional partners, 277 00:12:52,510 --> 00:12:55,384 but also our alumni and friends of the university. 278 00:12:55,384 --> 00:12:58,880 So Vanessa actually said some really interesting things 279 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,760 that I kind of was jotting down as she was talking 280 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,130 that are also important for our folks 281 00:13:03,130 --> 00:13:06,030 that are on seeking money 282 00:13:06,030 --> 00:13:08,520 from the corporate and foundation relation realm 283 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,245 is that following guidelines is extremely, 284 00:13:11,245 --> 00:13:12,450 extremely important. 285 00:13:12,450 --> 00:13:13,530 And I can't stress that enough. 286 00:13:13,530 --> 00:13:14,920 And honestly, your secret application 287 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,443 is a great way to kind of practice those skills. 288 00:13:17,443 --> 00:13:20,130 Grant applications, especially to foundations right now. 289 00:13:20,130 --> 00:13:22,520 We're extraordinarily competitive. 290 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,560 Where seeing in many cases like a 20 percent chance 291 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:29,680 of being funded on an application that we submit. 292 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:31,050 So we're really trying to focus 293 00:13:31,050 --> 00:13:33,430 on understanding projects 294 00:13:33,430 --> 00:13:35,390 and trying to find ways that are really good fits. 295 00:13:35,390 --> 00:13:38,830 So specific to the seed grant application 296 00:13:38,830 --> 00:13:42,340 and how we can hopefully help you all with the process. 297 00:13:42,340 --> 00:13:44,160 And I just want to pause, cause I can't remember, 298 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,060 is there a number, Elizabeth or Vanessa, 299 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,930 that people need to provide? 300 00:13:48,930 --> 00:13:50,110 Like, do they need three 301 00:13:50,110 --> 00:13:51,630 or is it just talk a little bit 302 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:54,290 about what future funding looks like? 303 00:13:54,290 --> 00:13:56,550 - We usually (indistinct) at least three. 304 00:13:56,550 --> 00:13:57,600 - Okay, great. 305 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,140 That helps. 306 00:13:59,140 --> 00:14:00,910 So in terms of grants research, 307 00:14:00,910 --> 00:14:04,820 we are always happy to connect with folks 308 00:14:04,820 --> 00:14:06,800 across the university faculty, 309 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,440 as well as staff on any project 310 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,750 that they're working on that needs additional resources. 311 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:13,460 I will say that we do have a process 312 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:14,620 through which we go for that 313 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,630 to make sure that there's also internal approval, 314 00:14:17,630 --> 00:14:19,632 kind of for you who are faculty within, 315 00:14:19,632 --> 00:14:21,420 on the academic side of the house. 316 00:14:21,420 --> 00:14:22,800 So with your Dean and with a provost, 317 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,560 when we are seeking external funding, 318 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,278 just to make sure that it aligns with 319 00:14:26,278 --> 00:14:30,116 our university priorities. 320 00:14:30,116 --> 00:14:34,351 But we often, we meet with faculty one-on-one 321 00:14:34,351 --> 00:14:36,580 whenever somebody has an interest 322 00:14:36,580 --> 00:14:38,230 to talk about ways in which, 323 00:14:38,230 --> 00:14:40,010 in places which we might be able to seek funding. 324 00:14:40,010 --> 00:14:43,250 So we explore things like talking to faculty 325 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:44,330 about their connections. 326 00:14:44,330 --> 00:14:45,990 You know, oftentimes if you're a member 327 00:14:45,990 --> 00:14:47,677 of a professional association, 328 00:14:47,677 --> 00:14:50,450 they have grant opportunities within your association. 329 00:14:50,450 --> 00:14:51,680 That could be a great way 330 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,610 for you to enhance your scholarship 331 00:14:53,610 --> 00:14:55,710 after receiving your seed grant. 332 00:14:55,710 --> 00:14:57,672 Maybe you have a connection with a local business 333 00:14:57,672 --> 00:15:00,061 or a vendor to your department, 334 00:15:00,061 --> 00:15:03,080 or just like a relationship. 335 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,350 We have a colleague who has a professional relationship 336 00:15:05,350 --> 00:15:06,183 with a foundation. 337 00:15:06,183 --> 00:15:07,960 We were able to secure a really wonderful grant 338 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,257 because they were peers in an association. 339 00:15:11,257 --> 00:15:12,979 And that was our connection into the organization 340 00:15:12,979 --> 00:15:16,980 when they otherwise don't have an open competitive process 341 00:15:16,980 --> 00:15:18,712 necessarily for support. 342 00:15:18,712 --> 00:15:21,970 Our department also reviews requests for proposals 343 00:15:21,970 --> 00:15:23,740 from a number of different sources, 344 00:15:23,740 --> 00:15:25,440 both locally with organizations 345 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,047 like Essex County Community Foundation 346 00:15:27,047 --> 00:15:28,660 and the Boston Foundation, 347 00:15:28,660 --> 00:15:30,308 but also with national areas, 348 00:15:30,308 --> 00:15:35,308 such as the Foundation Center is an organization 349 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:37,010 that's based out of Washington DC, 350 00:15:37,010 --> 00:15:39,350 but they publish a request or proposal 351 00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:41,590 or RFP notification every week. 352 00:15:41,590 --> 00:15:42,650 And I review that every week. 353 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:44,970 And if there's something that I've talked to you about, 354 00:15:44,970 --> 00:15:47,000 I'm always happy to push out that opportunity. 355 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,390 That may not necessarily align 356 00:15:48,390 --> 00:15:49,700 with your seed grant application, 357 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,810 but I'm always gathering info 358 00:15:51,810 --> 00:15:53,200 on what folks are doing on campus, 359 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,490 because we have such a fabulous diversity of disciplines 360 00:15:57,490 --> 00:15:58,860 and projects and initiatives 361 00:15:58,860 --> 00:16:00,510 that if something sparks our mind, 362 00:16:00,510 --> 00:16:03,389 I usually reach out either to an individual faculty member, 363 00:16:03,389 --> 00:16:05,300 their department chair, 364 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,443 or sometimes the Dean as well. 365 00:16:07,443 --> 00:16:10,430 Also one of the other things that we do 366 00:16:10,430 --> 00:16:12,211 when we're kind of trying to figure out 367 00:16:12,211 --> 00:16:14,850 potential funders for research 368 00:16:14,850 --> 00:16:18,230 is kind of to do research almost from a backwards way. 369 00:16:18,230 --> 00:16:19,720 And thinking about that from, 370 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,010 if you see another project 371 00:16:21,010 --> 00:16:23,440 this may be perhaps similar or somewhat connected 372 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,330 or parallel to the work you were looking to do. 373 00:16:26,330 --> 00:16:28,650 Maybe even try to figure out who's funded them 374 00:16:28,650 --> 00:16:30,240 and see if there might be a way or a route 375 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,250 to connect to that in terms of looking at it 376 00:16:32,250 --> 00:16:33,600 for a possible funder. 377 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,800 And then the last thing I'll mention too, 378 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,115 is that we just recently renewed our subscription 379 00:16:40,115 --> 00:16:42,750 to Philanthropy Massachusetts, 380 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:45,181 which is a local again, a Massachusetts organization. 381 00:16:45,181 --> 00:16:46,717 They used to have a database 382 00:16:46,717 --> 00:16:48,883 where it was a searchable database, 383 00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:51,010 smaller than foundation directory 384 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,010 that I mentioned before, 385 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:53,490 but they've sent it at that, 386 00:16:53,490 --> 00:16:56,210 but in its place where they offer 387 00:16:56,210 --> 00:17:00,010 one-on-one grant office hours with a researcher there 388 00:17:00,010 --> 00:17:02,460 that can help you work through your specific idea. 389 00:17:02,460 --> 00:17:06,310 So if you are interested in having an office hour, 390 00:17:06,310 --> 00:17:10,420 I think anyone who's part of our institution 391 00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:11,980 can have some time with that researcher 392 00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:13,980 and you can sign up to create an account 393 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:15,670 and we can help you sign up to create the account, 394 00:17:15,670 --> 00:17:17,120 and then you can schedule the meeting 395 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:20,020 and then spend that time with that person. 396 00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:22,540 I think everyone's kind of eligible in our organization 397 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:25,430 to have like one, one hour with them pretty much, 398 00:17:25,430 --> 00:17:27,450 I think for our year long membership, 399 00:17:27,450 --> 00:17:28,530 which we have just renewed, 400 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:30,140 but that's a really great way. 401 00:17:30,140 --> 00:17:33,430 Unfortunately, our department, as I mentioned is just me, 402 00:17:33,430 --> 00:17:34,350 so it's really small. 403 00:17:34,350 --> 00:17:37,270 So I don't often have time 404 00:17:37,270 --> 00:17:40,950 to do thorough, in-depth research for faculty. 405 00:17:40,950 --> 00:17:42,700 I can always brainstorm though, 406 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,060 and can talk to you about ideas, 407 00:17:44,060 --> 00:17:45,703 but I don't often, 408 00:17:45,703 --> 00:17:47,280 I just have the resources right now 409 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,160 with where we are to be able 410 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,050 to really do some thorough in-depth research 411 00:17:53,050 --> 00:17:53,883 for your project, 412 00:17:53,883 --> 00:17:54,800 but I'm always happy to kind of steer you 413 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,567 in the right direction or point folks 414 00:17:56,567 --> 00:17:59,430 to any resources that they might have. 415 00:17:59,430 --> 00:18:00,760 And I'll just mention, you know, 416 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:01,950 this is a little bit further field, 417 00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:05,140 but again, after you get your seed grant successfully 418 00:18:05,140 --> 00:18:06,950 that you were awarded from the internal process, 419 00:18:06,950 --> 00:18:08,130 we're also here to work with you 420 00:18:08,130 --> 00:18:10,780 when you are ready to seek out that funder 421 00:18:10,780 --> 00:18:12,685 to apply for your next step. 422 00:18:12,685 --> 00:18:14,870 Again, anything that's private. 423 00:18:14,870 --> 00:18:17,160 Elaine, I'm sure Elizabeth 424 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,110 will introduced Elaine in a moment 425 00:18:18,110 --> 00:18:20,320 and she'll talk about her side of things, 426 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,590 but I will just also, again, just one more time, 427 00:18:24,590 --> 00:18:25,890 reiterate what Vanessa said 428 00:18:25,890 --> 00:18:28,990 that anytime we're looking at a funder, 429 00:18:28,990 --> 00:18:30,230 whether it's internal, external, 430 00:18:30,230 --> 00:18:31,750 it's always great to have a general sense 431 00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:32,690 of what your project is, 432 00:18:32,690 --> 00:18:34,350 kind of the scope of it and the timeline 433 00:18:34,350 --> 00:18:36,080 as well as your budget. 434 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,820 It also helps if you're having some consultative meeting 435 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:42,630 as you're working on your secret application. 436 00:18:42,630 --> 00:18:44,380 'Cause sometimes the scope really depends 437 00:18:44,380 --> 00:18:47,420 on who will pick for a possible fit 438 00:18:47,420 --> 00:18:49,050 that you can put on your application 439 00:18:49,050 --> 00:18:51,090 as somebody that you might like to pursue in the future. 440 00:18:51,090 --> 00:18:54,010 So I'm happy to answer any questions if anybody has, 441 00:18:54,010 --> 00:18:55,160 either at the moment 442 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:59,060 or as we continue to go along in our session today. 443 00:18:59,060 --> 00:19:01,433 But thank you so much for having me join you. 444 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,880 - And thank you, Katie, 445 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,830 for giving us that comprehensive overview of what you do. 446 00:19:11,830 --> 00:19:13,330 I'm sure every single point, 447 00:19:13,330 --> 00:19:15,300 you could have taken another half-hour 448 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:16,890 to sort of drill down, 449 00:19:16,890 --> 00:19:18,240 but I think you did a great job 450 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,998 of giving us the big picture, 451 00:19:19,998 --> 00:19:24,530 and clearly we just need to clone you. 452 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:27,840 And I think if there were maybe three or four Katies, 453 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,283 we could definitely eat up all your time. 454 00:19:32,250 --> 00:19:35,630 - There's so much work here that deserves to be funded. 455 00:19:35,630 --> 00:19:36,810 And it's just a matter of us 456 00:19:36,810 --> 00:19:38,920 being able to harness everybody's energy 457 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,180 and make sure that we're making compelling cases 458 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,880 because I think we really have 459 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,930 a winning institution and faculty. 460 00:19:46,930 --> 00:19:48,323 - Yeah, absolutely. 461 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,800 So Katie has talked about 462 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,243 the private foundations and corporations. 463 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:58,630 Elaine Milo, the grants office 464 00:19:58,630 --> 00:20:03,630 is going to talk about another very large operation 465 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:08,150 or realm of possibilities, 466 00:20:08,150 --> 00:20:13,150 and that is public monies, state and federal money. 467 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,390 My suspicion is that, you know, 468 00:20:16,390 --> 00:20:18,770 if you want to dream big and go for big bucks, 469 00:20:18,770 --> 00:20:22,157 it's Elaine's shop that you're really going to 470 00:20:22,157 --> 00:20:25,123 want to go shopping in for your grant. 471 00:20:26,410 --> 00:20:31,410 Elaine has terrific depth of experience 472 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:36,700 in working with state and federal funding organizations 473 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:39,711 like NSF, NIH, 474 00:20:39,711 --> 00:20:44,711 they all have sort of training sessions or outreach sessions 475 00:20:47,750 --> 00:20:51,880 and Elaine familiarizes herself with the changing landscape, 476 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:52,990 which does change. 477 00:20:52,990 --> 00:20:56,580 It changes with, I'm sure this is inconceivable to you, 478 00:20:56,580 --> 00:20:59,470 but as the political winds shift 479 00:20:59,470 --> 00:21:04,450 so to the federal funding might shift, 480 00:21:04,450 --> 00:21:06,500 but Elaine will be up on all of that. 481 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:10,760 And she will now share with us sort of an overview 482 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,160 of what she can help with 483 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,900 and it will, as with Katie's 484 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:16,350 be sort of a tip of the iceberg. 485 00:21:16,350 --> 00:21:17,510 Thank you, Elaine. 486 00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:19,020 - Thank you, Elizabeth. 487 00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:22,170 And thank you to everyone who is here today 488 00:21:22,170 --> 00:21:26,100 and everyone who's gonna tune in with the recording. 489 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:29,710 I think recording these sessions is a wonderful idea 490 00:21:29,710 --> 00:21:32,300 because I totally understand that not everybody 491 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:35,007 has an hour in the middle of the afternoon 492 00:21:35,007 --> 00:21:40,007 to take the time to, you know, 493 00:21:40,150 --> 00:21:41,550 learn about these different things. 494 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,420 But I will also say that it's great 495 00:21:44,420 --> 00:21:46,050 that we're kind of mirroring 496 00:21:46,050 --> 00:21:48,110 what Elizabeth just talked about 497 00:21:48,110 --> 00:21:51,360 with the feds and with the state agencies. 498 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:54,490 They've begun recording their informative sessions 499 00:21:54,490 --> 00:21:57,250 and we can just go back and take a look at them. 500 00:21:57,250 --> 00:22:00,152 Before I get into anything 501 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:05,152 I'd like to give a shameless plug to all of us here. 502 00:22:06,170 --> 00:22:09,410 I don't know if you all have seen 503 00:22:09,410 --> 00:22:13,527 that we have scheduled office hours coming up, 504 00:22:14,980 --> 00:22:16,343 I believe next week. 505 00:22:17,978 --> 00:22:19,160 And is it next week? 506 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,700 Week after. 507 00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:21,533 Thank you. 508 00:22:21,533 --> 00:22:22,366 Okay. 509 00:22:22,366 --> 00:22:23,670 And I don't know when this recording 510 00:22:23,670 --> 00:22:25,170 is gonna be viewed by anybody, 511 00:22:25,170 --> 00:22:27,630 but I made a promise to myself 512 00:22:27,630 --> 00:22:29,960 that I was going to get the word out as much as I could. 513 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,120 And so I'm putting it out here 514 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,060 even though it's not directly related 515 00:22:34,060 --> 00:22:35,480 to what we're talking about. 516 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,766 It all comes together, right? 517 00:22:37,766 --> 00:22:41,730 But the office hours are a piece of what we do. 518 00:22:41,730 --> 00:22:46,730 So as Katie explained how she works with private funders 519 00:22:47,870 --> 00:22:50,040 and corporate foundations, 520 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,080 I do basically the same, 521 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,760 except I do it with public money. 522 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,410 So the funders that are... 523 00:22:59,410 --> 00:23:01,230 That faculty come to me 524 00:23:01,230 --> 00:23:06,230 or I send out RFPs, 525 00:23:06,370 --> 00:23:08,220 you know, grant opportunities on 526 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:12,100 are usually either state of Massachusetts 527 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:13,250 or federal funders. 528 00:23:13,250 --> 00:23:15,510 Sometimes there's some municipalities. 529 00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:18,330 And I think one of the biggest differences 530 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:23,260 between the opportunities that Katie looks at 531 00:23:23,260 --> 00:23:24,280 and that I look at, well, 532 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,660 there are a number of differences, 533 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:30,080 but I think one of the biggest things is two things. 534 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,600 A, dollars, 535 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,810 and two, scope of work and length of the project. 536 00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:35,850 Generally speaking. 537 00:23:35,850 --> 00:23:37,120 And Katie, correct me if I'm wrong, 538 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:41,550 'cause I know that there are some big private agencies, 539 00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:42,840 Robert Wood Johnson, et cetera, 540 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,600 out there that do multi-year funding. 541 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,380 But I think for the most part, 542 00:23:46,380 --> 00:23:48,740 when we look at funders on the private end, 543 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:52,770 we probably look at smaller money in shorter periods of time 544 00:23:52,770 --> 00:23:55,130 versus multi-year grants. 545 00:23:55,130 --> 00:23:57,200 - I would say that I think we're shifting. 546 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,240 - [Elaine] Oh good. 547 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,500 - We've set it expectations probably, I think, 548 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:01,500 a little bit higher and broader 549 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:02,700 than we have in the past 550 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:04,810 based on some recent funding, 551 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:05,837 recent projects that have been funded. 552 00:24:05,837 --> 00:24:07,350 But I think in the past, yes. 553 00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:09,330 To answer your question, I think yes. 554 00:24:09,330 --> 00:24:10,190 - Yeah, all right. 555 00:24:10,190 --> 00:24:13,823 So, with that thought, 556 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,801 when you're looking to... 557 00:24:16,801 --> 00:24:19,630 As you can see, what we've done is 558 00:24:19,630 --> 00:24:23,140 we've talked about the internal grants 559 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:27,210 then, you know, Katie went to the private foundations 560 00:24:27,210 --> 00:24:28,043 and corporations, 561 00:24:28,043 --> 00:24:30,840 and now we're talking about the public money. 562 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,740 And generally speaking, 563 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:35,670 that would kind of be the road I think 564 00:24:35,670 --> 00:24:37,510 that a faculty member would take, 565 00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:42,510 if they start out internally with a small project 566 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,140 and develop it over the years. 567 00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:47,370 That's what's happened to a few of our faculty, 568 00:24:47,370 --> 00:24:48,690 If any of you, 569 00:24:48,690 --> 00:24:53,233 I'm going to drop a name, Brad Hubeny in GLS. 570 00:24:53,233 --> 00:24:56,380 He started with small internal grants 571 00:24:56,380 --> 00:24:59,137 and worked his way up I'll say 572 00:24:59,137 --> 00:25:01,800 to a larger federal grants, 573 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,520 national science foundation. 574 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,841 So that's the kind of traditional, I think, trajectory 575 00:25:07,841 --> 00:25:09,530 that faculty take. 576 00:25:09,530 --> 00:25:14,530 But obviously we have veteran faculty 577 00:25:15,070 --> 00:25:16,850 who have come. 578 00:25:16,850 --> 00:25:18,790 Some of them even come into the university 579 00:25:18,790 --> 00:25:21,140 with very mature projects 580 00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:22,930 that they're looking for funding for, 581 00:25:22,930 --> 00:25:25,270 and we can certainly help them there. 582 00:25:25,270 --> 00:25:29,830 One of the things that we can do, 583 00:25:29,830 --> 00:25:33,400 and I think Katie mentioned talking about a budget 584 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,649 and Vanessa mentioned it as well. 585 00:25:35,649 --> 00:25:40,649 I don't know what like details you require 586 00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:45,570 for the grant budgets, the internal grant budgets. 587 00:25:45,570 --> 00:25:50,240 But I think it's great that you do require some detail 588 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,500 because certainly as faculty progress, 589 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,650 they're going to have to provide more and more detail 590 00:25:55,650 --> 00:25:56,490 on their budgets 591 00:25:56,490 --> 00:25:58,680 and make sure that they relate back 592 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,230 to whatever it is they're doing, 593 00:26:00,230 --> 00:26:02,040 what their scope of work is, 594 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,380 and that type of thing. 595 00:26:04,380 --> 00:26:07,070 So for us, as Katie mentioned, 596 00:26:07,070 --> 00:26:12,010 when we are presented with a grant opportunity 597 00:26:12,010 --> 00:26:13,940 and faculty are interested in applying, 598 00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:18,940 we follow the same route, I'll say, as Katie does, 599 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,276 in terms of getting internal approvals. 600 00:26:23,276 --> 00:26:25,920 One of the things we can help you do 601 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,790 is if you have a grant project 602 00:26:28,790 --> 00:26:32,980 that requires resources, 603 00:26:32,980 --> 00:26:35,150 Salem State resources, 604 00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:38,977 whether it be use of classrooms, meeting areas, 605 00:26:38,977 --> 00:26:42,570 dorm space, whatever it might be, 606 00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:46,850 we can help you to get those commitments 607 00:26:46,850 --> 00:26:48,880 from the various departments. 608 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,240 So that is something that, you know, 609 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:57,130 it's a situation where we touch all areas of the university. 610 00:26:57,130 --> 00:26:59,574 So we're constantly talking to different people 611 00:26:59,574 --> 00:27:02,500 within the departments to figure out, okay, 612 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,280 what's the, you know, 613 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,790 what's the value of a 20,000 square foot classroom. 614 00:27:08,790 --> 00:27:11,050 And I'm probably getting into the weeds a little bit here, 615 00:27:11,050 --> 00:27:13,560 but I'm just doing it so that you folks realize 616 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,230 that that's not something that you have to struggle with. 617 00:27:17,230 --> 00:27:19,890 That that's the type of thing that we are here for. 618 00:27:19,890 --> 00:27:23,560 What we look to you, the faculty for 619 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:28,560 is the content of a grant project. 620 00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:30,582 So in other words, we need you to, 621 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:32,980 as Vanessa was talking about, 622 00:27:32,980 --> 00:27:35,250 you know, talk about your methodology, 623 00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:38,830 talk about your... 624 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:41,950 What am I trying to think of now? 625 00:27:41,950 --> 00:27:44,981 Oh, the word, it's gone again. 626 00:27:44,981 --> 00:27:45,814 (laughs) 627 00:27:45,814 --> 00:27:46,985 I practiced this. 628 00:27:46,985 --> 00:27:51,020 And, you know, just all of the content, 629 00:27:51,020 --> 00:27:55,980 all of the kind of specialty pieces 630 00:27:55,980 --> 00:27:57,740 that you need to do 631 00:27:57,740 --> 00:28:00,800 or that you would be doing as a faculty member. 632 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,210 For us, we take on things like the budget, 633 00:28:04,210 --> 00:28:06,550 making sure that, you know, 634 00:28:06,550 --> 00:28:07,990 you've got all the right forms 635 00:28:07,990 --> 00:28:11,010 because when you look at state 636 00:28:11,010 --> 00:28:13,958 and federal grant applications, 637 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:15,370 many of them, 638 00:28:15,370 --> 00:28:20,150 I will say 99.9 percent of them are electronic, 639 00:28:20,150 --> 00:28:23,030 they're online, they're through grants.gov 640 00:28:23,030 --> 00:28:24,090 or they have through, 641 00:28:24,090 --> 00:28:29,090 Massachusetts has a buying site called COMMBUYS. 642 00:28:29,670 --> 00:28:34,670 So most of the grant submissions are electronic. 643 00:28:34,810 --> 00:28:35,980 We can do that. 644 00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:38,810 You don't need to sit in front of a computer 645 00:28:38,810 --> 00:28:40,980 and watch a file upload 646 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:43,950 and make sure that it's uploaded, et cetera. 647 00:28:43,950 --> 00:28:46,253 Those are the types of things that we can do. 648 00:28:48,370 --> 00:28:50,690 I will say, additionally, 649 00:28:50,690 --> 00:28:55,200 one of the things that we can help you do 650 00:28:55,200 --> 00:29:00,200 is to a degree search for funding opportunities. 651 00:29:01,170 --> 00:29:05,300 We have a great resource called grants resource center. 652 00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:08,600 It's through the academic, AASCU, 653 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,690 American Association of State Colleges and Universities. 654 00:29:11,690 --> 00:29:13,640 It's an online site. 655 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:17,732 We pay a decent amount of money to subscribe to this site. 656 00:29:17,732 --> 00:29:19,800 Now the shameless plug. 657 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,490 We've been an overview coming up on November 4th 658 00:29:22,490 --> 00:29:23,920 that anybody can attend. 659 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,650 And I think we need to talk about recording that too. 660 00:29:26,650 --> 00:29:31,323 The grants resource center has a robust database. 661 00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:34,974 Granted, largely for the bigger grants, 662 00:29:34,974 --> 00:29:37,840 mostly for the public, 663 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,250 some large private grants, 664 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:44,960 but they are a great resource for things like, 665 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,328 they have a proposal library that has successful proposals 666 00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:49,630 that you can read. 667 00:29:49,630 --> 00:29:54,240 If you're interested in a particular grant program. 668 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,760 I'm just gonna throw this out there. 669 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,270 You know, the TRIO programs have things like 670 00:29:58,270 --> 00:29:59,970 student support services, 671 00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:04,222 upward bound, you know, they're large programmatic grants. 672 00:30:04,222 --> 00:30:06,730 We have a couple on campus. 673 00:30:06,730 --> 00:30:10,850 So if you want to see what a successful proposal looks like, 674 00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:12,630 you can just go to the proposal library 675 00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:17,260 and you can get a copy from grants resource center. 676 00:30:17,260 --> 00:30:20,070 As I said, they have a real robust database. 677 00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:25,070 They have this thing called faculty alert system, 678 00:30:25,610 --> 00:30:29,260 where you as a faculty member can go in to this, 679 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:32,100 you can fill out a form, so to speak, 680 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:34,417 an online form that identifies 681 00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:38,151 what your research interests are. 682 00:30:38,151 --> 00:30:41,560 And then monthly, you'll get an email 683 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,520 that says, oh, look, there's this grant opportunity, 684 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,940 that grant opportunity. 685 00:30:45,940 --> 00:30:47,050 You may be interested. 686 00:30:47,050 --> 00:30:48,250 You know, you'll probably get a list 687 00:30:48,250 --> 00:30:52,320 of 10 or 12 opportunities that you may be interested in. 688 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:56,121 They may be related to what you're working on. 689 00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:58,740 At least you'll know, 690 00:30:58,740 --> 00:31:01,520 you'll get a sense of what's out there. 691 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,810 So they can do that type of thing. 692 00:31:03,810 --> 00:31:06,291 And we can certainly help you as well 693 00:31:06,291 --> 00:31:10,070 to get acquainted with that very, very important website. 694 00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:13,054 It's really like having another staff member 695 00:31:13,054 --> 00:31:15,500 available to you 696 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:18,170 because our office like Katie's office, 697 00:31:18,170 --> 00:31:19,770 we're a one person office, 698 00:31:19,770 --> 00:31:24,410 and we, you know, we do the best we can with what we've got, 699 00:31:24,410 --> 00:31:27,121 but we don't always have time to do everything. 700 00:31:27,121 --> 00:31:31,773 And so grants resource center really helps us. 701 00:31:33,715 --> 00:31:34,830 I'm trying to think of what else. 702 00:31:34,830 --> 00:31:39,830 I think one other thing that I promised myself I would do. 703 00:31:42,470 --> 00:31:46,373 When you're talking about applying for grants, 704 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,000 one of the best things... 705 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,050 I can't do this for you. 706 00:31:50,050 --> 00:31:51,680 you can only do it for yourself. 707 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,000 But one of the best things you can do 708 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,320 as a faculty member who's interested in applying for grants 709 00:31:58,320 --> 00:31:59,913 is to review grants. 710 00:32:00,913 --> 00:32:02,620 That is, 711 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:05,540 if you talk to your colleagues who have had the opportunity 712 00:32:05,540 --> 00:32:06,560 to review grants, 713 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,350 I'm gonna bet dollars to donuts 714 00:32:08,350 --> 00:32:10,823 they're going to tell you that it was a huge, 715 00:32:12,290 --> 00:32:13,760 helpful experience to them 716 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,414 when they came to writing their own grants. 717 00:32:16,414 --> 00:32:19,090 We're revamping our website right now 718 00:32:19,090 --> 00:32:21,780 in the research hub, 719 00:32:21,780 --> 00:32:25,490 and a piece of that is going to be links 720 00:32:25,490 --> 00:32:27,180 to the different agencies 721 00:32:27,180 --> 00:32:29,970 that are looking for reviewers 722 00:32:29,970 --> 00:32:31,843 for the different grant programs. 723 00:32:35,057 --> 00:32:36,657 So Evea put something out there. 724 00:32:38,564 --> 00:32:39,566 Oh oh. 725 00:32:39,566 --> 00:32:40,590 Evea, what'd you put out? 726 00:32:40,590 --> 00:32:42,255 - Sorry, the information 727 00:32:42,255 --> 00:32:43,490 about the grants resource center 728 00:32:43,490 --> 00:32:44,480 that you're talking about. 729 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:45,623 - Okay, thank you. 730 00:32:45,623 --> 00:32:47,070 I didn't see the whole thing. 731 00:32:47,070 --> 00:32:49,086 But anyway, yeah, so we're gonna 732 00:32:49,086 --> 00:32:53,320 take the opportunity to start publicizing that 733 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,360 because it's invaluable, 734 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,760 and oh, by the way, generally speaking 735 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,070 you get a stipend for your time. 736 00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:01,540 It used to be, you had to, 737 00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:02,980 especially for the federal grants, you know, 738 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:05,250 you had to get on a plane, fly to Washington, 739 00:33:05,250 --> 00:33:08,960 sit in a room with six other people, read the grants, 740 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,400 talk about 'em. 741 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,980 It was fine, 742 00:33:12,980 --> 00:33:16,660 but now all you do is you read these things 743 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:18,630 and you meet, you know, electronically, 744 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:20,630 you meet virtually, 745 00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:23,685 do the same thing, have discussions about grant proposals. 746 00:33:23,685 --> 00:33:26,860 It really, really helps you to know 747 00:33:26,860 --> 00:33:31,860 A, what the process is like, 748 00:33:31,870 --> 00:33:35,141 the actual real-time process is like 749 00:33:35,141 --> 00:33:37,770 of grant reviewers 750 00:33:37,770 --> 00:33:42,240 so you get to know who you're going to be writing to, 751 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,670 who your audience is. 752 00:33:43,670 --> 00:33:45,440 And, you know, 753 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:50,440 you also make connections within your area of expertise. 754 00:33:50,490 --> 00:33:52,550 So I highly recommend that 755 00:33:53,510 --> 00:33:55,950 as another tool that you use 756 00:33:55,950 --> 00:33:59,420 to enhance your grant writing skills. 757 00:33:59,420 --> 00:34:00,880 So thank you. 758 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,331 I am also happy to answer any questions, 759 00:34:03,331 --> 00:34:06,823 and thanks for tuning in. 760 00:34:08,150 --> 00:34:10,120 - And thank you, Elaine. 761 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,180 I think it's so encouraging to listen 762 00:34:13,180 --> 00:34:15,959 to both you and Katie talk and to realize 763 00:34:15,959 --> 00:34:19,990 just how much does exist on campus, 764 00:34:19,990 --> 00:34:23,640 even in these areas 765 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,606 where there's only one person 766 00:34:25,606 --> 00:34:29,580 sort of holding up the fort or whatever the metaphor is, 767 00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:33,740 but your willingness to help both of you 768 00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:37,090 came across very clearly in your presentation. 769 00:34:37,090 --> 00:34:38,260 So I thank you. 770 00:34:38,260 --> 00:34:39,590 I do want to introduce 771 00:34:39,590 --> 00:34:42,449 one other very important resource 772 00:34:42,449 --> 00:34:47,449 Evea Raye, who is the program assistant, 773 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,340 which is a title that has absolutely insufficient reflection 774 00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:56,180 of her importance to the center for research 775 00:34:56,180 --> 00:34:58,213 and creative activities, activities. 776 00:34:59,686 --> 00:35:02,000 The role that she plays 777 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,450 in the internal grants 778 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,323 is really sort of a without which not. 779 00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:15,727 She does the tracking, 780 00:35:15,727 --> 00:35:20,120 entering, uploading, keeping of the spreadsheet, 781 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:25,120 making sure everything is there and loaded up 782 00:35:25,150 --> 00:35:27,600 for the committee to review, 783 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,250 and keeps the communication flow going 784 00:35:30,250 --> 00:35:33,550 between the committee and the applicants. 785 00:35:33,550 --> 00:35:36,430 And I offer her also as a resource, 786 00:35:36,430 --> 00:35:41,270 if you have about whether material had come through yet, 787 00:35:41,270 --> 00:35:43,530 or you sent in the email, 788 00:35:43,530 --> 00:35:48,210 but you thought maybe you left off an attachment. 789 00:35:48,210 --> 00:35:51,240 Evea is extraordinarily helpful. 790 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:56,120 She will also be posting if she hasn't already in the chat, 791 00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:01,120 the full list of the fall 2021 792 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,163 grant related activities. 793 00:36:05,180 --> 00:36:09,960 So, this will give you a sense of the array of support 794 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:10,993 that we're offering. 795 00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:12,983 So with that, 796 00:36:12,983 --> 00:36:16,800 I'm going to ask that anybody who is interested 797 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,270 in asking questions. 798 00:36:19,270 --> 00:36:20,810 I think we're a small enough group 799 00:36:20,810 --> 00:36:22,390 so that you can just leap in, 800 00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:24,030 or you can raise your hand. 801 00:36:24,030 --> 00:36:27,810 I see a question from Raminder. 802 00:36:27,810 --> 00:36:31,500 Can faculty access and get an account 803 00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:34,623 on the grants resource center through Polaris. 804 00:36:35,590 --> 00:36:37,290 Elaine, you want to take that one? 805 00:36:38,270 --> 00:36:39,600 Just talk a little bit about. 806 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,770 - Absolutely can, 807 00:36:41,770 --> 00:36:45,330 It does require a password and a login, 808 00:36:45,330 --> 00:36:47,170 login and a password. 809 00:36:47,170 --> 00:36:49,680 And we do that because we want to limit it 810 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,000 to only those people with Salem State faculty 811 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,690 and staff with Salem State addresses. 812 00:36:54,690 --> 00:36:59,690 Raminder, I would be happy to email you the information, 813 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,690 the login and the password, 814 00:37:03,690 --> 00:37:05,830 and hopefully you can feel free. 815 00:37:05,830 --> 00:37:08,840 Well, you can feel free to share it with your faculty. 816 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:13,840 Again, there is just a wealth of information on that site. 817 00:37:15,070 --> 00:37:18,670 So yes, faculty have access to it. 818 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:21,020 We encourage faculty to go there 819 00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:25,020 because it's, as I said earlier, 820 00:37:25,020 --> 00:37:26,800 it's like having another staff person. 821 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,450 It's got way more information on those pages 822 00:37:29,450 --> 00:37:30,370 than I have in my head. 823 00:37:30,370 --> 00:37:31,900 I can tell you that much. 824 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:34,137 So I'll email that to you. 825 00:37:37,971 --> 00:37:39,640 - [Elizabeth] That'll help. 826 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,890 - Yeah, I could put it in the chat. 827 00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:44,723 Do you want me to? 828 00:37:44,723 --> 00:37:45,793 Is that easier? 829 00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:48,230 - [Elizabeth] Yeah, that's fine too. 830 00:37:48,230 --> 00:37:49,597 - Okay, let me just do that, 831 00:37:49,597 --> 00:37:51,773 because then everybody can have it. 832 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,600 - But Raminder, do encourage your faculty 833 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,365 to attend the session with the representative 834 00:37:58,365 --> 00:38:01,090 from the grants research center. 835 00:38:01,090 --> 00:38:01,923 - I will. 836 00:38:01,923 --> 00:38:03,180 I actually started this thing. 837 00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:05,310 I actually wanted to keep myself my video off 838 00:38:05,310 --> 00:38:07,820 because I thought maybe they'll get the faculty 839 00:38:07,820 --> 00:38:09,340 if I let them talk, 840 00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:10,380 but I did want to attend 841 00:38:10,380 --> 00:38:13,000 so that I could share what I learned here. 842 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,990 Again, the faculty within BSB. 843 00:38:15,990 --> 00:38:20,400 And I have already shared the email 844 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,320 that you sent over, Elizabeth, 845 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,541 with respect to all of the things. 846 00:38:24,541 --> 00:38:28,090 - And we'll make sure you get a copy of the link 847 00:38:28,090 --> 00:38:31,500 to this presentation as soon as it's available 848 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:32,890 for distribution. 849 00:38:32,890 --> 00:38:33,723 - [Woman] Sure. 850 00:38:33,723 --> 00:38:37,670 - And I suspect that if it would be helpful 851 00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:39,050 in addition to this, 852 00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:43,520 to have anyone really from this team, 853 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,950 talk to your faculty specifically, 854 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:50,203 we could probably figure out a way to do that. 855 00:38:51,210 --> 00:38:52,083 - [Woman] Yes, I think, 856 00:38:52,083 --> 00:38:54,720 I think we've talked about it once before that. 857 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,900 I would actually like to have, 858 00:38:56,900 --> 00:39:00,080 one of our all faculty meetings have a (indistinct) 859 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:05,080 devoted to, you know, CRCA 860 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:08,100 and probably a little bit a part of it 861 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:10,080 to the library folks. 862 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:14,651 And I had hoped that we would 863 00:39:14,651 --> 00:39:19,013 be out of this work to rule situation 864 00:39:19,013 --> 00:39:21,343 and we would have accomplished some of the things 865 00:39:21,343 --> 00:39:22,560 that we wanted to accomplish, 866 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,780 but our all faculty meetings are the only place 867 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:27,713 that we can then take on some of the things 868 00:39:27,713 --> 00:39:30,520 that we otherwise would have done in other committees. 869 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,730 So that's how our hands kind of got tied. 870 00:39:32,730 --> 00:39:35,860 Otherwise this November meeting would have been one 871 00:39:35,860 --> 00:39:37,990 that I would have told you to probably come. 872 00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:40,220 So I'm hoping something early spring. 873 00:39:40,220 --> 00:39:41,456 - Okay. 874 00:39:41,456 --> 00:39:42,799 - [Woman] You don't want it to go too long, 875 00:39:42,799 --> 00:39:45,670 but I am hoping that as soon as that comes out, 876 00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:48,902 you know, that faculty come out of work to rule. 877 00:39:48,902 --> 00:39:51,330 That I'm able to then say, okay, 878 00:39:51,330 --> 00:39:52,670 now maybe in the next faculty meeting 879 00:39:52,670 --> 00:39:53,880 we can do more to this. 880 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:54,713 - Perfect. 881 00:39:54,713 --> 00:39:56,123 Great. 882 00:39:56,123 --> 00:39:58,360 - I'm also happy to share with you, if that's helpful, 883 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,490 the instructions for faculty creating their own accounts 884 00:40:02,490 --> 00:40:04,390 for Philanthropy Massachusetts, 885 00:40:04,390 --> 00:40:06,900 to work through either having access 886 00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:09,300 to some of their specific requests for proposals, 887 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:14,300 as well as scheduling a research hour with them. 888 00:40:14,310 --> 00:40:15,890 I think the only thing I kind of didn't mention 889 00:40:15,890 --> 00:40:17,180 is that if a faculty member 890 00:40:17,180 --> 00:40:18,470 is interested in pursuing a grant, 891 00:40:18,470 --> 00:40:21,080 we do ask that they reach out to us first, 892 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,260 before they do that. 893 00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:25,615 Oftentimes we may already have a conversation 894 00:40:25,615 --> 00:40:29,007 and progress with somebody that way either 895 00:40:29,007 --> 00:40:33,230 have us have to understand or prioritize 896 00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:35,670 and understand where we may take an effort 897 00:40:35,670 --> 00:40:38,220 for what's the best fit for the funder's interests. 898 00:40:38,220 --> 00:40:40,630 Sometimes there's also a prohibition I should say as well, 899 00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:42,420 because we already have an active grant, 900 00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:44,490 and we're not allowed to apply for a second grant. 901 00:40:44,490 --> 00:40:45,810 It also protects the faculty member, 902 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:47,230 if it is a new relationship, 903 00:40:47,230 --> 00:40:48,880 and they end up securing a grant 904 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,790 that we protect in that relationship as well. 905 00:40:51,790 --> 00:40:54,011 So not having somebody else who may be interested in it, 906 00:40:54,011 --> 00:40:55,940 step on anybody else's toes. 907 00:40:55,940 --> 00:40:57,680 So just wanted to say that too, 908 00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:58,930 that while we're, of course, 909 00:40:58,930 --> 00:41:01,210 faculty can certainly spend time one-on-one 910 00:41:01,210 --> 00:41:02,043 with researchers. 911 00:41:02,043 --> 00:41:03,210 If anybody's pursuing a grant 912 00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:05,070 that kind of falls within our area, 913 00:41:05,070 --> 00:41:07,830 we just like to work with them 914 00:41:07,830 --> 00:41:11,533 and help them present the best proposal possible forward. 915 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,926 - [Woman] I think the part that you just mentioned right now 916 00:41:14,926 --> 00:41:17,280 might actually be easier accomplished 917 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,660 because I, from time to time, 918 00:41:19,660 --> 00:41:24,660 I do want to have Taylor talk with our department chairs 919 00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:25,960 and, you know, 920 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,584 at least once a semester or once a year at the very least. 921 00:41:29,584 --> 00:41:33,310 And so I think you can certainly join in there 922 00:41:33,310 --> 00:41:35,210 and we can communicate that from department chairs. 923 00:41:35,210 --> 00:41:37,825 I don't think that that's going to be as difficult 924 00:41:37,825 --> 00:41:40,500 in these kinds of policies, 925 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:42,619 but I do feel like a broader conversation 926 00:41:42,619 --> 00:41:44,100 with faculty in general, 927 00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:45,360 rather than go through the chairs 928 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,060 because by that time the message gets lost. 929 00:41:48,060 --> 00:41:51,270 So for CRCA and for Elaine and for (indistinct), 930 00:41:51,270 --> 00:41:53,720 I think a larger meeting platform 931 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,600 would probably be more helpful. 932 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,690 So Katie, with respect to your request, 933 00:41:57,690 --> 00:42:01,460 I think I will probably tell Taylor. 934 00:42:01,460 --> 00:42:03,370 We'll figure out if we can do that in the next meeting 935 00:42:03,370 --> 00:42:04,400 or the following meeting. 936 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:05,530 - Yeah, that absolutely makes sense. 937 00:42:05,530 --> 00:42:06,742 Thank you. 938 00:42:06,742 --> 00:42:07,575 - [Woman] Yeah, yeah. 939 00:42:10,930 --> 00:42:13,750 - Any other questions or thoughts? 940 00:42:13,750 --> 00:42:15,040 Anybody? 941 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,100 Any of the presenters 942 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,418 think of something you didn't mention 943 00:42:18,418 --> 00:42:20,723 you'd like to bring up? 944 00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:25,030 Yes, Ken. 945 00:42:25,030 --> 00:42:27,751 - I've got a lot of questions. 946 00:42:27,751 --> 00:42:29,260 - Good, good. 947 00:42:29,260 --> 00:42:31,480 - I'm not going to take up this recording with it. 948 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,121 I have already been underway with a proposal, 949 00:42:36,121 --> 00:42:38,470 an unusual proposal. 950 00:42:38,470 --> 00:42:43,040 I'm looking to do an exhibition of selected work 951 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,040 from 1992 to 2022. 952 00:42:46,650 --> 00:42:50,380 I've been offered a venue from the city of Salem 953 00:42:50,380 --> 00:42:52,560 at Salem old town hall. 954 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:57,560 So I assume that is a funder to this proposal. 955 00:42:59,450 --> 00:43:03,410 The fact that I've been given a venue, 956 00:43:03,410 --> 00:43:04,520 but I have lots of questions 957 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,530 about the idea for this exhibition 958 00:43:08,530 --> 00:43:12,500 is to also parlay it into other exhibitions 959 00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:13,720 as an artist is, 960 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:17,300 is how we progress with the work that we do. 961 00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:21,410 So I think this is a little unusual proposal 962 00:43:21,410 --> 00:43:25,480 than you probably get through your office. 963 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,330 - So, I'm very, very glad that you attended 964 00:43:29,330 --> 00:43:32,240 and asked that question on the recording 965 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:34,480 because it allows us to address 966 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,190 something that comes up frequently, 967 00:43:36,190 --> 00:43:39,940 not just with the visual and plastic arts, 968 00:43:39,940 --> 00:43:44,813 but with theater, with performance, with other art forms. 969 00:43:46,060 --> 00:43:51,060 So for the purposes of the internal grants, 970 00:43:52,250 --> 00:43:54,340 the committee considers things 971 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:57,040 like an exhibition of your work, 972 00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,980 the equivalent of a publication. 973 00:43:58,980 --> 00:44:03,420 So if you were to disseminate your work 974 00:44:03,420 --> 00:44:06,290 through a public exhibition 975 00:44:06,290 --> 00:44:09,070 that was vetted in the same way 976 00:44:09,070 --> 00:44:13,750 that a book would be vetted by publishers, right? 977 00:44:13,750 --> 00:44:17,440 Like it's not the same as displaying it 978 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:18,280 in your own living room 979 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:19,780 and inviting your friends in, right. 980 00:44:19,780 --> 00:44:22,373 There has to be that sort of vetting process. 981 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:28,240 Then that's considered a parallel publication 982 00:44:29,260 --> 00:44:34,093 or a parallel dissemination of the work that you've done. 983 00:44:38,890 --> 00:44:39,723 - [Ken] Okay. 984 00:44:39,723 --> 00:44:41,210 - Karen Geoghegan can be really help. 985 00:44:41,210 --> 00:44:45,083 She serves on the URAC committee that reviews these. 986 00:44:45,083 --> 00:44:47,450 She can be very helpful in giving you tips 987 00:44:47,450 --> 00:44:52,140 about how to frame your language 988 00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:55,917 in a way that faculty from completely different disciplines 989 00:44:55,917 --> 00:44:58,320 can find it more accessible 990 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:02,250 to translate into the equivalent in your field. 991 00:45:02,250 --> 00:45:03,300 - Excellent. 992 00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:04,230 - [Katie] I would just say... 993 00:45:04,230 --> 00:45:05,734 Sorry, go ahead. 994 00:45:05,734 --> 00:45:08,869 - And if you don't mind, Vanessa, 995 00:45:08,869 --> 00:45:13,550 I'd love to run my proposal by you before the deadline, 996 00:45:13,550 --> 00:45:15,841 to just get some feedback from you 997 00:45:15,841 --> 00:45:19,010 with regard to how I'm approaching this 998 00:45:19,010 --> 00:45:20,170 and what's missing 999 00:45:20,170 --> 00:45:24,283 and what might be important to add. 1000 00:45:25,296 --> 00:45:26,910 - I would be happy to. 1001 00:45:26,910 --> 00:45:28,510 - I appreciate that. 1002 00:45:28,510 --> 00:45:29,343 Appreciate that. 1003 00:45:29,343 --> 00:45:30,593 Thank you. 1004 00:45:30,593 --> 00:45:31,800 - I was just going to offer a suggestion 1005 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:33,810 that popped into my mind, 1006 00:45:33,810 --> 00:45:35,465 is knowing a very, very small bit 1007 00:45:35,465 --> 00:45:37,120 about what your initiative looks to be 1008 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:38,800 and how to expand on that further 1009 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,970 as a possible funder for you, 1010 00:45:40,970 --> 00:45:43,070 again, without knowing exactly the perimeters 1011 00:45:43,070 --> 00:45:45,050 or the costs or anything would be 1012 00:45:45,050 --> 00:45:48,330 perhaps to investigate Massachusetts Cultural Council 1013 00:45:48,330 --> 00:45:50,810 and then underneath that the local cultural council. 1014 00:45:50,810 --> 00:45:52,270 So Salem Cultural Council 1015 00:45:52,270 --> 00:45:53,550 might be an opportunity for you 1016 00:45:53,550 --> 00:45:55,211 to apply for a future grant. 1017 00:45:55,211 --> 00:45:58,550 We've attempted it before, 1018 00:45:58,550 --> 00:46:00,180 but we were not successful, 1019 00:46:00,180 --> 00:46:02,080 only one time since I've done it. 1020 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,950 But often Salem in particular 1021 00:46:03,950 --> 00:46:07,470 has a decent size pot of money 1022 00:46:07,470 --> 00:46:10,160 and we've investigated options with Karen 1023 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:11,820 and just haven't pursued anything 1024 00:46:11,820 --> 00:46:14,740 since our initial application a couple of years ago, 1025 00:46:14,740 --> 00:46:16,220 but that might be an interesting project, 1026 00:46:16,220 --> 00:46:18,590 they're often very community-based 1027 00:46:18,590 --> 00:46:20,040 for people that live and work 1028 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,320 in the community that it's in 1029 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,670 and also impact the public that it's in. 1030 00:46:23,670 --> 00:46:25,460 Salem in particular usually also has 1031 00:46:25,460 --> 00:46:27,690 kind of a subset of goals. 1032 00:46:27,690 --> 00:46:29,700 So depending on what your exhibition is 1033 00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:32,320 that may align well in a given year. 1034 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,020 I will just say, looking at the calendar, 1035 00:46:34,020 --> 00:46:35,570 I believe for this year, 1036 00:46:35,570 --> 00:46:37,180 at least that deadline has just passed, 1037 00:46:37,180 --> 00:46:38,727 but that could be something 1038 00:46:38,727 --> 00:46:41,198 where you could say I would endeavor to apply for that 1039 00:46:41,198 --> 00:46:43,130 in the fall of 2022 for part of your application. 1040 00:46:43,130 --> 00:46:44,870 But sometimes we know these things 1041 00:46:44,870 --> 00:46:45,730 just off the top of our heads. 1042 00:46:45,730 --> 00:46:48,309 Sometimes we do take some time to look them up. 1043 00:46:48,309 --> 00:46:50,903 - Thank you, thank you. 1044 00:46:53,337 --> 00:46:56,220 - Can I ask you Ken? 1045 00:46:56,220 --> 00:47:01,220 So your material spans 1992 to 2022. 1046 00:47:01,452 --> 00:47:03,350 Did I miss something? 1047 00:47:03,350 --> 00:47:07,163 Did you tell us what the kind of subject matter was, or. 1048 00:47:09,610 --> 00:47:13,340 - Subject matter is a review of work 1049 00:47:13,340 --> 00:47:15,253 created during that 30 year period. 1050 00:47:17,170 --> 00:47:20,180 And the exhibition at old town hall 1051 00:47:20,180 --> 00:47:22,905 is going to be a re-assemblage of that work 1052 00:47:22,905 --> 00:47:25,710 for this exhibition, 1053 00:47:25,710 --> 00:47:29,770 from January the 17th until February the 20th. 1054 00:47:29,770 --> 00:47:33,240 - So Ken, would you call that, in your biz, 1055 00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:36,577 is that retrospective? 1056 00:47:36,577 --> 00:47:38,531 - [Ken] I hate... 1057 00:47:38,531 --> 00:47:39,630 - Okay. 1058 00:47:39,630 --> 00:47:43,300 - I hate to refer to it as a retrospective only 1059 00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:45,357 because as a curator, 1060 00:47:45,357 --> 00:47:48,210 and this is one of the reasons for doing this show, 1061 00:47:48,210 --> 00:47:50,980 it's also a way of connecting and networking 1062 00:47:50,980 --> 00:47:55,500 with other educational institutions in the art departments 1063 00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:59,330 to parlay it into other artists and shows 1064 00:47:59,330 --> 00:48:01,433 for the Winfisky at the same time, 1065 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:04,113 of which I'm the director of. 1066 00:48:05,540 --> 00:48:10,540 So it's an opportunity to kind of work it 1067 00:48:11,150 --> 00:48:14,770 into the Winfisky. 1068 00:48:14,770 --> 00:48:16,300 And, I'm sorry, Elaine, 1069 00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:20,320 I forgot where I was going to say right before that, 1070 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:25,320 but your question one more time, Elaine. 1071 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:30,930 - So Ken, I didn't, I actually, 1072 00:48:30,930 --> 00:48:34,520 what I was wondering was if there was some kind of a theme 1073 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:39,520 or if it was a certain medium you were using. 1074 00:48:39,746 --> 00:48:42,620 I was just trying to get a sense of like, 1075 00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:47,120 if we could relate this to grants 1076 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:52,046 that are looking for, you know, community, 1077 00:48:52,046 --> 00:48:54,310 I'll call them community presentations 1078 00:48:54,310 --> 00:48:56,470 or community involvement or whatever, 1079 00:48:56,470 --> 00:48:58,130 especially where you're talking about 1080 00:48:58,130 --> 00:49:01,674 having it down at the Salem city hall. 1081 00:49:01,674 --> 00:49:03,950 Maybe what I need to do 1082 00:49:03,950 --> 00:49:07,110 is just get more information from you sometime. 1083 00:49:07,110 --> 00:49:09,145 - I would be glad to. 1084 00:49:09,145 --> 00:49:09,978 I would be glad to. 1085 00:49:09,978 --> 00:49:13,540 And that's one of the purposes of the show too. 1086 00:49:13,540 --> 00:49:18,540 You know, it's a research project for me 1087 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,170 to review the work that's happening 1088 00:49:21,170 --> 00:49:23,120 because what I do in the studio 1089 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:25,250 is an integral part of what happens in the classroom. 1090 00:49:25,250 --> 00:49:27,340 So these integral roles 1091 00:49:27,340 --> 00:49:30,510 of both curator of the Winfisky gallery, 1092 00:49:30,510 --> 00:49:35,070 the independent production that I do as a fine artist. 1093 00:49:35,070 --> 00:49:40,070 And other other shows for the Winfisky gallery 1094 00:49:41,006 --> 00:49:43,500 is kind of the purpose of this thing. 1095 00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:46,145 I'd like to parlay it into a catalog 1096 00:49:46,145 --> 00:49:48,653 at the same time as well. 1097 00:49:50,610 --> 00:49:53,520 But the research I do, like I say, the research I do 1098 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:58,520 is different than the book, as Elizabeth had mentioned. 1099 00:49:59,270 --> 00:50:03,700 It's the act of assembling this into an exhibition, 1100 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:06,670 and as the director of the Winfisky gallery, 1101 00:50:06,670 --> 00:50:10,340 rather than treating it as a retrospective, 1102 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,702 it's an opportunity to take 30 years of work 1103 00:50:14,702 --> 00:50:19,480 and assemble it as a curator into a new show. 1104 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:20,313 Actually. 1105 00:50:21,310 --> 00:50:22,360 Does that make sense? 1106 00:50:23,916 --> 00:50:25,749 - It does. It makes a lot of sense. 1107 00:50:25,749 --> 00:50:27,330 Like I say, I would love to, 1108 00:50:27,330 --> 00:50:28,530 if I can just send you an email 1109 00:50:28,530 --> 00:50:30,390 and we can set up a time to chat 1110 00:50:30,390 --> 00:50:35,246 because I'd love to know more about this 1111 00:50:35,246 --> 00:50:37,838 and maybe it could be incorporated into. 1112 00:50:37,838 --> 00:50:40,580 What I'm thinking is this would be 1113 00:50:40,580 --> 00:50:44,035 a piece of a larger project. 1114 00:50:44,035 --> 00:50:45,859 - And it is. 1115 00:50:45,859 --> 00:50:48,109 (laughing) 1116 00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:50,620 Yes, it's an ongoing thing. 1117 00:50:50,620 --> 00:50:52,070 That's why I say it's unusual. 1118 00:50:52,070 --> 00:50:54,407 And that's what I'm trying to put together 1119 00:50:54,407 --> 00:50:57,500 in the narrative that I'm creating 1120 00:50:57,500 --> 00:50:59,330 for this proposal. 1121 00:50:59,330 --> 00:51:03,930 Is how it kind of works on both the work I do at the college 1122 00:51:03,930 --> 00:51:05,320 and the work I've done. 1123 00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,290 You know, that's one of the reasons 1124 00:51:07,290 --> 00:51:08,860 I got this venue 1125 00:51:08,860 --> 00:51:10,940 is because I've got a very good relationship 1126 00:51:10,940 --> 00:51:11,773 with the city. 1127 00:51:11,773 --> 00:51:16,023 I think early on before they even had a public art program, 1128 00:51:16,023 --> 00:51:19,800 I was working with the mayor on public art for our students 1129 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,250 in summers two weeks at a time. 1130 00:51:22,250 --> 00:51:24,623 And I think I'd like to think 1131 00:51:24,623 --> 00:51:26,188 that that kind of parlayed itself 1132 00:51:26,188 --> 00:51:27,280 into this public art program 1133 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,750 that now is underway with Julie Berry. 1134 00:51:30,750 --> 00:51:34,255 So I have a lot to think about. 1135 00:51:34,255 --> 00:51:37,060 - And it's always so wonderful 1136 00:51:37,060 --> 00:51:39,598 to see how a germ of an idea 1137 00:51:39,598 --> 00:51:41,700 can grow into other things. 1138 00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:44,591 And I think that's where we get the seed metaphor 1139 00:51:44,591 --> 00:51:46,080 for the seed grant 1140 00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:49,760 is that we're taking these ideas 1141 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:51,240 and then growing them. 1142 00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:53,760 And we don't always know from that acorn, 1143 00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:57,140 what sort of oak tree is going to arise. 1144 00:51:57,140 --> 00:51:59,870 So once I start using metaphors like this, 1145 00:51:59,870 --> 00:52:02,440 it's time to wrap up the meeting. 1146 00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:03,788 So thank you so... 1147 00:52:03,788 --> 00:52:05,718 Oh, Vanessa, yes. 1148 00:52:05,718 --> 00:52:07,420 - Just one final, quick thing. 1149 00:52:07,420 --> 00:52:10,010 There's something else that came to my mind 1150 00:52:10,010 --> 00:52:12,180 that I think for the committee is very helpful. 1151 00:52:12,180 --> 00:52:14,380 When you talk about the dissemination plan, 1152 00:52:14,380 --> 00:52:16,570 I think you really explain 1153 00:52:16,570 --> 00:52:18,070 what it means for your field, 1154 00:52:18,070 --> 00:52:19,070 because, for example, 1155 00:52:19,070 --> 00:52:20,900 it might be difficult for me 1156 00:52:20,900 --> 00:52:22,700 in political science to understand 1157 00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:26,030 that this journal let's say in, I don't know, 1158 00:52:26,030 --> 00:52:29,610 in nursing is considered to be the flagship journal, right. 1159 00:52:29,610 --> 00:52:31,215 Or that this conference is the conference 1160 00:52:31,215 --> 00:52:32,611 that in your subfield is the conference 1161 00:52:32,611 --> 00:52:35,970 that is really well respected 1162 00:52:35,970 --> 00:52:37,930 or if it's in creative activities 1163 00:52:37,930 --> 00:52:42,060 that this type of a performance or exhibition is something. 1164 00:52:42,060 --> 00:52:43,010 So just to explain, 1165 00:52:43,010 --> 00:52:44,810 'cause it's very hard for us 1166 00:52:44,810 --> 00:52:49,460 to really evaluate how other fields 1167 00:52:49,460 --> 00:52:50,970 or how people in other fields 1168 00:52:50,970 --> 00:52:52,060 disseminate the research 1169 00:52:52,060 --> 00:52:55,700 and why should I value this as opposed to this 1170 00:52:55,700 --> 00:52:56,900 or how I can compare. 1171 00:52:56,900 --> 00:53:00,230 So, I think to explain these kinds of things 1172 00:53:00,230 --> 00:53:02,940 can be very helpful for the reviewers. 1173 00:53:02,940 --> 00:53:03,773 - Yeah, absolutely. 1174 00:53:03,773 --> 00:53:04,913 Thank you. 1175 00:53:04,913 --> 00:53:05,773 - Thank you, Vanessa. 1176 00:53:05,773 --> 00:53:06,690 I think that's absolutely key. 1177 00:53:06,690 --> 00:53:08,853 So I'm glad you mentioned that. 1178 00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:12,460 Any other last points? 1179 00:53:12,460 --> 00:53:14,800 Elaine, Katie. 1180 00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,700 - I just always say like follow the directions, 1181 00:53:17,700 --> 00:53:21,335 make sure your application is full and complete. 1182 00:53:21,335 --> 00:53:25,140 In my world, if we miss an attachment even, 1183 00:53:25,140 --> 00:53:27,160 it can go into the rejection pile 1184 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,150 because again, things are so competitive. 1185 00:53:29,150 --> 00:53:31,309 So just make sure to follow those directions, 1186 00:53:31,309 --> 00:53:32,880 finish every single piece 1187 00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:35,351 that you need to require for the seed grants. 1188 00:53:35,351 --> 00:53:37,680 And I think, you know, again, 1189 00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:38,690 Vanessa just said, 1190 00:53:38,690 --> 00:53:40,390 even like share it with a family member 1191 00:53:40,390 --> 00:53:42,130 who might not know a lot about your field, 1192 00:53:42,130 --> 00:53:43,300 you know, or somebody. 1193 00:53:43,300 --> 00:53:44,367 That's one thing that I think that we, 1194 00:53:44,367 --> 00:53:45,940 Elena and I, bring to the table 1195 00:53:45,940 --> 00:53:47,150 is that we are generalists 1196 00:53:47,150 --> 00:53:49,200 and we don't know a lot, really deep, 1197 00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:50,860 I'm learning a lot of really interesting things 1198 00:53:50,860 --> 00:53:53,840 about biology right now with a project I'm working on 1199 00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,810 that I never knew about spectrometers 1200 00:53:57,810 --> 00:53:59,000 and I'm not even saying it right. 1201 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,240 But we also don't know. 1202 00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:02,980 So we're the layman that can say to you, 1203 00:54:02,980 --> 00:54:05,340 like this doesn't make sense or like you get this, 1204 00:54:05,340 --> 00:54:07,900 but like, if I don't know what that acronym means 1205 00:54:07,900 --> 00:54:12,450 then probably Karen at CCPI maybe doesn't know that as well, 1206 00:54:12,450 --> 00:54:13,784 if you're in political science. 1207 00:54:13,784 --> 00:54:16,546 So I can't stress enough to try to make sure 1208 00:54:16,546 --> 00:54:20,290 that it's any person could pick up your proposal 1209 00:54:20,290 --> 00:54:21,223 and understand it. 1210 00:54:22,550 --> 00:54:24,004 - Yeah, thank you. 1211 00:54:24,004 --> 00:54:24,837 That's a very good point. 1212 00:54:25,750 --> 00:54:26,853 Anything else? 1213 00:54:29,230 --> 00:54:31,490 Well, thank you again very much. 1214 00:54:31,490 --> 00:54:35,407 Vanessa, Elaine, Katie, Evea 1215 00:54:35,407 --> 00:54:37,320 for pulling this together. 1216 00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:39,320 I think it's going to be a terrific resource 1217 00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:42,100 for faculty going forward. 1218 00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:45,993 And thank you, Ken, for raising really good questions. 1219 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,240 I think you probably got answers 1220 00:54:49,240 --> 00:54:52,783 that will be helpful to people even outside your field. 1221 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:54,753 - Excellent. 1222 00:54:54,753 --> 00:54:57,630 I appreciate all of your help and information. 1223 00:54:57,630 --> 00:54:59,010 Yes, it was very helpful. 1224 00:54:59,010 --> 00:54:59,843 Thank you.