Volume 1, Issue 27: April 4, 2005

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College Offers Grant Writing Assistance

The College is pleased to announce an initiative assisting faculty to secure external funding. Through the Research Grant Writing Support Initiative, faculty who have not yet secured external funding can obtain feedback on grant and fellowship proposals from an experienced colleague with a proven track record of success in obtaining external funding. This initiative was developed by Administrative Fellow Epa Rosa based on suggestions from participants in the College’s Pretenure Faculty Mentoring Program. “This is an attempt to provide another option to those faculty who would like to obtain external funding but have less experience with the process,” explained Associate Dean Sam Catanzaro. “Because the first grant is usually the hardest one to get, we hope to help increase newer applicants’ chances of success by providing feedback from seasoned veterans on the art of grant and fellowship writing. Epa did a great job of integrating the suggestions we received from mentoring program participants into a workable system.”

The following faculty have graciously agreed to provide feedback on grant proposals: In the Sciences, Distinguished Professor David Borst of Biological Sciences and Professor Charles Su of Physics; in the Humanities, Professor Ronald Fortune of English; and in the Social Sciences, Professor Glenn Reeder of Psychology.

Faculty interested in using this service should complete the application form and send it along with one copy of the proposal to Sam Catanzaro in the College Office (catanzar@ilstu.edu or Campus Box 4620), no later than three weeks before the submission deadline set by the funding agency.

The application form and more information can be accessed throught the CAS Faculty Mentoring Program page or at http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/faculty/mentoring/casrgwsiformfeb25.rtf.

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