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Upcoming Audio & Web Conferences
The Do's and Don'ts of Cost-Sharing: From the Proposal to the Close-Out
[Grants and Funding]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm EDT
Properly accounting for cost sharing at the proposal phase can be a challenge for most PIs and leads to the following questions: What is cost sharing? Why should I care about cost sharing during the proposal phase?If you fail to cover all your costs, your department could end up footing the bill. Once your commitment is made the sponsor expects you to abide by those commitments. We've teamed with cost-sharing expert, Sandra Nordahl to help explain what this means to your research project. Faculty and project staff involved in submitting proposals, as well as deans and department chairs responsible for approving cost-sharing, will find this information helpful.
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NIH Grant Proposal: Making the Pieces Work Together - Significance, Innovation, and Approach
[Grants and Funding]
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 3:00 pm EDT (60 minutes)
You need to get your NIH short form grant application accepted! In order to do that, you must clearly understand the Significance, Innovation, and Approach sections.Principal Investigators Association has teamed with Dr. Paul Spearman, grant expert from Emory University, to bring you insider information, time-tested how-to guides, and real-life case studies.
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Strategy Behind Your Funding - Leveraging Multiple Sources
[Grants & Funding]
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 2:00 pm EDT
Principal Investigators Association has teamed grant and funding expert, Tia Cavender to discuss strategies for diversifying your funding sources. We will provide examples of successful funding plans that involved a variety of funders (government, private and corporate support). During this webinar, you will learn ways to think creatively about stakeholders and how they can help fund your projects.
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Motivating Scientists: Best Practices in Leading People
[Management]
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 1:00 pm EDT
Developing, and maintaining, a high level of motivation in your lab is critical to your research success. Don't let laziness, overwhelming egos, and troublesome scientist get in the way. Learn how to lead with confidence and get the most out of your research project.
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Writing Excellent Grant Proposals: Getting Your Science Funded
[Grants and Funding]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm EDT
Most grant-seekers begin with little or no formal training in writing competitive grant proposals, and have to learn by trial and error how to succeed in winning funding for their research and for program-matic grants that will improve teaching and learning at their institution. Yet, with mentoring and coaching, anyone can greatly improve the competitiveness of their grant proposals.
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Managing Creativity - How to Generate Ideas for Your Research
[Lab Management]
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 12:00 pm EDT
Creativity is generally viewed as an individual pursuit, and of course, it can be, but groups can produce things which one person can hardly imagine. Spacecraft, cathedrals, good schools, parks, medicines and computers all result from group or “collective” creativity. Plays, exhibitions and concerts are enabled by individual creativity, but they are made manifest by the creativity of a group. A well-conducted orchestra produces music more thrilling than the sum of the individual skills of its musicians.Harnessing collective creativity to produce useful, saleable and innovative products can be made a lot more effective by using a process that specifically addresses all the phases of a product life cycle, and all the tools available to create and bring the product to reality.
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Grant Budgets - Planning & Preparation
[Grants and Funding]
Tuesday, October 13, 2010 at 1:00 pm EDT (60 minutes)
Avoid the pitfalls of budget planning.Principal Investigators Association has teamed with grant experts, Tia Cavender and Cheryl Kester to provide insight on crafting comprehensive budgets and circumvent hazards to budget planning.
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NIH Grant Success: The Importance of Impact
[Grants and Funding]
Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 1:00 pm EDT
Strategies to improve your impact section in relation to what is already funded in the area, the difference between impact and significance, the best wording choices to improve reception of impact, finding a balance between creativity and feasibility, what the new NIH scoring system tells you about your grant.A key aspect of any grant writing is be to as clear as possible, avoid jargon, reread “elements of style” once a year, I use the expression “just say it” a lot when I critique grants, the writer needs to let the reader see the thinking process—don’t cloud your words—try to make the reader see your mind—this is a hard thing, but if you do, your chances improve.
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Building a Better NSF Proposal: Summary Page, Intellectual Merit, and Impact
[Grants and Funding]
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm EDT
All NSF proposals are evaluated through use of the two National Science Board (NSB)-approved merit review criteria: intellectual merit and the broader impacts of the proposed effort.Make sure you know learn these tips and tricks to build a better NSF proposal.
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Beyond the Bench: Conflict Management
[Management]
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm EDT
Prevent lab disputes from turning into a declaration of WAR! Gaining the trust and cooperation of your lab staff is a difficult task under even the best of circumstances. But as all-too-many PIs can attest, disputes with grad students can quickly spread like a nasty virus among your lab and destroy the delicate bonds you’ve worked hard to solidify, severely undermining your ability to secure discoveries. At the very bottom line, research flow can become severely clogged.
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Winning More Grants! Learn Best Tactics for Use on New NIH Short Form
[Grants and Funding]
Are you prepared to incorporate NIH’s changes into your grant writing? Now more than ever, effective grant writing is an essential part of every application. Take advantage of our expert’s insider tips of how to navigate the new NIH short form. Walk away with pointers you can put to immediate use to win more grants.
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Overlooked Gold: Foundation Funding for Your Research
[Grants and Funding]
Did you know that in 2009, independent funding groups awarded more than $42 billion in grants? Did you get a piece of that pie? Learn how Principal Investigators can find and obtain specialized support. You know about NIH, NSF, DoD but are you overlooking funding opportunities in the private sector? Get proven methods for building relationships with a variety of funding sources.
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Writing Successful Proposals: What is Working and What Isn’t
[Grants and Funding]
Wish you knew just what your reviewers expect to see when they review your proposal? Join our grant expert to learn how you can find out. You'll discover how to avoid the common mistakes and traps that can sink your proposal.
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Making Every Minute Count: How to Fit 28 Hours into a 24-Hour Day!
[Management]
Time management is critical to the success of any scientist. Take the first step and learn from Dr. Donald Wetmore, a time management expert, the valuable methods and tips to gaining control over your day. Become a master of time management skills and say good-bye to being stretched too thin.
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You’ve Received the Notice of Grant Award (NGA). Now What?
[Grants and Funding]
Congrats, you have been awarded your grant. Now what? The thought of managing a sizable grant may seem overwhelming. This seminar will take you step-by-step through the basics of grant management and essentials of carrying out your grant activities.
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Lab Violence: Lessons Learned
[Research Safety]
PIs are becoming more aware of the possibility of workplace violence. But what are their roles and duties in prevention and handling such tragedies? Here is the lowdown on workplace violence and who can be affected by it. Get tips to recognize warning signs and triggers. You will get expert advice on handling crisis situations.
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Research Jeopardy: Understanding New NIH Conflict-of-Interest Regulations
[Research Compliance]
In May, there were substantial regulation changes regarding reporting, determination, and management or elimination of financial conflicts of interest in federally funded projects. For all NIH-funded researchers it is no longer business as usual! If you don't understand these new regulations, you're jeopardizing your research.
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What Every P.I. Needs to Know About Laws on Intellectual Property and Patents
[Intellectual Property]
You are sitting on a potential gold mine. It’s right under your nose, in the form of intellectual property created by your lab. Don’t let your invention representing millions in potential revenue sit idle simply because you aren’t aware IP & patent protection laws and other key aspects of moving innovations from your lab to the market.
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Secrets of SBIR Cost Portion: How to Project the Right Indirect Rate for You
[Research Compliance]
Wouldn’t you love to have an expert SBIR accountant providing advice and guidance based on his many years of experience with hundreds of SBIR grants?
Too often, PIs spend hundreds of hours on the technical section of their SBIR proposal only to ignore critical aspects of the cost portion. Researchers give only passing consideration to indirect cost recovery through the grant process. Consequently, your research remains more highly leveraged financially than need be, and/or sacrifices precious equity at a stage when it has little market value.
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Powerful Lab Communication & Leadership
[Management]
Labs work primarily through conversations and relationships. And the quality of those interactions has a direct impact on research results. Powerful Lab Communication & Leadership, an engaging, interactive audio conference from Principal Investigators Association, provides a framework for improving your ability to craft conversations that are fact-based, that minimize defensiveness, and that draw out the best thinking from everyone involved.
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