Past
Issues from 2004
Vol.
3, No. 1, January/February '04
Prescience:
"Working with the system for earmarked funds," by John
Gardner, associate dean of research and outreach: Agricultural
science and rural issue studies stand apart from most other fields/topics
in the history, tradition, and proportion of ‘earmarked’
or special grant funding. ...
Corollaries: CIRB online submission
• Copyright/Intellectual property conference • Grant
proposal tracking • Grant Writing Institute • Ornamental
horticulture grant opportunity • Regional funding workshop
powerpoints available • NIH Salary Limitations • NSF
Guide to Proposal Writing • UM system fringe benefits rates
Grants Submitted: For December
'03 and January '04.
Grants
Awarded: For December '03 and January '04.
Vol.
3, No. 2, March '04
Prescience:
"Keeping CAFNR in Columbia," by John Gardner, associate
dean of research and outreach: A common challenge among most
land-grant universities is dealing with land development encroaching
on what have been university farms and ranches. ...
Corollaries: What is NSF looking
at? • Grantsmanship Day at MU
Grants Submitted: For February
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For February '04.
Vol.
3, No. 3, April '04
Prescience:
"Reinventing Extension from the Ground Up," by John Gardner,
associate dean of research and outreach: Next month, the University
of Missouri and the state will celebrate the 90th year of what we
call extension. Both research (the agricultural experiment station)
and extension (lifelong access and education to the university)
grew from the land-grant university notion that higher education
should serve the land and its people. ...
Corollaries: NSF dollars available
to improve science and math education • Killing Bytes, not
Trees (excerpt from article in "Chronicle of Higher Education")
Grants Submitted: For March
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For March '04.
Vol.
3, No. 4, May '04
Prescience:
"Constantly Seeking Relevancy: Colleges of Agriculture,"
by John Gardner, associate dean of research and outreach: Confused
by the idea of regionalism in Missouri? We can fight it, or embrace
it. Our challenge is to see our diversity as a strength.
Corollaries: NSF regional grants
conference • Technology transfer activity by campus over the
past five years • OMB peer review bulletin revision •
NIH policy of sharing model organisms for biomedical research •
Campus deadline for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
Grants Submitted: For April
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For April '04.
Vol.
3, No. 5, June '04
Prescience:
"Looking Backwards," by John Gardner, associate dean of
research and outreach: Looking backwards is fun, usually romantic,
but also useful to help us anticipate the future. If the past tells
us anything, it’s to adhere to function rather than form.
Corollaries: Support for major
research equipment needs available • National Science Foundation
program offers funding for interdisciplinary research groups •
September deadline for Searle Scholars Program
Grants Submitted: For May
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For May '04.
Vol.
3, No. 6, July '04
Prescience:
"Follow the Money," by John Gardner, associate dean of
research and outreach: CAFNR continues to grow funding from
external sponsors. Do you know where it comes from?
Corollaries: New award will
recognize student entrepreneurs • Foundation provides funding
for research in emerging areas of science • NSF revises grant
proposal guide • CSREES program offers funding for international
projects • NSF announces call for proposals for interdisciplinary,
life sciences research
Grants Submitted: For June
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For June '04.
Vol.
3, No. 7, August '04
Prescience:
"AES funding grows, but still lags behind," by John Gardner,
associate dean of research and outreach: Among the nation’s
leading public agricultural research institutions, annual funding
from research accounts for nearly 85 percent of the entire college
budget, thus it is important for the teaching and extension programs
as well. ...
Corollaries: Mark your calendars
for the BioResearch Product Faire, Sept. 30 • Centers for
Disease Control offers support for research in reproductive health
• Researchers who bring their expertise to the classroom can
apply for NSF award • Looking for a funding source? Check
out this list of diverse opportunities
Grants Submitted: For July
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For July '04.
Vol.
3, No. 8, September '04
Prescience:
"Earning the Public Trust: The Case of Agriculture Science,"
by John Gardner, associate dean of research and outreach: The
general public often does not see the connection between local research
needs and a healthy world economy. It is imperative that we work
to earn the public's trust in order to ensure continued federal
support for agricultural research. ...
Corollaries: Links for new NIH
grant requirement information • Computer and Information Science
and Engineering Research Infrastructure support • Funding
opportunity for NSF biocomplexity in the environment priority area
• Missouri Water Research Center call for pre-proposals •
Nanoscale research funding from NSF • Grantsmanship handbook
available on the Web • New opportunity for South Central Sun
Grant Initiative participants
Grants Submitted: For August
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For August '04.
Vol.
3, No. 9, October '04
Prescience:
"Can we Plan for Chaos," by John Gardner, associate dean
of research and outreach: Great things happen that were never
contained in a plan, and great plans more easily fail than succeed.
...It is not just politics, money or power that changes the future
– it is also the recognition of innovative ideas and people
willing to champion their success.
Corollaries: Young Investigators
Program supports new PhDs • Support for emerging interdisciplinary
research available from HHMI/NIBIB • MIT makes 900 courses
available for free
Grants Submitted: For September
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For September '04.
Vol.
3, No. 10, November '04
Prescience:
"Missouri leads effort to boost federally funded research in
food and agriculture," by John Gardner, associate dean of research
and outreach: In what could be a historic act, Sen. Christopher
"Kit" Bond introduced, and the U.S. Congress passed, a
bill to consider the establishment of a new division within the
National Science Foundation (NSF) specifically for the funding of
fundamental research on food and agriculture ....
Corollaries: New program developed
to begin a 'cultural change' in graduate education • Health
benefits of plants is now an emphasis area for CPBR grants •
Grant writing workshop offered in March • Funding to improve
teaching about food and agricultural sciences available
Grants Submitted: For October
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For October '04.
Vol.
3, No. 11, December '04
Prescience:
"Integrity — Our greatest asset," by John Gardner,
associate dean of research and outreach: Among all our attributes
as a public institution of higher education — as members of
the "academy," so to speak — being known as an honest
broker for information, interpretation, news and advice must be
among our foremost goals. ...
Corollaries: Funding opportunities
from NASA, DOE, USDA, NSF • NIH establishes Web site for new
investigators • NIH announces shared instrumentation grant
program deadlines and eligibility restrictions
Grants Submitted: For November
'04.
Grants
Awarded: For November '04.
