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Ellen Shimakawa WINS!!!

At the Fall 2008 Convocation, Ellen Shimakawa was recognized by the University as Academic Affairs Employee of the Year!!  The award acknowledged her continuing expert support to faculty and staff working on grant projects for the University and for her 24/7 committment.  Way to go Ellen... we are all very proud of you!!

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Fall Workshops:

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How to Pitch a Proposal - Understanding What the Funding Wants to Support and Why:

October 14 (Tue), 10:30-12:00, PL-15 - - OR - - October 15 (Wed), 10:00-11:30, PL-15

Facilitator: Ellen Shimakawa, Ph.D. Associate Director, ORSP.


Why do federal agencies fund research? How do agencies decide which will fund what work? How do I find the right home for my research interests, and how can I make my project the best possible fit with an agency's Mission and priorities? As with most things, life is in the details, and it is important to understand "what's in it for them," when it comes to research funding from a federal or other agency. This workshop will focus on strategies for identifying the best agencies and programs that could support your research, to further your professional research agenda and maximize the likelihood of support.

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A Short Introduction on How To Make Things Work :

October 21 (Tue), 10:30-12:00, PL-15 - - OR - - October 22 (Wed), 10:00-11:30, PL-15

Facilitator: Sid Kushner, Director, ORSP.


There are a lot of policies and procedures, known and not-so-well known, that get between faculty and their research and/or consulting objectives. Questions such as how much release time can I get? How much does it cost? What is overload time? What does it pay? Who can get it and how much? How does the academic calendar influence my "appointment-unrelated" activities-and just what does that mean? Just how much really, can I earn? Can I get a sabbatical and keep my project salary too? Will the source of the funding influence the use of the money and how much I can charge on a contract? How much can I pay my students? What is a consultant? When am I a consultant and when am I an employee? The answers to all these questions and more will be revealed at this session.

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Program Evaluation & Assessment - Purpose & Role in the Well-Designed Proposal:

October 28 (Tue), 10:30-12:00, PL-15 - - OR - - October 29 (Wed), 10:00-11:30, PL-15

Facilitator: Rachel Weiss, Ph.D., Grant Development Officer, ORSP.

With heightened accountability pressure among federal and private funders, designing and implementing solid program evaluation is a critical step toward winning grants and documenting program achievements for continued support. This workshop will provide participants with a practical introduction to theory-driven program evaluation. The goal of the workshop is to build an understanding of how to develop a sound evaluation plan, and how doing so can inform socio-scientific program design. It will cover the purposes of some of the more common types of evaluation, such as needs assessment, formative and summative evaluation, and discuss a variety of common applied research methods and designs.

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Web-Based Grants - Finding & Submitting Proposals in the Cyber World:

November 4 (Tue), 10:30-12:00, PL-15 - - OR - - November 5 (Wed), 10:00-11:30, PL-15

Facilitators: Sid Kushner, Director, ORSP and Ellen Shimakawa, Ph.D. Assoc. Director, ORSP

This workshop will show you how to get the most effective mileage out of the powerful subscription databases and grant submission systems available for your activities as a researcher, student research mentor, or support program developer at CSUSB. The sessions will cover the principal databases used at CSUSB with particular emphasis on SPIN, COS, and Grants.gov. The care and feeding of the major grant submission and project management websites will be reviewed as a special treat for the faculty researcher: The Federal Government-Wide Grants.gov; NSF's FASTLANE; NASA's NSPIRES; NIH COMMONS and CRISP; DoA/CSREES's CRIS, Various DoD sites for minority institutions; and a whole lot other public and private sites. All designed to help you manage your own grant submission agenda, or make you happy that the Office of Research & Sponsored Program maintains technical proficiency and keeps up-to-date on all of these systems.

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Human Subjects Research Tutorials and The IRB Approval Process:

November 18 (Tue), 10:30-11:30, PL-15 - - OR - - November 19 (Wed), 10:00-11:00, PL-15

Facilitator: Michael Gillespie, MA, Administrative Analyst for Academic Research, Institutional Review Board (IRB) Coordinator

All universities are now required to train faculty, staff, and students involved in such research, in the protection of human subjects. The CSUSB IRB will not accept or review proposals from faculty or students who cannot document their training through CITI. The Collaborative IRB Training Initiative or (CITI) is designed as a web-based training program in human research subjects' protections. (CITI) web-based training also offers "Refresher Courses" and module-completion tracking for our institution to maintain an ongoing web-based alternative for re-certification purposes. This short, hands-on workshop is particularly recommended for faculty teaching research methods courses, for all faculty planning to engage in human subjects research, and for their students and student research assistants. It will get you started and accelerate completion of the certification.