Dear Faculty and Administrators, Happy Halloween! This newsletter will provide stories about grants received by your colleagues across the State, proving that grantsmanship is not "spell casting." Grants are obtained by ordinary people (not witches!) to enhance Oklahoma college and university campuses and programs. We congratulate those whose enthusiasm and hard work (not spells) have resulted in research funds, program development, and better student programs. During the year 2008-09, faculty members obtained $618,000,000 in federal grants for their institutions. When we consider that every dollar put into Oklahoma higher education results in an impact on the economy of $5.15, this indicates that those grants have had an impact of more than $3 billion extra on the local economies of the campuses. Thank you for your impact on our state! We hope you enjoy this monthly grants newsletter. If you have grant information to share, please send it and a jpeg photo to [email protected]. Sincerely, Dr. Linda Mason Coordinator for Grant Writing Assistance
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Connors Gets $1.9 Million for Employment and Training |
Pictured from left to right, Dr. JoLynn Digranes,
Executive V-P; Patty Garner, Workforce Director; Connors President. Donnie Nero; Jessie Young, Project Director; and Becky Reynolds, Administrative
Assistant
Connors State College received $1.9 million to provide educational, training and
support services for the Eastern Workforce Investment Board.
The seven counties served by EWIB are Adair,
Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and Wagoner. CSC President Donnie Nero said part of the grant comes
from stimulus money and part comes from federal Workforce grant funds. He said
the grant will help Connors coordinate its employment assistance programs. The Director will be Jessie Young, who was
previously the Director of Student Support Services grant.
Patty Garner, Director of Workforce Oklahoma's
Muskogee
office, said Connors will help the Workforce office help clients find
employment and training. People wanting assistance may call the Muskogee
Workforce offices at 721 S. 32nd
St. Information: 682-3364.
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Get to Know the New Administrators: New Academic Research Director at CU
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Dr. Tony Wohlers is the Academic Research Director and
Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Government at Cameron University. Wohlers
earned his doctorate in Political Science from the Northern
Illinois University
in 2004 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Illinois
in 2000. In addition, he earned a Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude with
Distinction in Political Science from Sonoma
State University
in 1998 and two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and History from
the University of the Saarland, Germany in
1996. He has been active in teaching, research, and grant writing and has
been serving as the Academic Researhc Director since the 2009 Spring
semester.
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Get to Know the New Administrators: New Director of Sponsored Programs at NSU
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Kathryn Schoonover is the Director of Research and Sponsored Programs at Northeastern State University, having held this position since
March 2009. Previously, Schoonover was
the R.O.S.S. Grant Coordinator for
Muskogee Housing Authority and Education Specialist for Tulsa Community College's Nursing and Allied
Health Programs. In these positions, she wrote numerous proposals
which received funding, with one winning state recognition through Blue Cross
and Blue Shield. She was a student of
the 2007 OSRHE Grant Writing Institute and highly recommends it for anyone who
is interested in pursuing grant funding.
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Get to Know the New Administrators: New Grant Writer/Coordinator at SOSU
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Paul Buntz is the Grant Coordinator/Writer for Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He received his BA
and MPA, University of Oklahoma. Buntz spent
32 years in city government in Oklahoma, most recently city manager of Durant
for 22 years. He has extensive
experience in grants, both with government and foundations. Buntz served
two separate terms as President of the City Management Association of Oklahoma,
and two terms on the Oklahoma Municipal League Board, and President of the
Southern Oklahoma Development Association. He worked as a consultant for two years following his retirement as Durant City
Manager. Paul says he is excited
about new position that he began in April,
2009. His wife
Pam is an elementary school teacher in Durant; they have two sons and one
grandson.
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11th Annual Oklahoma Research Day
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November 13, at the Broken Arrow NSU campus is the site of the 11th annual Oklahoma Research Day. Over 1100 students are registered to share their research posters with others all over Oklahoma, other states, and even other countries. This will be the largest Oklahoma Research Day to date. Many projects are funded by grants for undergraduate student research. For more information, see http://researchday.nsuok.edu/.
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GEAR UP RECEIVES PLANNING GRANT
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Armando Pe�a,
Assistant Vice Chancellor for GEAR UP and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education received $24,000 from the
RTI, the U.S. Department of Education funding for a GEAR UP Evaluation Planning Awards to create a
fully crafted proposal and conduct a study of intervention services that
prepares a cohort of GEAR UP students in Oklahoma
high schools to enter college without the need for remedial coursework in
college. GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs) is a federally-funded program designed to better prepare middle and
high school students for postsecondary education through academic preparation
programs, professional development activities for educators, and college access
information for students and parents.
Armando Pe�a has been with GEAR UP since its inception in 1999.
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OC Receives Tree Grant
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Oklahoma
Christian University
received a donation of 1,300 trees from a partnership between the
Tree Bank Foundation and the Apache Foundation. Most of the donated trees will line the planned walking
trails encompassing the campus and connect with Edmond trails.
The trees will be of five varieties. Students, faculty
and staff will take part in unloading and planting the trees.
Pendelton Woods, Director of the American Citizenship
Center at Oklahoma
Christian, played an integral part in securing the donation for the university.
Woods has served as a member of the Tree Bank Board for the
past 15 years.
The Tree Bank Foundation has donated tens of thousands of
trees and averages between 70 and 90 new projects each year, tree bank records
indicate.
The Apache Foundation, the charitable arm of the Apache
Corp. based in Houston,
has planted more than 1 million trees in 14 states since 2006, the
foundation reports.
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OCU Nursing Grant Expansion
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Beginning in 2011, Oklahoma City University
students will have a new three-story building to study nursing. The Kramer
School of Nursing expansion project will begin in October. A 50,000-square-foot
facility will be constructed next to the existing 16,000-square-foot
building. The addition will allow space for 10 classrooms, six seminar
rooms, three laboratories, lounges, research area and office space., university
spokesman Rod Jones said. Built in 1994, the existing facility accommodates 100
students. However, college officials expect 325 students to be enrolled in the
program during the spring semester.
When the building expansion is complete in January 2011, all
nursing classes will be in the new facility, Williamson said. The $8.5 million
project is funded through individual donations and grants from Inasmuch Foundation and SSM Health Care of Oklahoma.
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OU Receives Exxon Mobil Grant
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The University of Oklahoma
received $54,800 from Exxon Mobil Corp. in support
of academic areas in the Michael F. Price College of Business, Mewbourne
College of Earth and Energy and the College
of Engineering, as well
as support for OU's Career Services.
The ExxonMobil grants allow selected academic departments to
allocate funds for scholarships, field trips, visiting speakers, equipment
purchases and student and faculty travel to academic-related activities. The
grants were awarded to schools that offer degrees in subjects from which
ExxonMobil recruits employees |
SWOSU Upward Bound Grant |
Southwestern
Oklahoma State
University and the Upward
Bound program on the Weatherford campus received a continuation grant
of $378,592 from the U.S. Department of Education. The award provides services
for 76 students from eight western Oklahoma
high schools to participate cost-free in an Upward Bound. Upward Bound is a program that includes monthly meetings and
on-line tutoring during the school year and academic, social and cultural
activities through the summer for college bound 9th, 10th and 11th graders.
Upward Bound is geared towards students from low-income families and
first-generation college students (those whose parents did not graduate from
college).
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OSU Motorcycle Crashes Research Grant |
Figures from the Federal Highway Administration show that
nearly 5,300 motorcycle riders died in traffic crashes in 2008, accounting for
14 percent of all traffic deaths. An additional 96,000 riders were injured.
Motorcycle riders remain one of the highest-risk groups on
the nation's roads despite years of steady improvements in highway safety and
historic lows in traffic deaths, according to the Federal Highway
Administration. Figures from the agency show that nearly 5,300 motorcycle
riders died in traffic crashes in 2008, accounting for 14 percent of all
traffic deaths. An additional 96,000 riders were injured.
OSU will lead research for an important study which should provide significant, scientifically valid results to
prevent motorcycle accidents and save lives. The four-year study will be funded with $2.5 million from the federal
government.
Various states have pledged about $500,000 for
the study, and a spokesman for the American Motorcyclist
Association, said members have committed more than $125,000.
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OUHSC Receives $9 million Stimulus Research Funds |
Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have received
more than $9 million in research grants as part of the federal recovery
program.
The stimulus grants are part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, which is providing $8.2 billion to the National
Institutes of Health to help stimulate the U.S. economy through the support
and advancement of scientific research.
Projects include the following:
� James F. McGinnis is developing a way to use nanoparticles
to fix natural defenses in the eye that have become defective. He hopes to
prevent blindness from conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related
macular degeneration and inherited retinal degeneration.
� Eleni Tolma is looking at adolescent boys and girls in Oklahoma City for four
years to find out what factors - from mentors to the condition of neighborhoods
- have the most effect on their behavior.
� Helene Carabin is identifying the processes that occur
when people who are infected with HIV interact with parasites that both humans
and animals can carry.
� Frank Waxman and Darrin Akins will expand their science
outreach program from Tulsa-area high schools to rural schools with a high
number of underrepresented minorities, especially large numbers of American
Indian students. The program will work with Tulsa Community College
to purchase molecular biology kits, disposable laboratory supplies and other
materials.
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NSU Receives McAlester Scottish Rite Grant
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Dr. Karen Patterson and Northeastern Oklahoma State University received $24,900 from the McAlester Scottish Rite to provide speech and language screening, diagnostic and intervention
services along with clinical supervision at the Northeastern State
University-Muskogee campus for the Fall 2009, Spring 2010, and Summer 2010
semesters. A total of 16 client
evaluations will be conducted each semester. This is the third year for this
award.
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NSU STEP Grant
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Dr. Kathi McDowell and Northeastern Oklahoma State University received $62,750 from the National Science Foundation through University of Central
Oklahoma to increase the number of students
pursuing and receiving Associate or Baccalaureate degrees in established or
emerging fields within science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM). The program will initiate proven
strategies to encourage a connection among the students, the disciplines, and
the faculty and promote critical thinking within the disciplines.
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NSU Conference Grant
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Dr. Christee Jenlink and Northeastern State University received $7,000 from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to support the Celebration of
Teaching Conference to be held in Spring 2010. The conference will focus on
university students in the teacher education program and minority students from
public school systems in northeastern Oklahoma.
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NSU Receives FEA Recruitment Grant
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Dr. Christee Jenlink and Northeastern Oklahoma State University received $10,000 from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to support programs which help recruit and retain teachers
in Oklahoma.This project includes connecting members of Future
Educators Associations in the Tulsa
area with teacher education candidates who are members of the Student Oklahoma
Education Association in the NSU College of Education. This "student to student" relationship will
introduce, encourage, assist and sustain all students involved. The programs
will benefit future educators who have the desire and ability to become teacher
leaders serving underrepresented populations.
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NSU Receives College Connection Grant
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Dr. Christee Jenlink and Northeastern Oklahoma State University received $2,120 from the Oklahoma State Regents to create the "College Connection" between the Achieving Classroom
Excellence (ACE) program at Union
High School and teacher
education candidates and faculty in the NSU College of Education. The partnership between Union
High School and the College of Education
will provide another venue for the ACE curriculum and activities, which will
introduce students to the many facets of teacher education and the teaching
profession.
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NSU Receives AISES Student Grant
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Dr. Phyllis Fife and Northeastern Oklahoma State University received $14,784 from the National Science Foundation through EPSCoR to assist with airfare and hotel fees
for students to attend the
American
Indian Science & Engineering Society National Conference in late October 2009. The conference
provided positive experiences for Native American students to successfully
bridge science and technology with traditional Native American values. Students who attended the conference become more prepared for their roles
in general society. They learned to
become more self reliant in leadership roles and were introduced to key
professionals in their field.
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NSU Receives Cherokee Degree Grant |
Wyman Kirk and Northeastern Oklahoma State University received $100,000 for the Cherokee
Language Degree Program from the Cherokee Nation. The funds support an
undergraduate program that produces teachers who are fluent in speaking,
reading, and writing in the Cherokee Language. Culture and heritage will also
be a part of the Bachelor of Arts in Cherokee Education degree. This is year five for this award.
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NCURA Travel Award to NSU's
Kathryn Schoonover |
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The winner of the
Region V (Oklahoma and Texas)
National travel award from NCURA (National Council of University Research
Administrators) goes to Kathryn Schoonover,
Director of Research and Sponsored Programs at Northeastern State
University in Tahlequah. Kathi has been in this position since March 2009. She was a mentor at the OSRHE Summer Grant Writing Institute for 2009. The
National meeting this year is October 21-24 at the Washington Marriott Wardman
Park Hotel. Congratulations to Kathi!
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Send your email address to [email protected].
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OneNet Receives USDA Rural
Utilities Service Grant |
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James Deaton, OneNet Director of Technology and OSRHE OneNet received $265,667
from the U S Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program for enhancement of Oklahoma multiple site
connectivity of OneNet sites. The proposal was selected from a pool of 191 that
competed nationally. Congratulations to OneNet and the state system for the convenience of enhanced
multiple site connectivity!
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OUHSC College of Nursing receives grant
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The American
Cancer Society and the National
Palliative Care
Research Center
have awarded a research grant to researchers at the University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously
ill patients and their family caregivers. The studies will be conducted over
the next two years.
Marianne Matzo, a professor and the Frances E. and A. Earl
Ziegler chair in palliative care nursing at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center College of Nursing in Oklahoma
City, will focus on developing and pilot-testing a
coached communication intervention for sexual health promotion in women with
recurring ovarian cancer.
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Is Mentoring Right for You?
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You can be the change you want to see in the world. What better way to accomplish this, than by choosing to mentor others. Mentoring as an integral part of leadership can be particularly effective in achieving change and growth. Try mentoring grant writing: __Do you have a desire to share your experience and knowledge with others? __What are some of your goals for mentoring? __What are your strengths? __What type of relationship do you want? Informal, formal, short term, long term? __What expertise can you offer? __Do you have the resources to mentor? __How much time can you realistically commit: Weekly, biweekly, monthly? __How are you going to meet: Face-to-face, emails, phone calls, videoconference?
Find out more about building an effective mentoring relationship with new grant writers. Let me know, [email protected]. Let's see if we can pair you with someone in need and get their needs met.
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OUHSC gets US Department of Health and Human Services Grant
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The National Child Traumatic Stress
Initiative Treatment and Services
Adaptation Center at the OU Health Sciences Center received $600,000 to develop interventions for traumatic events, including specialized
treatment for victims. The grant was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental
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Oklahoma Consortium Cyber-Security Grant
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| Members of the Oklahoma-based Cyber Security Education
Consortium received $2.7 million from the National Science Foundation to help reverse the outsourcing
of high-tech jobs to other countries. The project will grow cyber security and cyber forensics programs at 32 institutions in
eight states. The consortium was started in Oklahoma
in 2002 and includes programs in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas.
In Oklahoma, degrees and
certificates in cyber security are offered at eight Career Tech campuses, the
University of Tulsa, Oklahoma City Community College, Rose State College and the Oklahoma State University Institute of
Technology. The education consortium aims to train 2,500 students and
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Regents Send Brad Henry International Scholars to Wales
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Five students from Oklahoma's regional universities have been designated
Brad Henry International Scholars and are spending the fall semester
participating in an international study and internship program at Swansea University
in Wales. Susannah Awopeju, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford; Brandon Jackiewicz, Cameron University, Lawton; Carolyn Jones, Langston University, Langston; Elaina Ross, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah; and Kasey Zibton, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva,
were chosen by their institutions for the international study program,
which was established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education in June 2008.
The State Regents provide a
$10,000 stipend for students selected to participate in semester-long
study or research programs affiliated with Swansea University. Academic
credit for these programs will be awarded by Oklahoma regional
universities.
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Kaiser Funds TU Energy Law Endowed Chair and Performance Center |
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The George Kaiser Family Foundation is creating an
endowed chair at the University of Tulsa College of Law in the name of the
foundation's president and longtime attorney, officials announced Tuesday. The
chair in energy law will be named after Frederic Dorwart, who has practiced law
since 1966. The foundation's gift to begin the endowment is $2.5 million. TU
will conduct a nationwide search to fill the position, which will focus on
sustainable energy sources and emerging trends in the energy sector.
In May, the Kaiser Foundation donated nearly $40 million to
TU. The will help TU begin construction on the Roxana Rozsa and Robert Eugene
Lorton Performance
Center. It also included
money for the Energy Policy Institute and a student volunteer center.
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