The Grant Rant

On today's episode, we chat about the NIH's C06 program! Grants Consultant Steve Jax joins Katy and me (KATY IS BACK) to talk about the biomedical research facilities program, which allows for renovating and construction costs for places to do the work, ya'll. Steve talks about what makes for a strong application, things to consider well ahead of time, and other hot tips. Check it out!Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

We're back!! After a brief (or maybe not so brief) hiatus, we are back today with Katy and Tom to discuss large scale proposals...also known as the dreaded center grant proposal. We discuss the challenges with managing these, how to plan ahead, and dive into a few haunting experiences with these beasts. Are center proposals worth it? YES! But listen in for tips on how to survive them without pulling out your hair. Coming up tomorrow: Persuasive Strategies in Research Writing (*FREE* webinar): https://hanoverresearch.zoom.us/webinar/register/4016709467877/WN_UTNwd6RPQOi7sI3GlCBFkAQuestions? Email us at podcast@hanoverresearch.comFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

On today's Grant Rant, I chat with Senior Grants Consultants Steve Jax and Sarah Ott about best practices when it comes to aims and objectives in grant proposals. We all know codependency in relationships is bad, but did you know it's bad in grants too? Well, it is! Sarah and Steve talk me through keeping those aims independent, what interdependence looks like, and how to make a compelling case that your aims/objectives are getting at the heart of the matter. Want more Grant Rant? Check out our previous episodes and catch our webinar series on www.hanoverresearch.com/webinarsFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

It's a party! On today's episode we are joined by Grants Consultants and our Managing Content Director to talk about a milestone in our journey as a practice...TRES COMMAS! Over the past 14ish years we've had the privilege of working with so many amazing clients, and we celebrate securing over $1 billion in funding with them!Join myself, Tom Kuhn, Kristina Weaver, Paul Tuttle, Steve Jax, Sarah Ott, and Chad Ross as we reflect on the billion reasons we love our jobs so much. Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

We are winding down our NIH series, but we can't say goodbye without talking about early career! Many agencies have great resources for early career PIs, and the NIH is no exception. Tom and me chat about the early career reviewer program, how to extend your ESI status, the K series, and what makes a good mentor. Check it out!We'll be closing this series in the next episode as we talk about future directions for the NIH, but if you haven't listened to the previous episodes, go check them out!Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

Did you know that NIH has a delightful suite of tools called  NIH REPORT? Did you also know that these tools can help you find the right Program Officer, the right Study Section, and give you tons of information on funded projects? You didn't? Fortunately, Tom Kuhn and I are here to give you all the tea. Listen in!Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

Hear ye, hear ye! It's time to talk about international applicants to the NIH! While some federal agencies are less chummy when it comes to international grants, the NIH is quite welcoming! In this episode, we chat about the Fogarty Center (an institute at the NIH specifically for international applicants and research), where to find eligibility criteria, and how to best position yourself for competitiveness as an international applicant to the NIH. Listen in for more!Check out the rest of our NIH series on the Grant Rant! Have a question we didn't cover? Email us at podcast@hanoverresearch.com.Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

We are delighted to share Episode 2 of our NIH series! In each episode we'll look at a new aspect of the NIH for grantseekers, including the R series, fellowships, resubmissions and more. In this episode, Senior Grants Consultant Tom Kuhn talks about the different R (or Research) mechanisms at the NIH, including what their purposes are, how to distinguish them, and how to ensure you are selecting the right one for your research. Want more Grant Rant? Check out our previous episodes! Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

The Grant Rant is proud to share episode 1 of our new series, the NIH! In each episode we'll look at a new aspect of the NIH for grantseekers, including the R series, fellowships, resubmissions, and more. In this episode, Grants Consultant Tom Kuhn walks us through the fundamental elements of the NIH - the Institutes and Centers, the difference between a PO and an SRO, and how to begin thinking about the nation's largest federal funder. Want more Grant Rant? Check out our previous episodes!RESOURCES: www.hanoverresearch.comWEBINARS: www.hanoverresearch.com/webinarsFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

The Department of Education can be a mystifying place where page limits are just really recommendations, but it doesn't all have to be scary! Senior Grants Consultant Susan Perri (AKA The Master and Commander of All Things ED) joins Tom and Mallory to talk about ED Basic Needs, a cool new(ish) program from the Department of Education. We also threaten to release her cell phone number and talk about her favorite programs!Got an idea for a TomTalk? We wanna hear it! Email us at Podcast@hanoverresearch.com Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

Start your engines! Tom joins us for another installment of TomTalks to discuss the LARGE and IN CHARGE NSF Engines program! A new Center (with a capital "C") program from NSF's newest TIP Directorate, Engines is a massive investment in collaborative ecosystems to drive large-scale change. Tom gives us the skinny on the Engines program, the two tracks, and key considerations when pursuing an Engines program!RESOURCES: Regional Innovation EnginesFAQs!Engines BAAFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

We are excited to bring you a new mini series in the Grant Rant - TomTalk! Senior Grants Consultant Tom Kuhn joins the Grant Rant for mini rants about programs, issues, and exciting happenings in the grant world! Today Tom talks about the new NSF TIP directorate - why it's exciting, what it's doing, and what it means for the direction of NSF. Check it out!RESOURCES: NSF TIP DirectorateNSF Newsletter Sign UpFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

Do you need a really, really big laser to do research? Well, NSF's Major Research Instrumentation program may be the ticket! On today's special TomTalk, Senior Grants Consultant Tom Kuhn talks all about the MRI program. You can buy a laser, you can build a laser, and you can do it all without having to cost share (for the next five years)!!! We also chat about competitiveness, how smaller research institutions should think of MRI, and how Tom ranks MRI on the Grants Consultant Pain Scale. Tune in for more!Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

On today's episode, we talk with Grants Consultant Paul Tuttle about the challenges, opportunities, and chaos of being an early career faculty member. Paul uses amazing metaphors to talk about being careful to not overcommit, how to improve your grantwriting, the benefits of being a reviewer, and more! Grab a drink (or a funnel cake) and listen in!Follow me on Twitter! www.twitter.com/mallysaurusFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

What are Center proposals (aside from the fodder of nightmares for many PIs and administrators alike)? Senior Grants Consultant Sarah Ott joins us today to chat about Center proposals and cover topics including when to submit, when not to submit, how to deal with difficult personalities, and (everyone's favorite) version control. Listen in on how you can be better prepared for a Center submission (and why Sarah is going to be covering her laptop in foil from now on). RESOURCES: "Preparing to Lead Center-Level Proposals" Webinar: WATCH ON-DEMAND Follow Me: https://twitter.com/MallysaurusFollow Us: https://twitter.com/HanoverResearchFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

Happy Fall, All! We are back today with a Senior Grants Consultant Tom Kuhn and ACTUAL SCIENTIST Steve Jax to talk about preliminary data! What used to be an optional nice-to-have addition to proposals is now more of a gotta-have-it element. Join us as we chat about all things preliminary data - from preprints, statisticians, how to know you have enough preliminary data and more! Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mallysaurus Register for our upcoming webinars! Ask me how :)Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

It's been a whole year of the Grant Rant and we are so grateful you're sticking with us! To celebrate, we broach the topic we started with - the federal budget! In this podcast, we talk with Grants Consultant Paul Tuttle and Senior Grants Advisor Clinton Doggett on all things FY2023 budget - what's surprising (and what isn't), new programs across agencies, whether or not the Hawkins Center for Excellence will conduct research in the Upside Down and more! Access the slides from Paul and Clinton's July webinar below!Stay tuned! TomTalks returns on 8/31 with Susan Perri to chat about ED Basic Needs!RESOURCES: Hanover FY2023 Webinar: WATCH ON-DEMAND School House Rock "I'm Just a Bill": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgVKvqTItto REI Website: https://www.rei.com/Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

Play nice, nice, baby. It's all about the collaboration! On today's episode, Managing Grants Consultant Sarah Ott (our very own Wizard of Health Research) joins us to talk about transitioning from single-PI to multi-PI grants. Collaboration, team science, the science of team science...we cover it all. Listen in, subscribe, and share!Our next webinar is on 6/30 on Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research w/Senior Grants Consultant Bryan DeBusk. Hit the link below to register!RESOURCES: Hanover's Grantsmanship Learning Center: Grants Learning Center Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mallysaurus and https://twitter.com/HanoverResearchSign up for Webinars: https://insights.hanoverresearch.com/sign-up-grant-newsletterFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

On today's very spooky Friday the 13th episode of the Grant Rant, Managing Grants Consultant Rob Guroff and Senior Grants Consultant Melissa Cornish join us to chat about NSF CAREER! We cover why CAREER is so competitive, when you should apply, how much money you should ask for, and whether or not we should start a parody band! Listen and subscribe!Also, ask us about our new Grants Learning Center, which includes training modules on NSF CAREER!RESOURCES: NSF CAREER Solicitation: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/faculty-early-career-development-program-careerNSF CAREER Webinar and FAQs: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/faculty-early-career-development-program-career/announcements/career-0Follow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.

On this episode, we chat with Senior Grants Consultant Melissa Cornish about NIH's available tools for investigators. Listen in for information on NIH Reporter, Matchmaker, ART, and other tips and suggestions from a Grants Extraordinaire!Resources!NIH Reporter: https://reporter.nih.gov/ NIH Matchmaker: https://reporter.nih.gov/matchmakerART: https://public.csr.nih.gov/ForApplicants/ArtHomeEarly Career Reviewer Program: https://public.csr.nih.gov/ForReviewers/BecomeAReviewer/ECRHanover Digital: https://hanoverresearch.secure.force.com/customerportal/Sign up for alerts! https://insights.hanoverresearch.com/sign-up-grant-newsletterFollow me on Twitter!Interested in Hanover helping you with your grants? Check out our website for more information.