Faculty Track "The New Age of Interdisciplinary Projects: More Bang for the Buck"
*The
summer faculty track is
full to be placed on a waiting
list contact Vicky Ratcliffe
at vratcliffe@vt.edu
or 540-231-7964.
The Office of Research
will be offering a new Faculty
Track titled “The New Age
of Interdisciplinary Projects:
More Bang for the Buck”
this summer that is designed
for faculty members who
wish to pursue “new age”
or large interdisciplinary
research projects at Virginia
Tech. In recent years, sponsoring
agencies have been looking
for “more bang for the buck”
and maximizing research
dollars by soliciting for
collaborative interdisciplinary
research proposals. This
summer-only track, a collaboration
between the Office of the
Vice President for Research
and the Faculty Development
Institute, will focus on
providing faculty with information
that will enable them to
understand the magnitude
of managing the pre-award
proposal development and
post-award management process
of large interdisciplinary
projects. Participants will
learn about tools and technologies,
such as Scholar which support
the development of collaborations
across disciplines. These
tools can assist faculty
from the initial stages
of searching for funding
through the proposal development
stage and beyond. Core topics
within this track include
finding funding through
online resources; finding
potential collaborators
through the expertise database;
using Scholar to assist
in facilitating collaborations
with colleagues at Virginia
Tech and universities across
the world; tracking your
proposal milestones through
Microsoft Project; managing
the proposal submission
process through electronic
research administration
(Grants.gov), and post-award
project management.
The instruction within this
track will be led by a variety
of faculty and staff from
the Office of Research.
In addition to the aforementioned
topics, participants will
have many opportunities
to meet and develop rapport
with those at the university
who provide support for
the faculty in pursuit of
sponsored projects. Track
participants will have an
opportunity to hear from
Virginia Tech faculty members,
Dr. John Little of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
and Dr. Susan Duncan of
Food Science and Technology,
which have direct experience
in obtaining and managing
large interdisciplinary
projects. See attachment
for a brief professional
biography of the two speakers.
This faculty track will
be held from July
15-17, 2008 from 8:30 a.m-4:30
pm each day in Torgersen
3080. There is
no registration cost
and lunch will be provided
each day to participants.
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Last Updated:
June 24, 2008 10:01 AM
Contact: V.F. Ratcliffe
at
vratcliffe@vt.edu or 231-7964
