[Vpaaetal] Call for Federal Initiatives

[Academic Affairs]

Below is the call for Federal Initiatives for calendar year 2007 (FY 2008).
Attached is a guide to preparing a federal initiative.  Please contact Dr.
Allan D. Headley, Dean of Graduate Studies & Research, 903/886-5159 or
allan_headley at tamu-commerce.edu <mailto:allan_headley at tamu-commerce.edu> ,
if you have questions.

 

Please submit your Federal Initiative to the Office of Graduate Studies &
Research by September 22, 2006.  Please send your initiative as an email
attachment to Natalie Henderson, natalie_henderson at tamu-commerce.edu
<mailto:natalie_henderson at tamu-commerce.edu>  

 

On the first page (the one-pager to submit to Congress or Federal Agencies),
please provide information that sufficiently describes your initiative:  The
format for developing Federal Initiatives includes ten sections.  Please
make sure that the Title, Description, Relevance and Background and Amount
Requested fits on one page and follows traditional text formatting (12 point
font, 1 inch border).

 

Title: The title should be sufficiently descriptive and succinct to clearly
identify the initiative.

 

Description: Use one or two sentences to briefly summarize the initiative.
The description should be clear to a person who does not have specialized
knowledge in the particular technical, scientific or policy area.

 

Relevance and Background: Describe the need and scope of the initiative, and
the anticipated results and/or benefits. Indicate regional, national or
international impact and why the initiative should fall under the
responsibility of the federal government and a particular agency from which
funding will be sought. 

Amount Requested: Include the amount requested from the federal government
in FY 2008 only. If it is a multi-year initiative, the overall budget
request should be listed in the Budget/Cost section.

 

 

On second page include the following:

 

Budget/Cost: Provide a detailed break-down (program, equipment, salaries,
etc.) of the full cost of the project (for all years), including funding
received from non-federal sources. 

Funding History: If requesting continuing funding, provide previous amounts,
by fiscal year (for at least the last three years). 

Anticipated Non-Federal Resources: Provide the amount and source of any
anticipated non-federal contribution (including in-kind). 

Agency/Agencies Targeted: List the agency (e.g. Department of Education) and
program office if known (e.g. Fund for the Improvement of Education) which
will be targeted for funding. Sometimes an initiative is suitable for
funding from multiple agencies. Our Washington, D.C. office is available to
assist in identifying an appropriate agency. 

Background and Contacts: List members of Congress, staff, or individuals in
federal agencies who have been contacted, who have expressed interest, or
who are in positions relevant to the proposed initiative. In addition,
especially for continuing initiatives, provide a brief background or history
that summarizes the previous actions and the results. Also, as appropriate,
list other collaborating institutions or organizations (inside or outside
the System) and private sector supporters, indicate which entity has the
lead as well as any other relevant information. For those initiatives that
are collaborative within the System, coordinate the preparation of the
initiative with the other components. 

Identify the program director(s)/principal investigator(s) at your
university, agency or health science center, as well as the principal
individuals from collaborating organizations. List telephone, fax and cell
phone numbers (if available), and e-mail address for each contact person. If
appropriate, please include web page addresses that provide additional
relevant information about the initiative. 

The federal initiatives can focus in any area that your university, agency
or health science center has special competence and expertise. Usually
initiatives that coincide with the strategic plans of federal agencies or
directions of Congress have a higher probability of success. It is
worthwhile to try to identify beforehand how your initiative corresponds
with federal priorities. In case of requests for Congressional earmarks, we
have also seen success with projects that address a specific issue/problem
in a member's district. The process to obtain federal resources to build
physical facilities is especially lengthy and in recent years, Congress has
funded fewer and fewer bricks and mortar projects. 

Project Activity: If requesting continuing funding for a project that has
received earmarks in the past, please describe project activity to date.
Examples may include: contacts made with community "A," Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) signed with school district "X," reached ### students;
laboratory outfitted with new equipment, etc. If the project has been
previously funded, please briefly describe the results and successes that
have come from receiving the funds. If previously earmarked funding is not
yet received from the agency at the time of project submission, indicate so
and describe proposed plan of work. 

 

 

Natalie Henderson
Sponsored Programs Coordinator
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Graduate Studies & Research
P O Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Phone: 903/886-5161
Fax: 903/886-5165

The Mission of Graduate Studies and Research is to provide leadership and
direction for all aspects of graduate education and to promote research at
Texas A&M University-Commerce. 

As a major Doctoral/Research Intensive university in the Northeast Texas
region, we are committed to embody and model the best practices in graduate
education and research to meet the needs of a constantly changing regional,
national, and global environment.

 

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