[VPAAEtal] Request for Federal Initiatives for 2010 (FY2011)

[Academic Affairs]

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                 All Faculty 

 

FROM:           Dr. Larry Lemanski

                        Provost and Vice President

                        Academic Affairs                  

 

RE:                 Federal Initiatives for 2010 (FY2011)

 

DATE:           September 21, 2009

 

 

As you will see from the attached communication from Chancellor
McKinney, the Texas A&M University System universities are asked to
identify their best research ideas and  System Office will assist us in
gaining external funding for these projects, especially in the form of
Federal agency funding and Congressional directed spending items
(earmarks).  

 

To assist in identifying our best research ideas, I am asking faculty
members to provide a description of his/her research ideas as outlined
in the Federal Initiative Submission Guidelines which is attached for
your reference. 

 

Please submit your ideas to your college dean and send a copy to the
Office of Sponsored Programs (external_grants at tamu-commerce.edu) no
later than Friday, October 2, 2009.

 

A priority that we are focusing on this year is to identify projects
that are interdisciplinary and the research of investigators who possess
demonstrated expertise and the potential to successfully conduct the
proposed research.  Also, you should think of initiatives that stand a
good chance of attracting funding from Federal and state agencies, which
have an obvious benefit to our region and State.  These research
projects when funded, will have a tremendous impact to faculty and
students, and will also serve to advance the university's presence in
the research arena, thus opening new avenues of funding.

 

As a result, you may want to review the mission and objectives of some
of the Federal agencies and even discuss your ideas with your department
head or dean before you proceed to prepare an initiative. 

 

Once initiatives are received, I will work with the deans to identify
projects that will go forward to the System office.  In addition, we
will identify areas of overlap among projects, based on your
submissions, and encourage further collaboration to strengthen specific
research initiatives. For your reference, attached are examples of
successful initiatives from across the System. 

 

Please free to contact my office or the Office of Sponsored Programs if
there are any questions with the preparation of your initiative.

 

Attachments:   Memorandum from Chancellor Michael McKinney, dated
09/09/09 and

                                    Federal Initiative Submission
Guidelines

                        Example 1: AM-Commerce_Artificial Science

                        Example 2: Center for Bio-Energy Recovery from
Agricultural Wastes

                        Example 3: STARS

                        

 

 

 

 

 

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