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CANR 2011 Highlights of Research and the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

2011 Highlights of Research

Grant Reviewer Opportunities

One great way to increase the likelihood of getting funding is to become a grant reviewer. Current research suggests that you can improve your odds by as much as 30% by serving first as a reviewer and then submitting a proposal to the agency for which you reviewer at a later competition cycle.  Many benefits exist for becoming a grant reviewer. You quickly learn what turns reviewers on – and off. Equally important, you become and “insider” and establish contacts and networks that will prove valuable later in your continued grantseeking efforts. Federal agencies are especially looking for grant reviewers because they receive so many proposals that must be critiqued. In our latest blog, we have identified 15 federal grantmaking agencies that are looking for grant reviewers – now. Which one is right for you?

15 Agencies Seeking Grant Reviewes

Recent Grant Awards

Congratulations to the Research Foundation’s spring Faculty Large Grant award recipients:

Maria-Luz Fernandez, Nutritional Sciences 

Reversal of Hepatic Steatosis by Manipulation of Dietary Carbohydrates and Fat in Guinea Pigs, $17,500

Huan-Zhong Wang, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture

Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms of Secondary Wall Formation, $21,000

Archived grant list

Current Multistate Proposals Inviting Participation

• NE_TEMP2001, Project proposal entitled, "Ovarian Influences on Reproductive Success in Ruminants." Please submit Please submit the Appendix E no later than 05/21/2012
• NE_TEMP1921, Project proposal entitled "Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals."  Please submit the Appendix E no later than 05/21/2012

Instructions to join a Multistate Project

USDA Integrated Grants and Logic Model

A logic model is a conceptual tool for planning and evaluation which displays the sequence of actions that describes what the science-based program is and will do.

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