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Proposal Information & Writing Tips

The information provided in this section responds to many of the most frequently asked questions faculty and staff ask as they prepare proposals for sponsored funding and process contracts for signatures. Not ever application requires all the information provided.

Where may I find guidance on how to write proposals?

What is the university's legal name and official mailing address?

Who has the authority to sign applications and proposals?

What are Rowan's codes, compliance numbers, cognizant audit agency, and congressional and legislative districts?

Where can I find some fast facts about Rowan's rankings, academics, student body, tuition and fees, and employment information for my proposal narrative?

Who is authorized to sign contracts, agreements, and legal documents for Rowan?

Who needs to be notified if an award is made?

What about notifying Rowan's Business Official?

Where can I find math and science resources?

Where may I find national education statistics?

Where may I find grant writing resources for proposals submitted to NSF? 

Where may I find grant writing resources? 

Where may I find NSF grant writing resources for Junior Faculty? 

Where may I find NIH grant writing resources for Junior Faculty? 

Where may Post Docs and Graduate students find resources about research/grants? 

 

What is the university's legal name and official mailing address?

Rowan University
Office of Sponsored Programs
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701

Phone: 856-256-4057
Fax: 856-256-4425

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Who has the authority to sign applications and proposals?

Peggy Schoen, MS
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
schoenm@rowan.edu
856-256-4058

or

Gautam Pillay, PhD
Associate Provost for Research
pillay@rowan.edu
856-256-5150

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What are Rowan's codes, compliance numbers, cognizant audit agency, and congressional and legislative districts?

Codes
Automated Standard Application for Payment System (ASAP) ID: 82-8061-2
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code #: 1JRQ9
County: Gloucester
County Code: 16
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)#: 139203145
Employer I.D. Number (EIN): 22-2764819
NSF Awardee Organizational Code: 5300002935

Compliance Numbers
Animal Welfare Assurance #: A4437-01
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Federalwide Assurance #: FWA00007111

Cognizant Audit Agency
Department of Health and Human Services

Congressional and Legislative Districts
New Jersey Congressional Districts: Glassboro and Camden Campus- 1
New Jersey Legislative Districts: Glassboro Campus- 4 and Camden Campus- 5

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Where can I find some fast facts about Rowan's rankings, academics, student body, tuition and fees, and employment information for my proposal narrative?

Fast Facts for 2008-2009 Academic Year

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Who is authorized to sign contracts, agreements, and legal documents for Rowan?

Gautam Pillay, PhD
Associate Provost for Research
Rowan University
Bole Annex
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701

Phone: 856-256-5150
Fax: 856-256-4431
Email: pillay@rowan.edu

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Who needs to be notified if an award is made?

Peggy Schoen, MS
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701

Phone: 856-256-4058
Fax: 856-256-4425
Email: schoenm@rowan.edu

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What about notifying Rowan's Business Official?

The Office of Sponsored Programs will be responsible for notifying the Business Official for Rowan.

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Where may I find guidance on how to write proposals?

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Where can I find math and science resources?

The Math and Science Partnership Network MSPnet is an electronic learning community for the Math and Science Partnership Program funded by the National Science Foundation.
http://hub.mspnet.org/index.cfm/home

What Works Clearinghouse: Practice Guides
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/practiceguides/#rti_math_pg
Practice guides provide practical recommendations for educators to help them address the everyday challenges they face in their classrooms and schools. Developed by a panel of nationally recognized experts, practice guides consist of actionable recommendations, strategies for overcoming potential roadblocks, and an indication of the strength of evidence supporting each recommendation. IES practice guides are subjected to rigorous external peer review.

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Where may I find national education statistics?

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/news_room/ana_4_6_2009.asp

QuickStats Data Tool Released
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/quickstats/

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Where may I find grant writing resources for proposals submitted to NSF? 

Faculty Panel Discussion: How to Compete for Funding at NSF
http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/february-25-2009-nsf-panel-seminar/february-25-2009-faculty-panel-discussion-how-to-compete-for-funding-at-nsf

How to Find and Win Funding: Strategies for Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/march-6-2009-angelo-state-university-seminar/march-6-2009-how-to-find-and-win-funding-strategies-for-faculty-at-predominantly-undergraduate-institutions

Rename the existing link “The Foundation Center’s online short course in proposal writing” to Writing Grants to Foundations and Non-Profits
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

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Where may I find grant writing resources?

Proposal Writing Guide, by Janet S. Rasey, Ph.D.
http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/writing.html

Proposal Writing: The Art Of Persuasion

http://www.holycross.edu:80/departments/gradstudies/website/proposewrite.htm

Faculty Panel Discussion: How to Compete for Funding at NSF
http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/february-25-2009-nsf-panel-seminar/february-25-2009-faculty-panel-discussion-how-to-compete-for-funding-at-nsf

How to Find and Win Funding: Strategies for Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/march-6-2009-angelo-state-university-seminar/march-6-2009-how-to-find-and-win-funding-strategies-for-faculty-at-predominantly-undergraduate-institutions

Rename the existing link “The Foundation Center’s online short course in proposal writing” to Writing Grants to Foundations and Non-Profits
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

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Where may I find NSF grant writing resources for Junior Faculty? 

March 12 and 13, 2009 NSF Sponsored CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop hosted at George Mason University
http://www.k-state.edu/career/2009/09_Retrospect.htm

February 3, 2009 NSF CAREER Workshop offered via TTVN
http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/february-3-2009-ttvn-career-workshop/february-3-2009-nsf-career-workshop-offered-via-ttvn

NSF CAREER Seminar
http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/nov.-19-2008-nsf-career-seminar/nov.-19-2008-nsf-career-seminar

Overview, Programs for Junior Faculty by OPD
http://opd.tamu.edu/the-craft-of-writing-workbook/toolkit-for-programs-for-junior-faculty

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Where may I find NIH grant writing resources for Junior Faculty? 

NIH New and Early Stage Investigators
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm

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Where may Post Docs and Graduate students find resources about research/grants? 

Science Careers Basics Booklet:  Struggling with your next career step? Science Careers' editorial team brings you "Career Basics: Advice and Resources for Scientists." The booklet provides advice and help on preparing CVs and resumes, writing grants and scientific papers, networking, and much more. Read each article in the booklet online, or download each chapter or the entire booklet as a PDF. All for free. It is one more tool Science Careers provides to help you jump-start your career, be it in academia or outside the ivory tower!

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org:80/careerbasicspdf
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/pdf/career_basics_2009/career_basics_book.pdf

Useful Web sites on hypothesis
http://www.k-state.edu/career/2009/Useful%20Web%20sites%20on%20hypothesis.htm

Resources for Addressing NSF's Postdoctoral Mentoring Requirement
http://opd.tamu.edu/proposal-resources/resources-for-postdoc-requirement/resources-for-addressing-nsfs-postdoctoral-mentoring-requirement

URL Links to Post Doc Resources
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/respostdoc.html

NIH Academic and PostDoc Opportunities
http://www.training.nih.gov/careers/careercenter/academ.html
http://www.training.nih.gov/careers/careercenter/advice.html#acad

Proposal Writing: The Art Of Persuasion

http://www.holycross.edu:80/departments/gradstudies/website/proposewrite.htm

Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Database

http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu:80/?p=132